A fascinating report today that the Sudanese government has ordered the removal of all Syrian ballistic missiles and chemical WMD from their country.
Arab diplomatic and Sudanese government sources said the regime of Sudanese President Omar Bashir has ordered that Syria remove its Scud C and Scud D medium-range ballistic missiles as well as components for chemical weapons stored in warehouses in Khartoum.
What the heck? Since when is that stuff in Sudan? And where did Syria happen to get all these ballistic missiles and chemical WMD? And did any happen to go missing in Sudan and accidentally get passed to Al Qaeda, who have a very strong presence there?
Yeesh.
But wait, there's more.
The sources said the Sudanese demand was issued after the Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry confirmed a report published earlier this month that Syria has been secretly flying Scud-class missiles and WMD components to Khartoum.
Secretly? You're telling me Syria is smuggling ballistic missiles and WMD into Sudan? Why would they do that? Maybe because they don't want people to know just what the weapons are or where they came from...like Iraq, maybe? Or maybe because they intend further transfer, like to Al Qaeda?
The sources said the Bashir regime has been alarmed over the prospect that the United States would discover the Syrian arsenal and conclude that Damascus and Khartoum were cooperating in the area of missiles and WMD. They said this would have delayed or dashed U.S. plans to lift sanctions from Sudan.
That Bush, he never tries to use diplomacy to get results. And there's no connection between the war in Iraq and how the Sudanese government feels about things, or to the War on Terror.
Remember all those reports that a whole lot of container truck convoys were heading over the border from Iraq to Syria before and during the war? And the word was that they had WMD and other prohibited items?
Hmmmmm......
Hat Tip: I saw this first someplace in the blogosphere today but I lost the link. If I find it again I'll give 'em credit.