9-19-2001.........Sudan
has served as a haven for members of various groups, the State
Department
says, including Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda and the Palestinian Hamas
and
Islamic Jihad. Sudan also has been linked to the assassination
attempt
in 1995 against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
In 1996, under military and diplomatic pressure from the United States, Sudan forces bin Laden to find a new refuge. "dailynews yahoo" |