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Report: Israel used unmanned drones to attack Sudan convoys
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Sudan air strike, Gaza, Hamas 

The Israel Air Force used unmanned drones to attack secret Iranian convoys in Sudan that were trying to smuggle weapons to Palestinian militant organizations in the Gaza Strip, the London-based Sunday Times reported Sunday.

Defense officials were quoted as saying that the trucks were carrying missiles capable of striking as far as Tel Aviv and the nuclear reactor in Dimona.

The unmanned aerial vehicles attacked two convoys, killing at least 50 smugglers and their Iranian escorts, the newspaper reported. All the trucks in the convoys were destroyed.
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Israel has carried out three air strikes since January against what was believed to be Iranian arms shipments passing through Sudan on their way to Gaza, the American news network ABC reported on Friday.

Earlier this week Sudanese officials confirmed that in January, in the wake of Israel's assault on Hamas-ruled Gaza, unidentified aircraft attacked a convoy of 17 trucks heading north through eastern Sudan. CBSNews reported on Thursday that the IAF was apparently behind the attack.

A U.S. official confirmed to ABC that there were actually three attacks in total. This information matches reports from Sudanese officials of two strikes on truck convoys on January 27 and February 11, and the sinking of a suspected arms ship in the Red Sea.

Israeli officials declined to confirm or deny whether Israel had been involved in an air strike in Sudan.

However, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hinted on Thursday at Israel's suspected role in the reported air-strike.

"We operate everywhere where we can hit terror infrastructure - in close places, in places further away, everywhere where we can hit terror infrastructure, we hit them and we hit them in a way that increases deterrence," said Olmert, speaking at a conference in Herzliya.

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      1.   You hit them in far away places 08:18  |  Sam 29/03/09
      2.   Diplomatic calls for jihad state fabrication undermine deterrence 08:40  |  Joseph.E 29/03/09
      3.   great mission 09:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/03/09
      4.   we must develop uav`s armed and having airial refuling abilities 09:49  |  ralph 29/03/09
      5.   Cowards 10:02  |  Marilyn 29/03/09
      6.   SAM Brothers do not discriminate.They are equal opportunity 10:15  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      7.   Sams warped sense of cause and effect 10:15  |  Mr Bagel 29/03/09
      8.   Sam, our most sincere apologies 10:20  |  Tzfonit 29/03/09
      9.   Terrorism is fought with arms not words. 10:27  |  fluffy 29/03/09
      10.   Ralph...circle the world??? 10:30  |  kiwi girl 29/03/09
      11.   MARYLIN Heroes send children running over landmines 10:30  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      12.   2005-2008 10:36  |  h 29/03/09
      13.   2 already choking in Australia? 10:37  |  Emanuel 29/03/09
      14.   #1, SAM, i`ve already told them too 10:38  |  VIPER 29/03/09
      15.   #6, PETER SM, and my list? 10:41  |  VIPER 29/03/09
      16.   Kiwi Girl, now naive you are! 10:47  |  Tzfonit 29/03/09
      17.   SAM.Clan warfare in Sydney,no not Gaza,Sydney 10:49  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      18.   #1 Sam is right; we don`t want to make the terrorists angry 11:00  |  Theodor 29/03/09
      19.   Ooooops, 3 now, NZ is close by 11:00  |  Emanuel 29/03/09
      20.   # 14 Viper 11:00  |  Sam 29/03/09
      21.   Hi tech killer cowards 11:09  |  Dav 29/03/09
      22.   sam maybe you forget... 11:13  |  daniele 29/03/09
      23.   Have you noticed something? 11:17  |  Justme 29/03/09
      24.   VIPER List away.Leave out the first recorded Arab pogrom 11:22  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      25.   Sudan arms convoy destroyed. 11:25  |  David Nigel Braham 29/03/09
      26.   DAV What do you call the missiles fired at CIVILLIANS 11:27  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      27.   This is close to humiliation 11:45  |  Johnny 29/03/09
      28.   "Unmanned drones". Yeah, sure. 11:47  |  Gray 29/03/09
      29.   To #5 Marilyn 11:49  |  Colin 29/03/09
      30.   "Israel used unmanned drones" 11:54  |  Clickfool 29/03/09
      31.   JUSTME Have you forgotten something.?Hamas was warned repeatedly 11:55  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      32.   Sam they hit us in Argentina 12:09  |  x-ray 29/03/09
      33.   Apologies to all those waiting for them to hit Tel Aviv 12:10  |  x-ray 29/03/09
      34.   Art of War lives in the Star Wars age 12:11  |  allang 29/03/09
      35.   So sorry Marilyn: 12:11  |  x-ray 29/03/09
      36.   Clickfool yeah!! but hitting Tel Aviv is allowed. 12:15  |  x-ray 29/03/09
      37.   #30 click fool the moron 12:18  |  Adrian de Klerk 29/03/09
      38.   VIPER,why would Israel or the US attack Australia 12:23  |  ur a blow hard viper 29/03/09
      39.   the peace camp 12:28  |  Lola 29/03/09
      40.   GRAY Complain to the Times. 12:34  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      41.   TO ALL ANTI - ISRAELIS 12:35  |  fluffy 29/03/09
      42.   CFOOL you said it did not happen.Where you lying 12:36  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      43.   VIPER- which gang to you belong to? 12:49  |  Zelkha 29/03/09
      44.   Hey Killers, There`s Nowhere to Hide! 13:03  |  Yonatan Maisel 29/03/09
      45.   CLICKFOOL INSANE OR GENIUS? 13:06  |  fluffy 29/03/09
      46.   We Israelis 13:08  |  Robert Haymond 29/03/09
      47.   Australiuan and Kiwis 13:11  |  ari 29/03/09
      48.   Excellent move, Israel, are you watching? Gaza, West Bank Pali`s 13:11  |  Rafael - Sydney 29/03/09
      49.   Clickfool # 30 13:21  |  ChanahS 29/03/09
      50.   Clickfool too funny 13:24  |  Peter Williams 29/03/09
      51.   Sam - you have failed to learn anything from 13:24  |  ChanahS 29/03/09
      52.   #30 Clickfool "Against International law" 13:29  |  H 29/03/09
      53.   #.34 allang. How close to the reality you are. 13:34  |  Stephen. 29/03/09
      54.   #.3 Cipora Juliana Kohn. 13:51  |  Stephen. 29/03/09
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      56.   4 14:30  |  zionist forever 29/03/09
      57.   Ari not Me 14:32  |  Angela 29/03/09
      58.   # 53 Steven ...... other world capacity 14:39  |  allang 29/03/09
      59.   HERE"S WHAT`S NEEDED 14:41  |  Brant 29/03/09
      60.   SAM AND "TERRITORY" 14:42  |  Brant 29/03/09
      61.   Israel Pioneered Combat Drones 14:43  |  UsedToPostHere 29/03/09
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      64.   Bravo Israel!! 14:51  |  Nechama 29/03/09
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      76.   #62 Zionist Forever is Right on 17:53  |  Gabriel 29/03/09
      77.   re: D 17:57  |  UsedToPostHere 29/03/09
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      84.   # 76 maurice 18:59  |  Axel 29/03/09
      85.   # 73 D 19:01  |  Axel 29/03/09
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      87.   Re# 1 You, We and Us and They too 19:11  |  Ines 29/03/09
      88.   #76 Axel 19:18  |  Maurice 29/03/09
      89.   Thank you Dutch, we`ll send you the qassams instead shall we? 19:22  |  x-ray 29/03/09
      90.   Israel`s Defence 19:33  |  Carole 29/03/09
      91.   79&84 Indrajaja and Flying scepter 19:42  |  H 29/03/09
      92.   Re # 7 May be Sam is trying to say that as Israel 19:42  |  Ines 29/03/09
      93.   Unfair Criticism of Israel! 19:43  |  Carole 29/03/09
      94.   # 85 maurice 19:54  |  Axel 29/03/09
      95.   Re # 8 Yah Tzofnit the only problem is that 19:54  |  Ines 29/03/09
      96.   # 85 maurice 19:56  |  Axel 29/03/09
      97.   Re# 9 Yah Fluffly I do agree besides... 19:58  |  Ines 29/03/09
      98.   To fluffy 19:59  |  Carole 29/03/09
      99.   re"Dutch" 20:05  |  JTA 29/03/09
      100.   Re# 10 Kiwi Girl .... Is NZ Trying to arm 20:07  |  Ines 29/03/09
      101.   # 91 ines 20:09  |  Axel 29/03/09
      102.   Got news for ya, Dutch 20:15  |  Tzfonit 29/03/09
      103.   Drones used often by Obama to strike Pakistan 20:36  |  August West 29/03/09
      104.   Got news for ya, Dutch (2nd try) 21:15  |  Tzfonit 29/03/09
      105.   5 22:03  |  zionist forever 29/03/09
      106.   JUSTME.The functions of govt. in Gaza are carried out by Hamas 22:19  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      107.   PETER SM: it does NOT matter who functions Gaza 22:55  |  JustMe 29/03/09
      108.   #54, Stephen 22:55  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/03/09
      109.   JUSTME.Rafah is controlled by Egypt does that make them the govt. 23:10  |  PETER SM 29/03/09
      110.   Unmanned Drones to Attack Sudan Convoys... 23:39  |  Jack 29/03/09
      111.   drones 23:42  |  yitz 29/03/09
      112.   amazing, everybody but amnesty can find this information out. 23:46  |  ralph 29/03/09
      113.   Re# 79 Why should they ??? 23:52  |  Ines 29/03/09
      114.   Re# 81 Population in Gaza ...being used by 23:56  |  Ines 29/03/09
      115.   to # 5 & 12 00:13  |  Zionist 30/03/09
      116.   Well done IDF 00:41  |  Jan Vlaming 30/03/09
      117.   Israel used unmanned drones 00:44  |  The Teacher/Instruct 30/03/09
      118.   Sudan affair is a diversion 00:47  |  Even Playing Field 30/03/09
      119.   #1 SAm hey Nasrullah killing Jews in Argentina 03:19  |  Big Sur 30/03/09
      120.   #5 Marilyn Cowards 03:23  |  Big Sur 30/03/09
      121.   For 82 Dutch in Maine 03:28  |  Big Sur 30/03/09
      122.   Report: Israel used unmanned drones to attack Sudan convoys 03:46  |  jp zakee 30/03/09
      123.   What would world reaction be? 05:30  |  Janice 30/03/09
      124.   Well said PeterSM, in response to Viper 06:03  |  jj 30/03/09
      125.   Practice makes perfect 08:08  |  Baruch Gold 30/03/09
      126.   just you 08:40  |  TLV 30/03/09
      127.   JUSTME Egypt controlls Rafah border.Do they occupy Gaza? 10:09  |  PETER SM 30/03/09
      128.   Sam & his "Revenge` 15:32  |  Col [Res] Cohen 30/03/09
      129.   uav 17:49  |  tom 30/03/09
      130.   re #22 from Danielle 18:18  |  Ray 30/03/09
      131.   Re# 89 Right Carol...and I believe there is... 19:49  |  Ines 30/03/09
      132.   #43, ZELKHA, news to me 02:02  |  VIPER 31/03/09
      133.   Yet jews supported Bosnia in the 90`S 04:13  |  Orthodox Martyr 31/03/09
      134.   ISRAEL attack SUDAN 11:41  |  The Teacher/Instruct 31/03/09
      135.   Proactive defence 16:51  |  J 31/03/09
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