ALLEGATIONS OF CHEMICAL WEAPON USE
SUDAN, THE UNITED STATES AND ALLEGATIONS OF A BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROGRAMME:

Irresponsible and Unsustainable

On 19 November 2001, the United States government stated that "we are concerned about the growing interest of Sudan.in developing a biological weapons programme". This serious, unsubstantiated, claim was made by John Bolton, American Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control, at a conference in Geneva.

DAMIEN LEWIS, SUDAN AND 'DEATH IN THE AIR':
A Case Study in Irresponsible Television

'Death in the Air' was made in the course of 1999 by British film-maker Damien Lewis. This 27-minute long programme claimed to be an investigation of the use of chemical weapons within Sudan by Government of Sudan Forces. It concluded that it had produced "compelling" evidence or its assertions.
IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM:

British Media Reporting of Allegations of Chemical Warfare in Southern Sudan

In August 1999, several British newspapers, and the BBC, published unconfirmed allegations that the Sudanese armed forces had used chemical weapons in attacks on Sudanese rebels in Lainya and Kaya in southern Sudan.

"CHEMlCAL WEAPONS IN SUDAN":
The Baroness Cox Allegations Fiasco

In July 1999, the rebel Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) and Norwegian Peoples Aid, a pro-rebel solidarity group operating in southern Sudan, alleged that the Sudanese armed forces had used chemical weapons in attacks on Sudanese rebels in three places, including Lainya and Kaya, in southern Sudan.

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