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Cleric Ishag Molgoni Kasibu, from Tina, Western Darfur, Sudan, is now in Mile Refugee Camps. His village was barraged by Antinov bombers, helicopter gunships, soldiers in Land Cruiser pickups, and Janjaweed militias in a coordinated attack on the 20th of May 2004. The Janjaweed are thought to have been assembled, armed and supported by the government of Sudan.

"I had heard the Arabs hate blacks before my village was attacked. I even had heard the Janjaweed were raiding," explains Ishag."Now I see no Arabs in camps - no Arab refugees. If the Government was not working with them they would be here too."

As an Islamic Cleric, Ishag would climb the minarets to perform the call to prayer. He was revered for the caliber of his voice by many in the camp where he is today. Ishag has nine family members with him in Mile camp in Eastern Chad where more than 300,000 Darfur people now reside.

His family thinks Ishag has gone insane since the bombings - a kind of shell-shock - for now he is clearly showing signs of high anxiety and post traumatic stress. "I hear the Avntinov's and bombs always now," he says. "Are you hearing them now?" I ask. "Yes, now," admits Ishag.

His brother reveals that he is haunted by nightmares of being attacked at night. Singing is the only way for him to deal with the fear and to avoid thinking of the bombs falling from the sky and the Janjaweed and government forces that terrorized him back in Sudan. He has had nightmares every night since fleeing his country. And while people in the camp suspect his isn't all there anymore they still enjoy his voice.