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| 2004-08-09 |
| Mon 9 August, 2004 19:10 By Marcin Grajewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has said it has found no evidence of genocide in the Sudanese region of Darfur, although killing is widespread, with little evidence of government efforts to protect civilians. genocide n : systematic killing of a racial or cultural group Europe is rapidly losing the least whiff of credibility in their rush to kiss Islamist @ss. You almost have to think that their current mode of thinking would've labeled Auschwitz as a "Spa resort, complete with showers." The conclusion of a fact-finding mission put the EU at odds with the U.S. Congress, which has levelled accusations of genocide at Sudan over a campaign of looting and burning by Arab militiamen against African village farmers. Sudan, which insists the Janjaweed militiamen are outlaws and denies rebel charges of arming them, said it expected to meet a U.N. deadline expiring in three weeks for it to improve security and human rights in Darfur or face sanctions. Pieter Feith, who visited Sudan on behalf of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, showed little optimism, even as he declined to endorse the assessment of the U.S. Congress. "Can't.Ever.Agree.With.America." "We are not in the situation of genocide there...But it is clear there is widespread, silent and slow, killing going on, and village burning on a fairly large scale, "But that's not genocide either, nope, nope!" The International Criminal court defines genocide as the "systematic and planned extermination of a national, racial, religious or ethnic group". The United Nations says more than a million people have been driven from their homes by the conflict and many are threatened by hunger and disease. SANCTIONS THREAT It has threatened to consider sanctions unless Sudan proves it is disarming Arab militias and protecting civilians. "We have a shortage of time but we think we can do it, Chief U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said in New York that Ismail and U.N. envoy Jan Pronk had signed letters to relay their agreement to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir -- but that the agreement had taken effect last week. Bashir told reporters his government was "fulfilling its role completely with regard to the He said government estimates did not exceed 5,000 dead, including 486 police, adding: "Those who say 30,000 and 50,000, we challenge them to bring their names, their families, their tribes, their graves." "Please be so kind as to produce written records for all of this while we finish mopping up." Ismail said he was pleased that the Arab League and the African Union had both said All believers, please form a line to the right for bridge purchases and Florida real estate deals. |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #6 whitecollar redneck, according to this article, you may well be right. 31% of Austrians favorably reflect on Nazis VIENNA - More than a third of Austrians believe that the Nazi era was in some ways positive, although pro-Nazi sentiment in Austria has dropped over the past two decades, according to a poll published Thursday. I'll be posting this one when the guard changes tonight. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-09 22:27 |
| #5 Hey guys, most of Europe missed it 60 years ago too. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-08-09 21:22 |
| #4 I wish President Bush would declare "shenanigans" on these gutless UN, EU and Arab League @ssholes. He should come out and say that, in the considered view of the Bush Administration and many in the US Congress, there is an ongoing genocide in the Sudan. He should also add that if the "international community" doesn't act, the US military will. Hell, I'd even let Charlie Rangel and the CBC join him in the Rose Garden for the press conference. He should then say that this lot -- the UN and the EU at least -- is who John Kerry wants to have a veto over the use of American power. Not only would it be the right thing to do, but it would expose Kerry as the @sshat that he is. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-08-09 5:23:34 PM |
| #3 "Those who say 30,000 and 50,000, we challenge them to bring their names, their families, their tribes, their graves." How good is their recordkeeping? If it sucks, as it probably does, then any evidence produced can and will be easily condemned as bogus. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-09 5:03:42 PM |
| #2 And then they all held hands at the ceremony in Rwanda and vowed never to let it happen again ... not counting Sudan, or the Ivory Coast .... |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-09 4:48:53 PM |
| #1 I've acturally read "White Power" (Stormfront) articles declaring that existence of a swimming pool at Auschwitz is defacto denial of any killing operations. ___________________ Re: EU - "I see nothing! NOTHING!" __________________________________Sgt. Schultz |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-08-09 4:19:29 PM |