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Africa: Horn
Russia may send aid, military advisors to Darfur
2005-06-12
I'm not sure this is good.
Russia may send humanitarian aid and military advisors to Darfur under the UN aegis, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced. "We do not rule out that we will provide humanitarian aid and military advisors within the framework and under the flag of the United Nations," he said. Military advisors are expected to separate the parties and monitor the humanitarian situation, he explained. "But I do not see much sense in investing large resources, because the developments there [in Darfur, western province of Sudan] do not threaten our security and our interests," he added.

Unlike Russia, NATO wants to send as many observers and advisors to new leaders as possible, as well as its own humanitarian aid, Ivanov emphasized. "The civil war in southern Sudan has been going on for 25 years and as far as I know Africa it will go on for as long, no matter what we do. This is an endless conflict," he said.
He's got a point there.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  
Russia may send aid, military advisors to Darfur
On whose side?

They normally back the Arabs.... :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-06-12 14:57  

#4  Maybe the Ruskies can swing a development program there... a long lasting one. Perhaps in exchange for the uranium ores and minerals in the region can be swapped for building a nuclear power plant to provide electricity to the oppressed and starving masses in their squalor camps and mud and stick hovels. That way the grateful Soodanazi government can keep a better eye on all those non-muslim types running around out there in the wastelands. Ruskies get what they want, the Soodanazis get what they want, the the oppressed get what their oppressors want. And think... what great PR this would bring!
Posted by: Shomble Shoger7533   2005-06-12 12:51  

#3  Not certain how things could be made worse. Maybe the Russ can knock off the odd islamist.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-06-12 10:39  

#2  Unless of course they keep those big fuzzy hats on and all their brains fry in the brutal Sudan summer...
Posted by: Raj   2005-06-12 10:09  

#1  An endless conflict but a great training recruiting ground. You are right, This is not good.
Posted by: 49 pan   2005-06-12 09:13  

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