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'Sudan gov't ready to make concessions at Darfur talks'
2006-05-04
Sudan appears ready to agree to disarm the Janjaweed faster and accept more rebels into its security forces, concessions that meet rebels demands at Darfur peace talks, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Sudanese government Spokesman Abdulrahman Zuma said the concessions, including speedier disarmament of the Janjaweed militia it is accused of unleashing on Darfur civilians, were part of US-initiated changes to a draft peace treaty the rebels had rejected. The government had accepted the initial draft but now appeared ready to accept changes to it.

"Through this so-called American initiative, it seems that the government is going to make some concessions, especially about reintegration and disarmament," Zuma told the Associated Press. US Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick flew to Abuja, the Nigerian capital where the talks are being held, to try to break the deadlock over an African Union-drafted peace proposal. Two Sudanese close to the negotiations said earlier Wednesday they had seen a recast proposal and that it made substantial changes to the initial AU draft.
Posted by:Fred

#4  no george, I want to you to get some of your fellow hollywoodniks and get them to start focusing on something important like this, instead of the usual garbage causes they go in for.

But your dads speech was really good.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2006-05-04 14:54  

#3  Do you want me to go over there and kick somebody's ass like in my movies? Think it would help?
Posted by: George Clooney   2006-05-04 14:05  

#2  disarming means little unless they stay disarmed

Posted by: mhw   2006-05-04 13:58  

#1  Pressure matters.

But i'll wait till the deal is signed and implemented to celebrate. Too much can go wrong.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2006-05-04 10:38  

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