§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 10 March 1999,Official Report, columns 364–65, on the Al Shifa factory, if he will identify the international terrorists to whom he refers. [77103]
§ The Prime MinisterThe US Government have stated that they took action against international terrorist groups which had played a key role in the US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. They had reason to believe that these groups were planning further terrorist attacks against US and other citizens.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 10 March 1999,Official Report, columns 364–65, on Al Shifa, what discussions he has held with the US Administration since the strike on Al Shifa concerning the compelling evidence that the plant was being used for the production of chemical weapons materials. [77104]
§ The Prime MinisterIt is established practice under section 1(c) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information not to disclose or discuss information received in confidence from foreign governments.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 10 March 1999,Official Report, column 364–65, on Al Shifa, to which places he was referring, as the bases for terrorist organisations. [77105]
§ The Prime MinisterThe US Government have stated that their airstrikes last August against targets in Afghanistan and Sudan were against camps and facilities linked with groups who had played a key role in the US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania killing over 200 innocent people.