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Analyst: Sudan Has No Cash to Pay Damages for 1998 Embassy Bombings

Nabeel Biajo

   A Sudanese political analyst says Sudan will have a hard time finding
   the cash to pay the punitive damages imposed by a U.S. Supreme Court
   ruling in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya
   and Tanzania.

   "It's extremely difficult to pay this amount, so the other methods of
   solution must be followed, including an appeal to the international
   community to accelerate the lifting of sanctions from the Sudan,"
   Abdulmuniem Himmat told VOA's South Sudan in Focus.

   In a unanimous decision Monday, the Supreme Court reinstated a lower
   court ruling that ordered Sudan to pay $4.3 billion in punitive damages
   to some of the victims of the 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar
   el Salaam carried out by al-Qaida. The attacks killed 224 people and
   injured thousands more.

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