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Separatist guerrillas supported by Israel.

manitarian aid is being supplied to the starving people of the coun-
try. Of course the sending of humanitarian aid to the people of
Sudan is an important humane duty, and one which should be sup-
ported. Yet events generally show that such aid does not reach its in-
tended destination or that such initiatives are not being taken with
help in mind. The fact that the aid sent is of poor quality and unfit-
ted to the task at hand is an important indication of this. Those who
have seen this aid in its original place say that the food is of such
poor quality that it is fit only for animals. One observer reported the
following:
I saw with my own eyes the wheat that was sent to Sudan as food
aid. The Sudanese government decided to feed its livestock with
this wheat both because it was past its expiration date and was of
very poor quality besides. I wonder what ...would .... be done with
this wheat had it not been sent to Sudan? I believe they would
have either destroyed it or fed it to their own animals. This is the
truth behind the aid sent by the ... other Western countries, aid
which is constantly used as fodder for propaganda. Sudan's new
government is no longer knocking on the door of the oppressive
countries and asking them for food aid. 47
On the other hand, propaganda to the effect that Sudan is a
"terrorist state" and supports terrorism still goes on. This is certainly
a serious accusation that needs to be investigated. It is entirely nat-