Tadamon Islamic Bank billboard along the main road into Khartoum North |
Nile Petroleum station in Khartoum North |
Italy Pizza Center, Khartoum North |
Pizza Mac, Khartoum North |
Khartoum North |
Billboard for Bavaria non-alcoholic beer, Khartoum |
Tuk Tuk in Khartoum North |
Small shops in Khartoum North |
Low-rise Khartoum North |
Probably the flag of a Sudanese sports club - not Vietnam |
Pink minaret, Khartoum North |
Twin minarets, Khartoum North |
LG - incomplete building, Khartoum North |
Major Khartoum North intersection with Al-Inqaz Street |
Al-Noor Mosque, Khartoum North |
Al-Noor Mosque, still under construction but nearly complete |
Istanbul-style Al-Noor Mosque, Khartoum North |
Al-Noor Mosque, Khartoum North |
Khartoum North car dealership |
Watermelons for sale, Khartoum North |
Watermelon salesman, Khartoum North |
Chinese factory in Khartoum North - Rioym North Power Station |
Chinese housing, Rioym North Power Station, Khartoum North Light Industrial Area |
Khartoum North Light Industrial Area |
Sign in front of the Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory mentioning China |
Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory, Khartoum North |
The Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory was destroyed on 20 August 1998 by American cruise missles |
U.S. President Clinton ordered the 1998 attack on Khartoum in retaliation for the US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania |
The US alleged that this facility was involved in the production of chemical weapons and had ties to Osama Bin Laden |
Osama bin Laden had already been expelled from Sudan 2 years earlier |
"Monica Missiles" - Tomahawk strike on Khartoum |
"...the evidence that prompted Pres. Clinton to order the missile strike on the Shifa plant was not as solid as first portrayed" |
Ground Zero for an angry Tomahawk Cruise Missile |
Ruins of the Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory destroyed by the US in August 1998 |
12 years later, the factory is still a pile of rubble |
If this were North Korea, however, this would surely be the "Museum of American Imperialist Aggression" |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
Operation Infinite Reach, 20 August 1998 |
The cruise missiles were launched from the Red Sea by the US Navy |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
13 Tomahawk Cruise missiles were used againt Al Shifa |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
Pulverized remains of the Al Shifa Factory, Khartoum North |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
Each $569,000 Tomahawk Cruise Missile has a range of 2500 km |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory ruins, Khartoum North |
It has never been proven that the Al Shifa factory was used to produce chemical weapons |
Many feel the attack was a distraction to take the media's attention away from President Clinton's personal problems |
Thousands of medicine bottles litter the Al Shifa ruins |
Tombs in Al Kabashi, around 30 km north of Khartoum |
Tombs in Al Kabashi, around 30 km north of Khartoum |