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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1985
Diplomats say Soviets used deadly chemical
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NEW DELHI, India — Soviet jets sprayed toxic chemicals over an area of eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Afghan government soldiers and several civilians in an attack apparently aimed at Muslim guerrillas, Western diplomats said yesterday.
The diplomats said Soviet jets spewed the chemical over the Maydan area of Wardak province, about 16 miles southwest of the capital of Kabul, sometime between Oct. 6 and Oct. 12.
"Soviet forces used an unidentified chemical substance in Wardak," said one of two diplomats from two Western countries who briefed reporters in separate meetings in New Delhi.
The briefings were held on the condition that the diplomats not be named. Such briefings are routinely held in the Indian capital because Western reporters are officially barred from entering Afghanistan, where Muslim rebels are fighting to overthrow 151,000 Soviet soldiers who imposed a strict install the pro-Soviet government of President Babrak Kargal.
"The chemicals were released by Soviet military jets near an Afghan (government army) post and transported by the wind," one diplomat said, quoting another diplomat in Kabul "who checked the information."
She said "a misdirection of wind" swept the gas away from the Islamic guerrillas who were the apparent target. Both diplomats said the gas
killed 30 Afghan soldiers and an unspecified number of Afghan civilians.
"This may have been a follow-up to the Maydan operation," one diplomat suggested, referring to a recent large-scale Soviet ground and air offensive near the town that Afghan guerrillas have used as a staging area for attacks on Soviet occupation forces in Kabul.
The United States has previously accused the Soviet Union of using chemical warfare in Afghanistan. The Soviets, who invaded Afghanistan in 1979, have denied the American accusations.
"The tempo of fighting in Kabul (district) has come down in and around the city," one diplomat said. "Soviet and Afghan air activity out of Kabul airport is at a low level."
The Western diplomats said the 3-week-old Soviet operation in Wardak province and related military offensives in Logar, south of Kabul, and Paghman, north of the Afghan capital, now appeared to be over.
One diplomat said Soviet forces bombed rebel positions with helicopters and jets in the Paghman area and in Wardak province Oct. 9, and sent troops to sweep the area of suspected guerrillas.
In Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city about 290 miles southwest of Kabul, Muslim rebels had gained control of the main market area as well as other parts of the city, one of the diplomats said.
She said rocket and mortar fire was heard there almost daily.
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Edier, a former reactor, sait that she was not sure everyone would like her idea but that most people she has talked to are in favor of it and are surprised that the doll has not been made before.
Company marketing doll depicting the baby Jesus
The Baby Jesus Doll is thought to be the first of its kind, said Rita Eder, founder of the Littleton company.
"I think that people are getting to the point where they want something to believe in again, and I believe anyone who is a Christian would want one," Edler said Monday.
LITTLETON, Colo. - Heavenly Dolls Inc., getting a head start on Christmas, is selling Baby Jesus Dolls with glow-in-the-dark halos for $31.50.
The 13-inch long vinyl doll, in Anglo, Hispanic and black models, comes with a wooden manger, and a non-toxic glow-in-the-dark detachable halo, and a card with the words: "My name is Jesus. Jesus loves you. I am your friend. Please love me."
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The doll comes dressed in a cream-colored gown with a gold
"I said, 'No, it might break and hurt you.' Later I was watching television and I thought to myself, 'Why can't a child have a baby Jesus doll to take bed?'
"We wanted the look of wisdom on a baby, which is hard to describe. There's a star in the pupil of the eye, and the eye is looking upward, toward heaven. It's very angelic." Elder said.
The dolls are being made by the Super Doll Corp. of Brooklyn, N.Y., she said, and the dolls are being manufactured in Denver.
The idea came to her two years ago as she was tucking one of her 12 grandchildren into bed, Elder said. The child pointed to a nearby statue of Jesus and asked whether he could take it to bed.
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cross on its chest, and wrapped in a blue blanket. Edler said the halo snaps into the back of the doll's head and is safe for children. The artificial yay in the manager is also non-toxic and non-flammable.
Edler and her husband, both Roman Catholics, hired an artist to design the doll's painted eyes, but had to send back plans several times before they got the look they wanted.
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