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| Darfur refugee shocked by world's apathy |
| 2006-02-15 |
| Edited for brevity. A refugee from the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, who entered the United States illegally and spent five months in Pennsylvania jails, is free on bond in Pittsburgh now, seeking political asylum in hopes of bearing witness to the genocide at home. "I am a man without a country," said Hashim Adam Mersal, 25, flanked by two attorneys and his Pittsburgh sponsor in a Downtown law office on Monday. "I have witnessed so many atrocities. I cannot understand the silence of the world," he said through a interpreter. "They are wiping out my people and nobody seems interested." Mr. Mersal entered the country last May through Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., using a phony diplomatic passport from Chad. For two months, he moved among Sudanese exile communities in Washington, New York and Indiana. On July 29, he was riding in a car with other young men from Sudan when Pennsylvania state troopers pulled them over on Interstate 80. According to his court-appointed lawyer, Bill Kaczynski, Mr. Mersal showed the police his passport and told them it was a fake. "He was very forthright and didn't try to hide anything," Mr. Kaczynski said. More at link... |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #9 if the world yawns, it is because Africa is such a mess. Nope. It is because the left isn't interested when there aren't Jews to blame and the right doesn't demonstrate. But I think it is a golden opportunity: Arabs killing Blacks, Arabs killing Black muslims and stealing their lands while whining about teh poooooooor Palestinians. We could and should exploit this to drive a wedge between Blacks and Muslims and between non-Arab Muslims and Arabs. And for a couple years I have been using Darfur and South Soudan as a standard tactic against the left: it goes like this: "Why is that you are caring for the Palestinians when in Soudan there is a genocide and about two hundred victimes for every Palestinian one?" I end up telling him he is a racist and an alter-nazi: one who is to coward to display his colors. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-02-15 12:18 |
| #8 Pappy dont forget... The UN and Goofi aren't interested because there aren't any underage girls and boys left for their Food-for-Nookie program. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-02-15 12:01 |
| #7 Say thanks they're not condemning you at UNSC every Tuesday and Friday. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-02-15 11:50 |
| #6 "I have witnessed so many atrocities. I cannot understand the silence of the world... They are wiping out my people and nobody seems interested." The human-rights groups aren't, because they can't raise funds by exploiting the situation. The Left aren't because they can't use it as a political weapon. Same with the 'race-mongers' - besides they're the wrong sort of 'blacks'. The Muslims aren't interested 'cause there's no infidels involved, and the 'right sort' of muslims are. The media aren't 'cause there's no decent hotels, there's no U.S. lackey-government involved, and they already covered this sort of thing in Somalia. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-02-15 11:37 |
| #5 if the world yawns, it is because Africa is such a mess. Hard working people send money in the form of donations and tax dollars, but all the food and money sent only seems to wind up in the hands of bad guys who use the aid to feed their "armies" to give them enough strength to commit the genocide against civilians. The UN was created to help them, but all that money only seems to end up in Kofi and Chirac's pocket and still the world media yawns. Our modern media only focuses on anti-Bush and anti-Western issues ...like the horrors of Guantanamo or excess fat in McDonalds hamburgers. We care and we donate - but the press isn't interested in real human rights issues, or real genocide, or real starvation, or real abuse against women. If it can't be used to blame the Bush administration or the west or the Christian right - it isn't newsworthy. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-02-15 11:12 |
| #4 When Heathen kills Heathen, the world yawns... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-02-15 10:36 |
| #3 No, BaR! He probably realizes how little will get done through the U.N. Amazing that illegal refugees in the U.S. see what the U.N. even refuses to call a Genocide! Of course, that would result in having to do something about it, and stop the trips to exotic locales to partake of fine dining and free sex! |
| Posted by: BA 2006-02-15 09:50 |
| #2 "I have witnessed so many atrocities. I cannot understand the silence of the world," he said through a interpreter. "They are wiping out my people and nobody seems interested." Ever thought about talking to Goo-fi about this? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-15 09:44 |
| #1 Yes, some would say we in the west are "apathetic" but quite frankly I simply just don't give a damn. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-02-15 09:37 |