Powell promised Tuesday, "We will not reduce our pressure on the government of Sudan regarding Darfur." He called the situation "one of the most serious crises on the face of the Earth now."
Sure, Colin: what better way to stop the terror in the Sudan by allowing more weapons sales to the perps? Or is this one of those "New American Century" policies, where we generally let the Sudanese do whatever the hell they want, provided they jump in line from time to time when we tell them to? Or .. or .. is it just that the Republicans, on principle, don't want to stop "ethnic cleansing" in the Sudan? After all, they opposed intervention to stop "ethnic cleansing" in the Balkans ...
'Sudan backs ethnic cleansing'
13/05/2004 12:31 - (SA)
New York - The Sudanese government is responsible for ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in Darfur, one of the world's poorest and most remote regions on the Sudan's western border with Chad, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
The Sudanese government and Arab Janjaweed gangs whom government has armed and supported, have launched several attacks on civilians and the ethnic Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa groups.
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Government and its Janjaweed allies have murdered thousands of members of the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa tribes, often in cold blood, they have raped women, destroyed towns and essential food supplies.
They have driven more than a million people, mostly farmers, to camps and settlements in Darfur where they battle to survive as hostages of Janjaweed abuse. More than 110 000 people have fled to Chad; the majority of victims of the Darfur conflict, however, are still trapped in Darfur.
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