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Allies back US strikesSudanese officials reply in anger
Associated Press, 08/20/98
LONDON - Britain and Israel expressed support Thursday for U.S. strikes on suspected terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan while European reports linked the attacks to President Clinton's problems at home.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he strongly supported the strikes, which Clinton said targeted facilities linked to the Aug. 7 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Blair compared the East Africa bombings to Sunday's deadly bomb attack in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
``The atrocities this month in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Omagh have shown the pain and suffering terrorism can bring to innocent people,'' Blair said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ``welcomes the U.S. decision to strike targets of terrorists in Sudan and Afghanistan,'' said a statement from his office.
Clinton said he had ordered the attacks on sites linked to Osama bin Laden, a Saudi millionaire who U.S. officials say sponsors terrorism.
But Iraqi state TV said the United States had turned its back on international law and was using terrorism to further its own aims.
``Is the bombardment of safe populated areas, factories, or any inhabited place -- as the United States did when it bombed areas in Sudan and Afghanistan -- not considered terrorism?'' the British Broadcasting Corp. quoted the Iraqi television commentary as saying.
The bombings took place mid-evening in Europe, and initial government reaction was sparse, although some TV reports suggested the bombing was linked to investigations into Clinton's relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky.
News of the attacks led Spanish radio and TV bulletins. And Pablo Castellano, a spokesman for United Left, Spain's third-ranking political party, said the U.S. air strikes appeared to be ``a reaction geared towards trying to win popularity ... rather than combat terrorism'' and were related to the Lewinsky case.
And in Italy, TV news also linked the breaking news of the bombings with ongoing coverage of the Lewinsky case and speculated on whether the attack was a way to distract from the affair, which the Italian media have called ``Sexgate.''
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