Darfur's Death Dealers



The government of Sudan continues to show a complete disregard for anything and everything. Not only are they sponsoring the killing of their own in Darfur, but now, they're bidding to wrest leadership of the African Union -- the organization that probably has the best chance to maintain peace in the hell that Darfur has become. Currently, the AU has troops maintaining something of a ceasefire in Darfur, even though sporadic violence continues. Funding for the peace keeping mission is set to run out in March, at which point, unless further funding is found, the AU will most likely be handing over their mission to the UN. The Sudanese government opposes the possibility of having the UN enter Darfur. Wonder why they want control of the AU?

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  1. Amal6:49 p.m., January 22, 2006

    That cartoon is wrong. It is Genocide. Mass murder. Extermination. Whatever you want to call it.

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  2. dabydeen9:15 p.m., January 22, 2006

    Exactly the reaction that most sane people should have -- instead of the "jihad" claim from the gunman in the cartoon.

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  3. Amal11:28 p.m., January 22, 2006

    Darfur is a sickening reminder of what evil lurks in humanity. It is Rwanda all over again and we are just letting it happen. Blech.

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  4. dabydeen12:36 a.m., January 23, 2006

    Yup. All that has happened so far is posturing. Words, not actions. Sometimes I think that the only reason we are not more focused is because they're Africans. I know it's a bit more than that -- Darfur just isn't 'sexy' -- it's nothing like a tsunami or a flood, where the end is finite, and we can feel good about ourselves by just sending money. Darfur, Sudan will take political muscle; military muscle.

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