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Chemical attack?

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 22-AUG-04
Format: Online - approximately 708 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Chemical attack?(WORLD)(WORLD REVIEW)

Article Excerpt
Byline: David Jones, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Chemical attack?

There was something curiously understated about the report of an apparent chemical attack on villagers in the Sudanese province of Darfur, which ran on Tuesday's front page.

For one thing, the word "chemical" was never used by any of the villagers. They simply described in matter-of-fact terms how one day, instead of the usual bombs, the planes dropped plastic sacks filled with a flourlike substance that made them sick and killed their livestock.

"I came across the story just talking to the villagers in Shegek Karo about their experiences during the bombing," reporter Levon Sevunts explained in...

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