Sudan Denies Possessing Chemical Weapons

A statement from the Sudanese Embassy in Ankara reported no military cooperation or agreement between Damascus and Hartoum; it also cited that no such accusations have been made by the international organizations currently at work in Darfur. The statement asked, "Where are the corpses of tens of thousands of people who are claimed to have been killed?"

The statement declared that Sudan possessed no chemical weapons. Additionally, it recalled the 1998 US strike against the Sifa Drug Company, suspected by the US government of manufacturing chemical weapons, and said that the US justification was baseless.

The German newspaper said that their story was based on intelligence reports from European countries. The Sudanese believe that such information is part of a US campaign to undermine Syria’s international influence.