teke184 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp.../106666/1/.html Syria tested chemical arms on civilians in Darfur region: press BERLIN : Syria tested chemical weapons on civilians in Sudan's troubled western Darfur region in June and killed dozens of people. The German daily Die Welt newspaper, in an advance release of its Wednesday edition, citing unnamed western security sources, said that injuries apparently caused by chemical arms were found on the bodies of the victims. Advertisement It said that witnesses quoted by an Arabic news website called ILAF in an article on August 2 had said that several frozen bodies arrived suddenly at the "Al-Fashr Hospital" in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in June. Die Welt said the sources had indicated that the weapons tests were undertaken following a military exercise between Syria and Sudan. Syrian officers were reported to have met in May with Sudanese military leaders in a Khartoum suburb to discuss the possibility of improving cooperation between their armies. According to Die Welt, the Syrians had suggested close cooperation on developing chemical weapons, and it was proposed that the arms be tested on the rebel SPLA, the Sudan People's Liberation Army, in the south. But given that the rebels were involved in peace talks, the newspaper continued, the Sudanese government proposed testing the arms on people in Darfur. Details of what were in the weapons were not disclosed. The Sudanese government has been accused of arming and backing Arab militias, known as Janjaweed, which have rampaged through the western Darfur region for the past 19 months. An estimated 50,000 people have been killed and 1.4 million more uprooted in a campaign against Darfur's black African population, which began in February 2003 when Khartoum and the Janjaweed cracked down on a rebel uprising. The United States has accused Syria of trying to acquire materials and the know-how to develop chemical weapons and claims that Sudan has been seeking to improve its capability to produce them for many years. - AFP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 umm, hasn't the current administration been touting Syria's huge disarment? Go ahead and scratch that one off the list, fellas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 umm, hasn't the current administration been touting Syria's huge disarment? Go ahead and scratch that one off the list, fellas. That's LIBYA, Mike, not SYRIA. Syria is the country that supposedly is hosting many of the Iraqi top leadership not in US custody, as well as the supposed destination of Saddam's WMDs right before the recent Iraq war started. Libya is Gaddafi's little dictatorship that admitted it was trying to start a nuclear program. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 umm, hasn't the current administration been touting Syria's huge disarment? Go ahead and scratch that one off the list, fellas. That's LIBYA, Mike, not SYRIA. Syria is the country that supposedly is hosting many of the Iraqi top leadership not in US custody, as well as the supposed destination of Saddam's WMDs right before the recent Iraq war started. Libya is Gaddafi's little dictatorship that admitted it was trying to start a nuclear program. damn, wipe me outta this thread...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 Oh well, at least you're man enough to admit when you made a mistake. I, for one, NEVER say anything wrong at this place... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest INXS Report post Posted September 15, 2004 Well, it's one way to get Syria over as bad guys I suppose..I was figuring how the Sudan crisis was going to be tied into things..now I know... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jobber of the Week 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2004 At this point, I seriously doubt what the evidence is. Nobody's buying it now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
