 Sudan refused to arrest those responsible for atrocities in Darfur, and rebels intensified attacks against police forces, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.
"Nope. Nope. Ain't gonna do it!"
"Take that, coppers! Hrarrrr!" |
In a six-month review of the Darfur crisis, Annan, in a report to the U.N. Security Council, said the government implemented some promised measures but ignored others and instituted a "road-clearance" project that wiped out villages in an attempt to retaliate against armed rebels. The report was issued on the eve of a Security Council meeting on Tuesday at which Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, Sudan's vice president, and John Garang, head of the main southern Sudanese rebel group, are to brief members about their landmark north-south agreement signed last month to end a two-decade old civil war. Annan said he was investigating how a planned U.N. peacekeeping mission in the South could help the African Union, which is monitoring the Darfur crisis. But he stopped short of recommending the peacekeepers go to Darfur, which would require Khartoum's permission.
| On the other hand, invading Sudan, chasing the existing government out of the country, pacifying the janjaweed and instituting law and order wouldn't require Khartoum's permission. |
"The last six months have seen a substantial increase in lawlessness, in particular banditry and abduction, which have dramatically increased since October," said the report. "Fighting on the ground continues, and those responsible for atrocious crimes on a passive [sic] scale go unpunished. Militias continue to attack, claiming they are not part of any agreement. The government has not stopped them."
| All in good time. All the black guys aren't dead yet. |
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