Genocide in Dafur Sudan
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» Lawhawk - UN workers forced out of Dafur by increased threats
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/435493...Foreign United Nations staff in the west of Sudan's war-torn Darfur region have been withdrawn due to threats from pro-government militia.This is yet one more reason that the UN is incapable of dealing with the problem. It cannot impose a peaceful resolution - it can only stand by as the militias have their way with the countryside.UN envoy to Sudan Jan Pronk told the BBC the threats arose because authorities in West Darfur were trying to disarm the Janjaweed militia.
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» Lawhawk - Enough excuses... the time to act in Dafur is now...
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/...So what is the real reason why the U.S. has not responded as it should have? The truth is that combating crimes against humanity is simply not considered a national security issue. We don't want to burn our leverage on Sudan in the face of issues such as Iraq, Iran and Syria.The only antidote to this searing truth--the only way the U.S. will take the kind of leadership necessary to end the horrors for Fatima and her people--is for there to be a political cost to inaction. As American citizens increasingly raise their voices and write their letters about Darfur, the temperature has indeed risen. But not enough. We need to make it a little warmer, a little more uncomfortable for those politicians who would look away. Just a few more degrees. Just a few more thousand letters. It is, frankly, that simple.
I disagree that it would take only a few more thousand letters to get politicans to look deeper at the issues. The media has consistently refused to make this a high priority for coverage, despite the clear signs that this is a huge tragedy. It is a failure of the media informing the public about the scope and scale of the tragedy that has meant that few are clued into what can or should be done.
I also disagree with the fact that genocide isn't a national security issue. It is. Or, rather it should be. Genocide can and does set the stage for lawlessness and regions of the world where there is absolutely no rule of law to govern conduct, which is precisely the kinds of places that terrorists love to make their home (see Somolia, Sudan, Afghanistan, etc. for lawless regions, of which Sudan is home to the current genocide, while Afghanistan witnessed a brutal regime that stopped short of committing genocide, instead sought to subjugate everyone to their religious way of life).
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» Lawhawk - US official shot in Dafur.. unknown whether specifically targete
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4...-- posted by Lawhawk
» Lawhawk - UN to prosecute Sudanese for war crimes
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-... - just don't mention genocide. Sudanese can still get away with that.The United States won significant concessions, including ironclad guarantees it sought that Americans working in Sudan would not be handed over to either the ICC or any other nation's courts if they are accused of crimes in Sudan.A turning point would have been back in October when the death toll from the Sudanese genocide was only 70,000. Now, the toll is up over 210,000 and perhaps as high as 300,000. That inaction cost the lives of at least 140,000 people. And to think that these people think that this was a successful intervention.With Secretary-General Kofi Annan looking on, the council voted 11-0 with four abstentions, the United States, Algeria, Brazil and China. The vote came at 10:30 p.m. ET after hours of delay.
"This resolution marks a turning point, for it is sending the message beyond Darfur to all of those criminals responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes who all too often believed that they were beyond the pale of justice," France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere said.
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» Lawhawk - Kristof: Honor Pope's Passing By Stopping Genocide
Kristof has a point - we should be doing more to stop the genocide in Sudan, and that the Pope would have wanted such action taken. Humanity would have demanded it. Problem is, no one is willing to take on the task and force a solution on the Sudanese government.The message of the pope's ministry was about standing up to evil, not about holding grand funerals."Throughout the West, John Paul's witness reminded us of our obligation to build a culture of life in which the strong protect the weak," Mr. Bush said. Well, what about that reminder? What kind of a "culture of life" is it that allows us to shrug as Sudanese soldiers heave children onto bonfires?
The latest estimates, from the British government and others, are that 300,000 or more have perished so far in Darfur. Mr. Bush has forthrightly called this slaughter "genocide," but he has used that label not to spur action, but to substitute for it.
These days the Sudanese authorities are adding a new twist to their crimes against humanity: they are arresting girls and women who have become pregnant because of the mass rapes by Sudanese soldiers and militia members. If the victims are not yet married, or if their husbands have been killed, then they are imprisoned for adultery.
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» Lawhawk - US promises $1.7 billion in aid on condition violence stops
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/U...-- posted by Lawhawk
» Lawhawk - Kudos to WWOR, Channel 9 in NYC
Channel 9 News, WWOR should be commended for running a very extensive expose on the Dafur genocide. Instead of being a 30 second piece, this was a serious look at the issue, with interviews of people involved in trying to get news out about the genocide, witnesses to the genocide, and ambassadors of neighboring countries who are trying to contain the violence.WWOR is an affiliate of FoxNews in NYC, but the reporting was from the NYC angle.
I only wish that there was a transcript and more information available on their website.
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» Lawhawk - Corzine/Brownback Measure on Sudan Passes
The US Senate passed a measure adding $90 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the genocide.The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a measure sponsored by Sen. Jon Corzine demanding that the genocide in the war-ravaged Darfur region in Sudan be stopped. The Senate also approved a Corzine amendment adding $90 million for humanitarian aid to the region.``We will continue to raise this issue until the killings stop,'' said Corzine, D-N.J. ``Today's milestone brings us closer to that goal.''
Corzine, along with Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, has spearheaded measures regarding Darfur in the Senate. Corzine said his interest in Darfur is one everyone should share.
``If we are committed to saying never again with regard to the killing fields of Cambodia or the genocide of Rwanda, or even the kinds of actions that took place in World War II, we need to react to what is happening now,'' Corzine said. ``We can't have a review of our actions and history showing that we stood on the sidelines when we could have taken a stand on a moral issue.''
Corzine visited Darfur last year and plans to go to the region again next week.
The Darfur Accountability Act calls for sanctions against the Sudan and the establishment of a special presidential envoy to the region, Corzine added. Similar legislation is pending in the House of Representatives.
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» Lawhawk - NATO ponders role in Dafur at behest of African Union
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/449055...-- posted by Lawhawk
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