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| "CONFUSED, INCONCLUSIVE
AND CONTRADICTORY": |
An Assessment and Analysis
of the American Government's "Evidence"
for the Cruise Missile Attack on Sudan
This study provides as much of a picture of American
government claims about its 20 August Cruise missile
attack on the al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory as
has been publicly made available by the Clinton
Administration. |
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| AMERICAN CLAIMS ABOUT
THE AL-SHIFA FACTORY PUT TO THE TEST
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| The United States government
has now made five claims about the al-Shifa factory
in its attempts to justify its Cruise missile attack
on the plant on 20 August 1998. These are as follows:
The al-Shifa plant was making precursors to the
VX nerve gas, namely a compound known as Empta;
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| A TIMELINE OF SOME
OF THE EVENTS FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN MISSILE STRIKE
ON THE AL-SHIFA FACTORY IN SUDAN
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| 7 August 1998 Terrorist
bombs badly damage the United States embassies in
Kenya and Tanzania. Hundreds of people, twelve of
whom American, are killed in the attacks. |
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