Biological warfare by proxy

The destruction of the al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan, has left that country with little reserve of a medicine to fight malaria. The factory, which was thought to manufacture chemical warfare agents, was destroyed by US cruise missiles. The factory produced half of Sudan's medicines, leaving no supplies of chloroquine, the standard treatment for malaria. By destroying the means to make medicine to treat malaria, endemic to Sudan, the US has essentially engaged in biological warfare by proxy. A request by aid workers for more aid from the British Government to help supply medicine to Sudan has been rejected. Story at: http://reports.guardian.co.uk/articles/1998/12/20/p-39360.html