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Bosonic

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Sat Oct 27, 2012, 06:40 PM Oct 2012

Satellite images suggest airstrike on Sudan site

Source: AP

Satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory this past week suggest the site was hit in an airstrike, a U.S. monitoring group said Saturday.

The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing its Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, killing two people and leaving the factory in ruins.

The images released by the Satellite Sentinel Project to The Associated Press on Saturday showed six 52-foot (16-meter) wide craters near the epicenter of Wednesday’s explosion at the compound.

Military experts consulted by the project found the craters to be "consistent with large impact craters created by air-delivered munitions, Satellite Sentinel Project spokesman Jonathan Hutson told the AP.

Read more: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view/20121027satellite_images_suggest_airstrike_on_sudan_site/

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Satellite images suggest airstrike on Sudan site (Original Post) Bosonic Oct 2012 OP
Somehow the right is going to spin this to be Pres. Obama's fault. nt justiceischeap Oct 2012 #1
K&R DeSwiss Oct 2012 #2
Bombing other countries with which it is not at war. Who does Israel think it is? Comrade Grumpy Oct 2012 #3
There are countries with which Israel is not at war? Fumesucker Oct 2012 #4
 

DeSwiss

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Sat Oct 27, 2012, 07:08 PM
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