[EST PUB DATE: AUGUST 1999] PROLIFERATION DIGEST -- SUDAN: DENYING CHEMICAL W

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Sudan: Denying Chemical Weapons Investigation

has backtracked from earlier statementsN invct ligation into allegations ot chemical warfare (CW) agent use in southern Sudan and isuid pro quo US agreementNof ihc strike on the AJ-Shifa phannacculictl plant in Khartoum,io Sudanese media reports.in May ratified the Chemical Weaponsthat it has produced or used CW against southern rebels.

Given the time elapsed since the strike, an investigation of (he al-Shifa facility would be unlikely to yield conclusive evidence of CW-related activity at the lite.

The UN and relief organizations are increasingly concerned about reports from relief workers mat chemical bombs were used against two rebellate last month. Tbe reports, however, are contradictory and probably exaggerated to serve the rebels' political agenda.

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Sudan: SPLA-Controlled Towns Bombed by Sudanese Armed Forces

military forceseries of bombing raids against Sudanese People's Liberation Army operations In southern Sudan between July and August. Tbeusingnd around the towns ot Lanya and Kaya.

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