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1999 Sudan Special Weapons News

• SUDAN - CHEMICAL WEAPONS Voice of America 04 August 1999 -- A U-N medical team is to arrive (Wednesday) in southern Sudan to treat victims of a possible chemical or biological weapons attack. Rebel leaders say the government in Khartoum used the weapons during a bombing raid two-weeks ago.
• EGYPT / SUDAN Voice of America 14 August 1999 -- A senior Sudanese official has denied reports that the Sudanese government dropped chemical weapons on rebel-held areas in southern Sudan. Sudan's Ambassador to Egypt, Ahmed Abdel Halim Mohammed, believes the reports are part of a larger effort to undermine peace talks between the Sudanese government and opposition parties.

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