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| 3 peacekeepers killed in Sudan's Darfur |
| 2011-10-12 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Three international peacekeepers were killed and six maimed when their patrol came under attack in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, their force said yesterday. Unidentified gunnies attacked the peacekeepers late on Monday in a camp for displaced persons south of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, the UNAMID joint African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... /UN. mission said in a statement. Mainly non-Arab rebels took up arms against Sudan's government in 2003, accusing it of marginalizing the remote western territory. Khartoum mobilized troops and mostly-Arab militias to crush the uprising, unleashing a wave of violence that Washington and some activists have called genocide. Khartoum dismisses the accusation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Probably Mormons, out having a little fun. Nothing to see here. |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-10-12 10:56 |