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The soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) are suspected to be magnetars objects in which the magnetic field energy dominates all other energy sources including rotation. SGRs go through phases of intense activity during which they may emit hundreds of bursts within a period of weeks or so. During those periods they exhibit properties which are quite different from their quiescent properties. Their strong magnetic fields are probably responsible for these changes and accordingly it is interesting to study them intensely at these times. We propose two ToO observations of any of the known or of any newly discovered SGRs during their active phases. For clarity we have filled out one observation form for each of the known SGRs and for one unknown SGR. Our total request however is for justTWO ToOs. [truncated! Please see actual data for full text]