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Africa Horn
Khartoum despises threats of no-fly zone over Darfur by U.S., Britain
2006-12-15
The Sudanese government on Thursday despised reports that Washington and London were considering to establish a no-fly zone in Sudan's restive western region of Darfur.
Oooh, hit a sensitive spot, eh? Lol.
Students of history, they are.
Mahjoub Fadl Badri, the spokesman of the Sudanese president, told the official SUNA news agency that the U.S. and British threats concerning Darfur issue would not succeed in making pressure on the Sudanese government. "The U.S. and British administrations have not benefited from previous lessons that the use of force, unilateral sanctions and threats have not solved a problem in any place in the world," he was quoted as saying.

The remarks came after the Financial Times reported on Wednesday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair had backed setting up a no-fly zone over Darfur while U.S. military planners were also developing plans for air strikes and a naval blockade to pressure Khartoum to stop the violence.
Also would stop the oil from getting out. Wotta coincidence.
Meanwhile, Badri noted that the Sudanese government was very keen to find a solution for Darfur problem through dialogue and wisdom.
At least til the no-fly idea dies down.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Two no-fly zones needed -- one for the Darfur region, one for the south where the Black non-Muslims live. Otherwise the Janjaweed will go back to attacking the southerners when thwarted to the west.

Thoth, this is the problem with your "isolate the Ummah until they become civilized" plan. If they don't have the reach to get to the West, they'll turn on the minorities in their midst as they have done for centuries, before or even as Sunni and Shia go after each other. Mark Twain wrote how Muslim children were taught to throw stones and otherwise abuse unbelievers, driving home that their dhimmitude was such they couldn't respond even to vicious children. Mike Sylwester posted so many articles here on such interreligious discussions that it became quite tiresome, but that is the reality over there; and, sealing off the Ummah guarantees Israel's destruction, being as they are within the Ummah's borders.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-12-15 12:14  

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