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Commander of Sudan's rebel movement killed in fighting near N'djamena
2008-02-12
(Xinhua)-- A commander of a rebel movement in the conflict-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur has been killed in fighting near the Chadian capital N'djamena between the Chadian government troops and rebel forces, Sudan's official SUNA news agency reported on Monday.

Mohamed Abdallah, commander of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), was killed on Sunday as his force was moving to support the Chadian army which was fighting with the Chadian opposition forces near the capital.

SUNA said the Chadian opposition forces were obliged to withdraw from the Chadian Adri town Monday after it had come under shelling by rockets to preserve the safety of the civilians. The report also said the Chadian opposition forces had managed to inflict heavy losses to a Chadian battalion coming from the border with Central Africa while it was moving to support the government forces.

JEM is one of the main rebel movements in Darfur, where some ten thousand civilians have been killed since conflicts erupted in 2003, according to statistics of the Sudanese government, while western media claimed that more than 200,000 people have been killed there in the past five years.
Posted by:Fred

#14  LOL, actually!
Posted by: Frank G   2008-02-12 22:12  

#13  I'll see what I can do, O Exalted One.... ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-02-12 21:34  

#12  It's not the same without the peanuts...
Posted by: Fred   2008-02-12 21:33  

#11  "Do we have any Crackerjacks?"

I'll pour some caramel sauce over your popcorn, Fred - will that do? ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-02-12 21:32  

#10  that's right homie.
Posted by: hoooorray   2008-02-12 21:13  

#9  pretty concise and cynical explanation. I like it

LOL Frank. An explanation from Fred is a joy forever!
Posted by: ryuge   2008-02-12 17:27  

#8  To that I would simply add, stay "Out of Africa."

Perhaps. But we should exploit Darfur and Arab support for the genocidiacl regime to the hilt in order to divide Islam. Split it between Arabs and non-Arabs. Specially Muslim Blacks (including those in our own societies). Follow until they envision Islam as an instrument of foreign domination.
Posted by: JFM   2008-02-12 11:35  

#7  needless to say Im not convinced that the suffering people of Darfur would cheer the deaths of western troops, though Im not enamored of all the Darfuri rebel leaders. I would only point out the support we have received in Iraq and elsewhere from Albanians, and, amazingly enough, Rwandans (whom we didnt save, but who understand which side is which in the struggle over genocide and democracy)

Now IF we are going to make a case that our interventions in Iraq and elsewhere are truely about democracy, and its not just a cover for other interests, we need to take a stand in Africa as well.

Of course it may well be that the pro-democracy moment in US for pol is past, in which case the e may not apply.

I would also suggest that kleptocrats are preferable to genocidaires. And that Sudans orientation toward the China axis is not without significance.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2008-02-12 10:39  

#6  And the candidate for POTUS, who seems to be quite interested in the affairs in Kenya, who has many relatives there, and who would probably direct US troops to intercede there contrary to US interests is whom ? Oh yeah, B. Hussein Obama.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2907   2008-02-12 10:24  

#5  .....our troops or any EU troops who'd be silly enough to get involved in keeping a non-existent peace

Fred's assessment squarely hits the nail on the head, amen and amen. To that I would simply add, stay "Out of Africa." The story and movie by that title, is based ironically enough on the memoirs of Danish coffee plantation owner Isak Dinesen in Kenya.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-02-12 09:36  

#4  The Commander of the Sudanese rebels that was taken out has a name that at first glance, would be cause for celebration. However, it seems that he is fighting for the Chadian loyalists who I have presumed to be the good guys.

Jihad in Sudan is not merely against Christians and animists but in order to take land from untermeschen Blacks (even when they are Muslims) and give it to the master race.
Posted by: JFM   2008-02-12 09:33  

#3  pretty concise and cynical explanation. I like it
Posted by: Frank G   2008-02-12 08:59  

#2  The Sudan government is backing the Chad rebels.

The Sudan rebels are backing the Chad government.

There are two main Sudan rebel factions, of which JEM is associated with Turabi, who was Binny's patron when he was in Sudan. I don't know much about the other faction, can't even remember its name of the top of my head.

As far as I can see, they're all bad guyz. Deby's an old style kleptocrat dictator, Turabi's an Islamist lunatic, and the Chad rebels are pawns doing the bidding of the Sudanese Evil Overlord, who probably wears a colorful skin-tight costume, cape, and domino mask when he's not posing as just another mild-mannered regional dictator.

The people who're actually doing the suffering are the "black" Sudanese and Chadians -- racially different from the "Arab" Sudanese, who're actually Nilotic. Arrogant as they may be dealing with the "blacks," when they go to Mecca they're just another bunch of colored guys in the eyes of the Arabians and are treated accordingly. I occasionally pull that thought out and chuckle over it when the Evil Overlord is feeling his oats.

The suffering, downtrodden Blacks, by the way, would be perfectly happy to cheer the deaths of our troops or any EU troops who'd be silly enough to get involved in keeping a non-existent peace. So while my sympathy meter twitches while they're being raped, murdered, beaten, and dispossessed, it doesn't really go much over 4.

Do we have any Crackerjacks?
Posted by: Fred   2008-02-12 08:47  

#1  I'm confused Fred. The Commander of the Sudanese rebels that was taken out has a name that at first glance, would be cause for celebration. However, it seems that he is fighting for the Chadian loyalists who I have presumed to be the good guys. Is this another case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend?
Posted by: eu=4thReich   2008-02-12 07:50  

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