Sudan 'a dangerous terrorist state'
2012-10-25 11:52
Jerusalem - Sudan is a "dangerous terrorist state," a top Israeli defence official said on Thursday after the Sudanese government accused Israel of carrying out a deadly missile strike on a military factory in Khartoum.
Sudanese officials say the attack on the Yarmouk facility south of Khartoum, which took place at around midnight on Tuesday and killed two people, was carried out by four radar-evading aircraft.
Israel, which has long accused Khartoum of serving as a base for Islamist Hamas militants, has refused all comment on the claim.
"Sudan is a dangerous terrorist state. To know exactly what happened [there], it will take some time to understand," Amos Gilad told Israel's army radio.
Asked directly whether Israel was involved in the attack, Gilad, who serves as director of policy and political-military affairs at the defence ministry, refused to reply directly.
The Israeli air force, he noted, was "one of the most prestigious in the world, a fact which had been proved many times in the past".
"There are different versions of the Sudanese side, so there is no reason to go into details," he said, without elaborating.
Khartoum has said it found evidence of Israeli involvement among the remnants of the explosives at the blast site.
"We think Israel did the bombing," Culture and Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman said, adding: "We reserve the right to react at a place and time we choose."
