Sudan president nixes Darfur peacekeepers

[Bacchus39]

Sudan president nixes Darfur peacekeepers By MOHAMED OSMAN, Associated Press Writer


KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan's president, vowing to never allow U.N. peacekeepers into Darfur, blamed Jewish organizations for pushing for their deployment.

President Omar al-Bashir made the assertion Tuesday while a joint United Nations and African Union team was in Sudan to plan for a large U.N. force to take over peacekeeping in Darfur from the AU's poorly equipped 7,000 troops who have been unable to halt more than three years of violence.

President Bush, who has called for the United Nations to take over peacekeeping in Darfur, reiterated Wednesday that he viewed the government-backed attacks on civilians there as genocide.

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[Igel]

1. Which nicely sums up the last 2 years, as far as

Darfur is concerned.

Of course, there's no support for getting involved at all in E. Sudan, which is apparently revving up as the mess in Darfur reaches simple status quo, and where even humanitarian aid workers are banned.

Let's see ... fighting (non-Arab) Christians and animists in the south over shari'a and autonomy. Fighting (non-Arab) non-traditionalist Muslims in the west. But I don't know enough about E. Sudan.

[applegrove]

2. It is amazing how the myths of the middle east play into the myths

Bush wants to pan out. I mean pan. Pan Arabic WWIII. Where was * before al Qaeda took a side on this.. and called the genocide.. nothing?

I don't think the whole democracy for human rights thing is going so well.

On the whole.. I'd say war in times of humanitarian crisis is much better for the planet.. in a timely fashion.. than waiting till it becomes some sorta bait.

[jahyarain]

3. there's only one way

this regime will help. so start diggin'.