So far no outraged Times editorials demanding the Administration "come clean" on this one.
Seth Ackerman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Remick [SMTP:cremick at rlmnet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 1998 11:31 AM
> To: 'lbo-talk at lists.panix.com'
> Subject: Sudan bombing
>
> Thought I'd share this from today's Financial Times:
> Blair 'hasty' in backing Sudan strike
> By Robert Peston, Political Editor
> The UK Foreign Office is increasingly concerned that the US last week
> bombed an innocent target when destroying a pharmaceutical factory in
> Sudan. Senior officials believe Tony Blair, prime minister, was too
> hasty in backing President Bill Clinton's strike on the plant in
> Khartoum.
> "A country like the United States, when its citizens are under attack
> in
> this way and when they are at risk, must have the right to defend
> itself
> and we support our allies in this cause," Mr Blair said.
> A Foreign Office official said Mr Blair's support for the US was
> "knee-jerk and a bit obtuse". He said the UK had not obtained any
> independent evidence that the factory had a military purpose or was
> linked to the international terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
> [end of excerpt]
> Am still waiting for details on that soil sample!
> Carl Remick