War IN BRIEF : SUDAN : Government Denies Presence of Scuds
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The Sudanese government again denied that Iraqi Scud missiles are stationed in Sudan for use against Egypt or Saudi Arabia. Information Minister Abdallah Mohammed Ahmed specifically criticized a report on ABC’s “World News Tonight” that quoted diplomatic sources and Western relief workers as saying that Iraq has positioned combat aircraft and surface-to-surface missiles at strategic sites across Sudan, the official Sudan News Agency said. Sudan’s military government has repeatedly denied such reports, which have appeared in Persian Gulf newspapers since Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
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