Israel Strikes Make Strange Bedfellows

The IAF has launched three strikes in Sudan since the beginning of the year aiming to take out Iranian shipments headed to Hamas:

But actually, since January, Israel has conducted a total of three military strikes against smugglers transporting what were believed to be Iranian weapons shipments destined for Gaza, a U.S. official told ABC News.

The information matches recent reports from Sudanese officials of two airstrikes in the desert of eastern Sudan and the sinking of a ship in the Red Sea carrying weapons.

Jonathan Peled, a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, would only say, "No comment," when contacted by ABC News on the matter.

Sudanese officials initially said this week that 39 people riding in 17 trucks were killed in a mid-January airstrike conducted by an unidentified aircraft in a desert area north of the Red Sea port of Port Sudan.

Interesting to say the least. Not only that the Israeli's could and would complete such missions but that there's been no outcry from the Egyptians or other Arab nations. It could be that they want Iran's ambitions of becoming the regional power to be checked but lack the political or military expertise to do so. So what we are seeing is Israel acting as a proxy for the Sunni nations who see the Shia Iran as the ultmate enemy.

Why not have a more capable military handle the problem of regional hegemony by a determined foe even if the more capable military is a bigger foe?

Developments that bear watching to be sure.