Word: omen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...area near the Sudanese border, looking for rebel bands heading south in search of water. At day's end, Garros set up an ambush around one of the major water routes. The setting sun, red with dust, soon grazed the horizon like a biblical omen in the sky. A few seconds later it was night; there is no twilight in Africa, and darkness comes as unexpectedly as death...