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Word: forekonia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...down on the ground. When she hesitated, a boy in the rebel army slashed her neck with a machete. When she fell, a soldier put her wrist on a rock and cut off her hand. "They left me there," she told interviewers. "I walked 11 days to Forekonia [on the Guinea border], and I had to bury my own hand." The amputations are a common form of terror. Young rebels blithely ask victims if they want "long sleeves or short sleeves"--amputation at the wrists or elbows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Heart Of Darkness | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

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