KENYA/SUDAN: SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, MUSTAFA OSMAN ISMAIL DENIES LINKS WITH SAUDI BORN DISSIDENT OSAMA BIN LADEN

Record ID: 987145

  • Title: KENYA/SUDAN: SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, MUSTAFA OSMAN ISMAIL DENIES LINKS WITH SAUDI BORN DISSIDENT OSAMA BIN LADEN
  • Date: 31st August 1998
  • Summary: KHARTOUM, SUDAN (FILE) (RTV) 1. AV BOMBED EL SHIFA PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT 0.12 NAIROBI, KENYA (AUGUST 30, 1998) (RTV) 2. SLV EXTERIOR OF BUILDING WHERE NEWS CONFERENCE BY SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MUSTAFA OSMAN ISMAIL TAKING PLACE 0.20 3. SLV NEWS CONFERENCE 0.24 4. SCU ISMAIL SAYING "WE ARE NOT ASKING AT THE MOMENT THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL BE CONDEMNED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL, WE ARE ASKING JUST ONE SINGLE QUESTION. THAT WE WANT A FACT-FINDING MISSION, TO COME FROM THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION, THE CONGRESS, FROM A RESPECTED PERSON LIKE (FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY) CARTER OR JESSE JACKSON OR ANY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, THE SECURITY COUNCIL, IT IS NOT DIFFICULT, BECAUSE THE FACTORY HAS BEEN CLOSED FROM THE DAY IT HAS BEEN BOMBARDED." (ENGLISH) 1.19 5. SCU DELEGATE LISTENING ZOOM OUT PRESS CONFERENCE 1.29 6. SCU ISMAIL SAYING "OSMAN BIN LADEN LEFT SUDAN IN 1995 AND HE HAS NEVER COME BACK AGAIN TO SUDAN. HE GOT COMPANIES, KNOWN COMPANIES IN SUDAN, WHEN HE LEFT BUT AFTER THAT OF COURSE WE HAD OUR OWN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS, ARAB COUNTRIES, AND WE FIND THAT THIS WILL NOT GO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WITH SUDAN AND THESE COUNTRIES. WE CUT ANY LINK WITH BIN LADEN TO SUDAN, THESE COMPANIES ARE NOW EITHER OWNED BY OTHER COMPANIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OR BY THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF SO BIN LADEN NOW HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH SUDAN" (ENGLISH) 2.12 (FILE) (RTV) (MUTE) 7. SCU STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF OSMAN BIN LADEN 2.20 NAIROBI, KENYA (FILE - AUGUST 7, 1998) (RTV) 8. SLV BOMBED U.S. EMBASSY AFTERMATH (3 SHOTS) 2.35 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: KHARTOUM, SUDAN AND NAIROBI, KENYA
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  • Country: AFRICA Sudan Kenya
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