Russian President Boris Yeltsin described it as ``outrageous'' while Britain, Germany and Israel came out strongly in support of the American action.

China's foreign ministry spokesman today condemned the US strikes against Sudan and Afghanistan and called on the international community to work together to eliminate world terrorism. ``Our view is to handle the issue of bombing in Kenya and Tanzania according to the United Nations charter and international law,'' spokesman Zhu Bangzao said in Beijing.

The Arab league, condemning the ``Rambo-style'' attacks, said the US action was a threat to the security and stability of the Middle-East.

Israeli reactions were predictably supportive of the aggression. Defence minister Yitzhak Mordechai said ``the war against terrorism wherever it may be must be incessant, it is needed to guarantee the security and stability of theworld.''

Meanwhile, radical Palestinian group Hamas termed the attack on Sudan as one on the ``whole Arab and Islamic world'' and threatened to strike at US and Israeli installations.

Iraq and Libya, known foes of America, condemned the ``repulsive'' and ``unjustified'' action. ``Not only do we protest and condemn the American action against Sudan and Afghanistan but we express revulsion over the policies of the United States,'' an Iraqi spokesman said after a meeting of the Revolutionary Command Council, the country's highest policy-making body.``We are ready to act on the regional and international level with all of those who oppose the aggressive and dangerous American policies,'' Iraq's spokesman was quoted as saying.

Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi telephoned Sudanese president Omar Hassan-al-Bashir, said the Libyan people supported Sudan ``in the fight against this aggression''.

``We reaffirm our condemnation of terrorism, including the organised state terrorism exerted by America,'' theLibyan foreign ministry said in a statement in Tripoli.

Meanwhile Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN, which Clinton conveniently chose not to consult or seek cooperation from for this attack, reacted cautiously, saying he was ``concerned'' over the development.

The first world leader Clinton talked to after the action in Sudan and Afghanistan, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, strongly supported the US action saying ``the atrocities this month in Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, and Omagh (Northern Ireland) have shown the pain and suffering that terrorism can bring to innocent people.''

Reports from Australia quoted prime minister John Howard terming the bombings as ``entirely justified'' and said ``any country is entitled to act in self-defence and to embark upon a retaliatory strike where there is a clear attack upon its own citizens...''

Japanese premier Keizo Obuchi, expressing guarded support to the US action, said ``although we are still investigating the facts of the matter at present, I canunderstand the resolute attitude taken by the United States against terrorists.''