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Africa: Horn
Syria tested chemical weapons on black Darfur population: German WELT reports
2004-09-14
German article in Die Welt, quick and dirty translation of TGA (better than machine translation)
Note that German Intelligence Services usually leak to Die Welt, so they don't make that stuff up.
Secret Services: dozens of victims
from Jacques Schuster
In June of this year Syrian special forces have used chemical weapons against the Black-African population of Darfur. The action in which dozens of people died, occurred in arrangement with the Sudanese government, a conclusion Western Secret Services have reached. This is supported by reports of eyewitnesses which were published in different Arabian media.

Judging from the documents of Western Intelligence services in possession of die WELT, Syrian officers have met representatives of the Sudanese army in May of this year in a suburb of Khartoum. The conversations dealt with the question about how to expand the military collaboration. According to Secret Service information the Syrian delegation has offered Sudan a closer cooperation in the area of chemical warfare. The sources furthermore say that it has been suggested to test the chemical agents on the rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Because in May Khartoum was in peace negotiations with the rebels, the Sudanese delegation apparently advised to test the agents on the Black-African population. To do that at least five airplanes of the Syrian civil airline Syrian Arab Airlines were flown from Damascus to Khartoum. Aboard were specialists of the Syrian University for Chemical Warfare including engineering equipment.

When the Darfur mission started cannot be exactly ascertained. Yet in an article of the Arabian website "Ilaf" on August 2nd Sudanese eyewitnesses report odd occurrences in Khartoum's Al Fashr hospital. In June suddenly several dozens of deep frozen corpses are said to have been brought to the hospital, showing strange injuries on the whole body. After a short time Sudanese soldiers are said to have blocked off a wing of the building. Afterwards, if one believes the witnesses, the access was only permitted to an unknown Syrian doctor's team. After days Sudanese forces transported the bodies away.

For some time already military experts have information about a Sudanese Syrian collaboration in the area of chemical weapon research. Also Syrian members of the opposition have repeatedly reported on the testing of chemical weapons on prisoners.
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