As much as it pains me to agree with a thug like Moammar Gadhafi (Page 1, May 28), he was exactly right in his criticism of the U.S. government’s unilateral, sneak attack on the pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, Sudan, on Aug. 20, 1998. In 21 months the administration has yet to produce even a single shred of evidence to support its cruise missile attack.
Administration spokesmen have contended that the soil outside the plant, whose owner had ties to Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden, had tested positive for traces of Empta, a precursor chemical to VX, a nerve gas. That claim has since been widely criticized by independent scientists who doubt that the presence of Empta could be determined by the single soil sample alleged to have been obtained by U.S. intelligence.
The administration continues to this day to maintain that its evidence must remain a state secret. This attack remains a stain upon the honor of the U.S. military and a slap in the face of Muslims worldwide. Does anyone doubt that the U.S. has now opened the door for any nation or terrorist organization to engage in pre-emptive strikes anywhere in the world?
