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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Diana who wrote (180)	8/20/1998 3:05:00 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 67261

Thursday August 20 2:43 PM EDT U.S. launches strikes on Afghan, Sudanese bases EDGARTOWN, Mass. (Reuters) - The United States launched military strikes Thursday at ''terrorist-related'' bases in Afghanistan and Sudan believed to have been behind the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa this month, U.S. President Bill Clinton said. ''We have convincing evidence these groups played the key role in the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania,'' Clinton said in a hastily-called news conference before cutting short his vacation to return to Washington. ''Today, we have struck back.'' ''The United States launched an attack this morning on one of the most active terrorist bases in the world. It is located in Afghanistan and operated by groups affiliated with Osama bin Laden,'' Clinton said referring to the dissident Saudi Arabian millionaire suspected of involvement in the Africa bombings. ''We also struck a chemical weapons-related facility in Sudan,'' he added. ''Our target was the terrorists' base of operation and infrastructure. Our objective was to damage their capacity to strike at Americans and other innocent people.'' Clinton offered four reasons for the strikes: evidence that the groups were key players in the embassy bombings in Africa; a belief that these groups have carried out attacks against U.S. citizens in the past; information that they planned further attacks and the belief that the groups were seeking to acquire chemical and other dangerous weapons. The president, who arrived on this resort island for a vacation with his wife and daughter on Tuesday after his admission of an affair with Monica Lewinsky, was to leave immediately to return to Washington. Clinton said he would provide more information about the attacks later on Thursday. Defense Secretary William Cohen said Thursday that the attacks showed the United States would not allow sanctuary for terrorists. ''We recognize these strikes will not eliminate the problem. But our message is clear: there will be no sanctuary for terrorists and no limit to our resolve to defend American citizens and our interests -- our ideals of democracy and law -- against these cowardly attacks,'' Cohen told a news briefing. Cohen declined to give details of the two attacks. But more action might be needed, he added. ''There may be other operations that might be required,'' he said. Gen. Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the news conference the strikes were made at 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT). ''At 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, simultaneous military strikes were carried out against known terrorist training facilities in remote regions of Afghanistan and an industrial facility in Khartoum, Sudan,'' he said.