Why did the US government launch missiles into Sudan in the late 1990s?
A.
They thought Sudan was harboring ex-Soviets wanted for crimes in Afghanistan.
B.
They thought Osama bin Laden was there and wanted to assassinate him.
C.
They were retaliating for crimes committed by the Sudanese in Somalia.
D.
They thought there was a chemical weapons factory there.
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(a)they thought sudan was harboring ex-soviet wanted for crime in afganistan
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Option A is the correct answer.
The U.S. apprehended that Sudan was harboring ex-soviet wanted for a crime in Afghanistan.
U.S. intelligence detected financial cooperation between the Al-Shifa plant and Osama bin Laden who took shelter in Sudan.
U.S. collected a soil sample from Al-Shifa allegedly contained a chemical applied in VX nerve gas production.
The U.S. anticipated that Al-Shifa was linked and producing chemical weapons for, Osama and his al-Qaeda network, the U.S. had destroyed the facility with cruise missiles, killing at least 11 Sudanese.
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