Strike on Sudan arms factory points to Iran threat to Israel

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Washington Times:

Sudan’s longtime ties to Iran — and the two nations’ roles in arming Islamic militants — have come under scrutiny in the wake of an explosion at a Khartoum weapons factory, blamed on an Israeli airstrike, and the dockings of two Iranian warships at a Sudanese port.

 

 

Sudanese officials have accused Israel of bombing the Yarmouk military complex Oct. 24. Satellite images of the site suggest that it was hit in an airstrike, according to the Satellite Sentinel Project, a U.S. monitoring group.

 

Last week, two Iranian warships arrived at Port Sudan. Sudanese and Iranian officials say the ships are on a routine visit.

 

 

Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied bombing the arms factory Oct. 24. A spokeswoman at the Israeli Embassy in Washington declined to comment.

 

Israeli officials have accused Sudan of supporting an Iranian-backed network to smuggle arms to Islamic terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, respectively.

 

 

Iran is suspected to have munitions factories in Sudan. Sudanese officials deny any Iranian connection to the Yarmouk arms factory; however, the Iranian reaction to the incident could provide a clue.

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