ملفات الإدارة الأمريكية في السودان

 مطالبة إدارة ترامب بتضمين الإتفاق مع السودان تعويضات عن أحداث سبتمبر ١٩٩٩م. (Wall street journal):

am surprised that your editorial supports the State Department’s agreement with Sudan wholeheartedly (“Trump’s Opening in Africa,” Aug. 10). I look forward to the day when Sudan can rejoin the community of nations, but first the country needs to reckon more fully with its past.

While based in Sudan from 1991-96, Osama bin Laden invested heavily in the Sudanese economy and worked in concert with the Sudanese government. This helped bin Laden strengthen his global terrorist network, train al Qaeda operatives and plan terrorist attacks, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya and the 2000 USS Cole bombing. The 9/11 attack was the culmination of these escalating plots, none of which would have occurred without the haven and material support provided by Sudan in the 1990s.

While the victims of al Qaeda attacks on the embassies and the USS Cole are compensated under the current agreement, the victims of the deadliest of the attacks, 9/11, are not. This includes my father, New York City Fire Department Capt. John R. Fischer. As part of the State Department’s deal, the 9/11 families’ claims against Sudan for its role in the attacks must be extinguished permanently.

How is that fair or just? Congress should refuse to