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Chemical weapons in the Sudan: Allegations and evidence

Pages 115-136 | Published online: 05 Feb 2008

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  • The author is very grateful to Erik Jorgensen for his valuable research assistance, and to Gordon Burck, Seth Cams, Eric Croddy, Gaurav Kampani, Jeff Knopf, Jason Pate, Amy Sands, Jonathan Tucker, and Kathleen Vogel for their insightful criticism of earlier drafts of this manuscript. The analysis presented herein is that of the author, and does not necessarily represent the views of any of these individuals or of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

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