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Africa: Horn
Khartoum 'behind Darfur killings'
2004-08-07
The United Nations investigator on executions has blamed Sudan's government for extra-judicial killings in the western region of Darfur. "The government of the Sudan is responsible for... summary executions of large numbers of people," Asma Jahangir said in a report. The UN investigator on executions said the killings amounted to crimes against humanity. She added that "millions of civilians" caught up in the crisis were at risk. Khartoum has denied supporting the Janjaweed rebels which is blamed for much of the violence.
Of course, any demands for immediate military intervention or use of force against the rebels was omitted.
For several weeks, it has been trying to absorb Janjaweed elements into the paramilitary Popular Defence Force, and into its police force.
"Absorb" = Recruit

Government 'involved'
Ms Jahangir, a Pakistani human rights lawyer, said many of the atrocities were carried out by the Popular Defence Force, which is under the formal command of the Sudanese army. She said it was frequently impossible to distinguish between the army, the Popular Defence Force and the Janjaweed militia which has been widely blamed for massacres.
Let's have a "Big F&%king D'uh!" here folks.
The report says the Sudanese government appears overjoyed by oblivious to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and described the persistent denial of the disaster by most government officials as genocide "shocking". "Such a reaction despite the huge international outcry would appear to indicate either complete disrespect for the right to life of the population of Darfur, or, at worst, complicity in the events," she wrote.
Is she talking about Sudan's government or the UN? It's hard to tell.

UN deal
"You can have the crackers, we'll take the caviar."
The UN report came after a catered twelve course luncheon Sudan and the UN concluded a plan to tackle the crisis. The programme has been approved by the Sudanese cabinet, after an ultimatum to the government from the UN Security Council to improve security in Darfur or face the threat of sanctions. It includes steps to improve security and disarm the Janjaweed militias militia whose attacks on the civilian population have driven more than a million people from their homes. The Governor of North Darfur, Osman Yusuf Kibir, has said that more than 200 members of a group fighting the Sudanese government in Darfur, have surrendered - although this has been denied by the Jem rebels. The US has approved $30m in emergency food aid for Darfur, where more than two million people are expected to need emergency food supplies by October.
A couple of passes over the Janjaweed rebels with AC-130H Spectres and a rasher of JDAMS lobbed into Khartoum would cost a lot less than $30 million.
Posted by:Zenster

#1  Gordon / or Kitchener would know what to do when the natives are restless...we live now in a decadent pc-ridden age methinks...
Posted by: borgboy   2004-08-07 4:27:44 PM  

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