China Tries to Dodge Darfur Bullets Report: Envoys

[Elmore Furth]

Source: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China has tried to suppress a U.N. report that says Chinese bullets were used in attacks on peacekeepers in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, diplomats said on Tuesday.

The U.N. Security Council's Sudan sanctions committee will discuss on Wednesday the latest report and recommendations from the so-called Panel of Experts on Sudan. The group monitors compliance with a 2005 arms embargo in place for Darfur.

That report, according to Security Council diplomats familiar with its contents, says a dozen brands of bullet casings found at sites of attacks on U.N./African Union peacekeepers in Darfur came from China. Four other types were manufactured in Sudan, and two varieties were from Israel.

"There's no evidence that the bullets were sent directly by China with the government's knowledge to Khartoum for use in Darfur, or that it was China that sold the ammunition to Sudan," a diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/10/19/world/international-us-sudan-darfur-un.html?ref=reuters

[timo]

1. who knew???

I bet china wouldnt sell sea can loads of ammo and guns to mexican cartels either!!!

[soryang]

2. Somebody is dodging a bullet, and his name is Kagame

This is the big story in Africa and Dharfur, not Chinese bullets. The genocide story is about Rwandan genocide and how Ban Ki Moon ran to Kagame to see how the UN Report could be massaged to please this genocidal maniac to keep his troops in southern Sudan.