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The Current Rwanda Print E-mail
Monday, 25 September 2006

The Sudanese government, while publicly denying that it supports the Janjaweed, has used the Arab Janjaweed militias, providing them with arms and carrying out joint attacks to systematically kill the black Sudanese. For three years we have looked on, Millions have fled their destroyed villages, with many heading for camps near Darfur's main towns. Some 200,000 have also sought safety in neighbouring Chad, which has an unstable and uneasy relationship with Sudan.

This is a genocide we can stop. Over two and a half million people, driven from their homes, now face death from starvation and disease as the Government and militias attempt to prevent humanitarian aid from reaching them. The same forces have destroyed the people of Darfur's villages and crops, and poisoned their water supplies, and they continue to murder, rape and terrorize. WHY do we still remain silent?

The international community have either forgotten or did not learn from Rwanda. The interest of countries like China and Russia has continued to take precedence over the continuous ethnic cleansing that is being carried out. Russia, a major supplier of weapons to Sudan, and China, a major consumer of Sudanese oil, cannot continue to protect human rights abusers at the expense of civilians. 

Three years too late the Security Council finally agreed on plans to protect civilians in Darfur, but this agreed resolution is still meaningless unless member states can get Sudan to agree to a U.N. force. This seems unlikely as the Sudanese military is currently dropping bombs on rebel-held villages, with predictable consequences for civilians.  However the international actors must do everything possible to actually put that force on the ground and follow through on the resolution.

As individuals we must do our part, we must lobby our leaders and representatives to bring the conflict to the forefront of the international agenda, the situation needs to be addressed and dealt with.   Those in who are in powerful positions must feelcompelled to act NOW.




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Readers have left 4 comments.
Watch out watch out there is a H: Quote

Who is supporting the rebels against the Sudanese gov.?

Who is paying for the rebels military hardware?

The the Sudanese gov. suported a cease fire brokered by UN while rebels refused it, why?

The cabal want sudan to go down the Iraq root? but Iraq gone sour on them so plans for Sudan were delayed but they are gaining momentum now making up for lost time.

The Darfur rebels ... imagine the scots taking up arms against the british for North Sea oil rights, you can't, so why can the rebels do that in Sudan.

***Sumit fishy going on over there***

Go America Go ...Go in.. there is more oil over there in Sudan.. as if they do not know that already

They do not need MPAC to prompt them to go in they are just biting their time after they hatched this conflict

SAVE your breath MPAC you are barking up a wrong tree
(1) 2006-09-25 23:41:29
H. Khan: Quote

The individual who wrote this article knows very little of the politics and conflict in Sudan. This article is a propagandist piece for the USA. Many Muslims have been duped with misinformation. The article makes the mistake right from the start that it's a battle between Arabs and blacks. Anyway I am diametrically opposed to any UN force going into Sudan to dismantle the government and secure the oil rich area which will eventually force a split and division of the country. An agreement has already been reached with the southern area of Sudan which will eventually become autonomous with its own government in the next five years.

If an argument is made for a unified Muslim force to go in and stabilise the skirmishes between the rebel forces and that of the government, then I am in agreement. Sudan should fight tooth and nail to stop an unwelcome intervention in their sovereign country. Sudanese people will have a lot to loose if their own country is no longer in their hands. Similar situation as that of Afghanistan and Iraq will take place where puppet regimes will be heaped on top of the people without them benefiting an iota.

The Chinese have already invested 4 billion with the Sudanese government to explore the oil rich areas in Sudan. This explain why the western government and in particular the USA is out to demonize the Sudanese Government. The USA bombed a pharmaceutical company in Sudan during the Clinton administration which made Sudan even more un-inclined to do business with the USA. Some say this is a century for the Chinese and others wish not to see this happen. Whatever the case, the USA will not have an open confrontation with the Chinese but any other weaker nation who will deal with china will be demonised and overthrown.
(2) 2006-09-26 00:50:30
Guard the Guards: Quote

What is a little known fact is that Western based oil exploration companies, during the 1990's paid the bill for ethnic cleansing of the Sudanese villagers in the South of Sudan, to be rehoused away from the oil rich areas. Yet the Sudanese central government is being blamed for what was essentially an economic decision based on the prospect of discovering "OIL". The Chinese and other countries only got in on the act during the early part of this new Century and have not played any part in the ethnic cleansing. Suggest that you look into the past records of the British and USA oil exploration companies involvement throughout the 1990's in Africa to establish these and other facts. The Sudanese Government are not the root of the problem albeit party to it.
(3) 2006-09-29 14:04:42
Informer: Quote

We must be very careful not to fall in with the US/Zionist propaganda. Whilst we as Muslims/humans should strongly condemn actions by all parties that result in killing, raping and violence in Darfur, it must be known that US has been arming the anti-Sudanese militia for years. It is little secret the animosity US has against the Islamic government of Sudan, the largest African and some claim very oil rich country.

Here, below an article on the subject quotes expert, Alex de Waal on Sudan:

The situation in Darfur is tragic, but it is not genocide - oil may be the real target of those seeking military intervention. According to Alex de Waal, the "world authority" on Sudan, Characterising the Darfur war as 'Arabs' versus 'Africans' obscures the reality. Darfur's Arabs are black, indigenous, African and Muslim - just like Darfur's non-Arabs"

Clearly, this is not just about Arabs Vs Africans. Both sides are Muslims. If the Africans were Muslims and the Janzawid were US supporting regime, make no mistake, the African Muslims would have been called terrorists for taking up arms against the Sudanese government. It is also clear, US has a new way of spreading it power and influence. Like in Lebanon, it is using UN intervention marshalling posse of US friendly, mainly NATO countries to neutralise regimes of unfriendly Muslim countries. This is a new recipe, despite Hezbullah's claim of victory in the recent war, has worked out well for USUKISRAEL.

UN intervention in the guise of humanitarian grounds will invariably lead to splitting Sudan and imposition of a USIsrael friendly regime, like the Kurds in Iraq. When a senior UN diplomat accused US recently of using UN as an extension of its foreign policy, he may have foreseen this policy.
(4) 2006-10-07 19:19:08
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