Word: poison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is a bitter war, one without rules or limits. In early April, according to the mujahedin, the Soviets used poison gas in an attack on guerrilla antiaircraft positions. Hoja Inatullah, 19, says he nearly died of asphyxiation, surviving only by wetting his blanket and breathing through it. "For four or five hours afterward, I had trouble breathing," he says. "My friends carried me to the bomb shelter, and I lay there spitting up black fluid." In such a conflict, justice can be harsh for captured invaders. Said a young guerrilla named Ismail: "We won't shoot them. Bullets...
...fallen into a trap. Captors hidden nearby set off small explosives that launched a "cannon net" over the condor, and A.C. 9 was grounded for what wildlife experts say is his own good. The bird was endangered by his civilized surroundings: first by Indians who sought feathers, later by poison traps and lead from bullets in dead animals. A.C. 9, one of only 27 condors in North America, was placed in another of civilization's trappings, the San Diego Wild Animal Park, where it might mate with 13 female condors there and at the Los Angeles...
...sender was not identified and, because of an address mix-up, the chocolates were spoiled by the time the professor and his wife received them. This year, the Leslies were again sent a mysterious Valentines gift of candy, and the FBI analysis concluded that these chocolates contained the same poison as those sent to the judge. Reportedly, people at Duke and Yale received similar packages...
...want to couch that hard kernel of acid truth with pastry fluff. Once that poison is injested, maybe that will open new avenues of thought," he said...
...said that Vice President George Bush andRep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.) will both be "key players"in the Republican race. But he said their ties toReagan may not be political poison. "He made a baddecision, not a political crime," said Cheney