{"id":2985,"date":"2009-03-27T13:54:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T13:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2009-03-27T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T13:54:43","slug":"2009-3-27-state-dept-non-answers-on-sudan-strike-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2985","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. non-answers on Sudan strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
From the State Dept.Daily Press Briefing – March 26<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“QUESTION: On Sudan. If you could just please comment on reports about an alleged weapons convoy that was destroyed in Sudan, with weapons supposedly headed for Gaza. I believe the attack happened in January. Was the U.S. aware of this attack? Reports are saying that it was either carried out by the U.S., others are saying that it may have been carried out by Israel.<\/p>\n

MR. DUGUID: I\u2019ve seen no reports that suggested U.S. involvement in this particular case. I\u2019m aware of the media reports. I don\u2019t have any information on that for you. It would be a defense issue, in any event. But I am unaware that there is any suggestion of U.S. involvement.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Sudan\u2019s \u2013 I believe it was the transport minister \u2013 has acknowledged that his country in the past has sent weapons to Hamas but says that is no longer the case. Is there a U.S. concern that Sudan is still providing weapons assistance to \u2013 through Gaza or to Hamas?<\/p>\n

MR. DUGUID: I don\u2019t have any information for you on that. We are concerned that weapons are being sent to Hamas, that smuggling has been a problem in the Gaza Strip, and that is one of the things that everyone is working to resolve, particularly the Egyptians are working to resolve, in order to help bring peace back to the Gaza.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Can I just clarify something?
MR. DUGUID: Yes.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Your remarks were a little unclear. Are you saying the U.S. did not have any involvement in that at all, just flat out?<\/p>\n

MR. DUGUID: I am unaware of any suggestion that the U.S. did.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: But there is a suggestion. There\u2019s a Sudanese report saying that.<\/p>\n

MR. DUGUID: I am unaware of the report. I haven\u2019t seen it and I don\u2019t have any information on that.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: But Kirit isn\u2019t asking whether you\u2019re aware of any suggestions. He\u2019s asking whether there was any involvement, to your knowledge.<\/p>\n

MR. DUGUID: But I am \u2013 and what I am telling you is that because I was unaware that there was any suggestion, I have not been informed that there was any sort of U.S. involvement. I will be happy to refer you to the Pentagon if this is something that would involve military action, but nothing I have seen indicates any U.S. involvement in this incident at all.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: And just on the same point then, do you have any indication of Israeli involvement?<\/p>\n

MR. DUGUID: I would refer you to the Israelis about their involvement in any particular military action.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the State Dept.Daily Press Briefing – March 26<\/a>:
\n<\/p>\n

“QUESTION: On Sudan. If you could just please comment on reports about an alleged weapons convoy that was destroyed in Sudan, with weapons supposedly headed for Gaza. I believe the attack happened in January. Was the U.S. aware of this attack? Reports are saying that it was either carried out by the U.S., others are saying that it may have been carried out by Israel.
\nMR. DUGUID: I\u2019ve seen no reports that suggested U.S. involvement in this particular case. I\u2019m aware of the media reports. I don\u2019t have any information on that for you. It would be a defense issue, in any event. But I am unaware that there is any suggestion of U.S. involvement.
\nQUESTION: Sudan\u2019s \u2013 I believe it was the transport minister \u2013 has acknowledged that his country in the past has sent weapons to Hamas but says that is no longer the case. Is there a U.S. concern that Sudan is still providing weapons assistance to \u2013 through Gaza or to Hamas?
\nMR. DUGUID: I don\u2019t have any information for you on that. We are concerned that weapons are being sent to Hamas, that smuggling has been a problem in the Gaza Strip, and that is one of the things that everyone is working to resolve, particularly the Egyptians are working to resolve, in order to help bring peace back to the Gaza.
\nQUESTION: Can I just clarify something?
\nMR. DUGUID: Yes.
\nQUESTION: Your remarks were a little unclear. Are you saying the U.S. did not have any involvement in that at all, just flat out?
\nMR. DUGUID: I am unaware of any suggestion that the U.S. did.
\nQUESTION: But there is a suggestion. There\u2019s a Sudanese report saying that.
\nMR. DUGUID: I am unaware of the report. I haven\u2019t seen it and I don\u2019t have any information on that.
\nQUESTION: But Kirit isn\u2019t asking whether you\u2019re aware of any suggestions. He\u2019s asking whether there was any involvement, to your knowledge.
\nMR. DUGUID: But I am \u2013 and what I am telling you is that because I was unaware that there was any suggestion, I have not been informed that there was any sort of U.S. involvement. I will be happy to refer you to the Pentagon if this is something that would involve military action, but nothing I have seen indicates any U.S. involvement in this incident at all.
\nQUESTION: And just on the same point then, do you have any indication of Israeli involvement?
\nMR. DUGUID: I would refer you to the Israelis about their involvement in any particular military action.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[491,59,70,535,536,57,92],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}