The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on October 12 2012, prior to the alleged attack. A U.S. monitoring group says satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory suggest the site was hit by an airstrike. 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 Oct 27 2012 showed several 52-foot wide craters. A spokesman for the project said military experts found the craters to be "consistent with large impact craters created by air-delivered munitions." Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied striking the site, instead accusing Sudan of playing a role in an Iranian-backed network of arms shipments to Hamas and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/ DigitalGlobe via Satellite Sentinel Project)
Satellite images suggest airstrike on Sudan site
The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on October 12 2012, prior to the alleged attack. A U.S. monitoring group says satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory suggest the site was hit by an airstrike. 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 Oct 27 2012 showed several 52-foot wide craters. A spokesman for the project said military experts found the craters to be "consistent with large impact craters created by air-delivered munitions." Israeli officials have neither confirmed nor denied striking the site, instead accusing Sudan of playing a role in an Iranian-backed network of arms shipments to Hamas and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/ DigitalGlobe via Satellite Sentinel Project)
By MAGGIE FICK
Associated Press /
October 28, 2012
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Some Israeli commentators suggested that if Israel did indeed carry out an airstrike causing Wednesday’s blast, it might have been a trial run of sorts for an operation in Iran. Both countries are roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away from Israel, and an air operation would require careful planning and in-flight refueling.
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The Satellite Sentinel Project’s images of the explosion site are available here: http://satsentinel.org/report/sitrep-explosions-khartoum-0
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