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| Africa: Horn |
| Photos Show Destruction of Sudan Villages |
| 2004-06-24 |
| EFL - sorry no link to pics... NASA photos of the Darfur region of western Sudan show destruction in nearly 400 villages, and there have been reports of fighting or threatened attacks in every camp for displaced people, the U.S. aid chief said Wednesday. Andrew Natsios, administrator of the Agency for International Development, warned that time is running out to help 2 million Sudanese in desperate need of aid in Darfur. He said his agency’s estimate that 350,000 could die of disease and malnutrition over the next nine months "is conservative." Fighting between Arab militias and African residents has killed thousands of people and forced more than 1 million to flee their homes. International rights groups say the Inpossible! Why Sudan is a proud member of the UN Human Rights Comission! Last week, Annan said the United Nations had asked the Sudanese government to take steps to contain the Janjaweed. The government denies any complicity in the militia attacks against the black African population, blaming the trouble in Darfur on rebels and criminal gangs, but Annan said "from all accounts they can do something about the Janjaweed." Meanwhile the genocide, gang rapes, and murder continue.... Natsios said the United States had NASA take photographs of the destruction of villages in Darfur. "We’ve now analyzed 576 villages, 300 of which are completely destroyed, 76 of which are substantially destroyed," he said. "When we checked them on the ground, we confirmed what we found. We are going to watch them, using aerial photography They like to watch..... U.S. officials have been highlighting the plight of the displaced Sudanese, mindful that the world’s inattention to Rwanda a decade ago may have contributed to the genocide that occurred there. Natsios said the U.S. government has spent $116 million on the relief effort in Sudan - more than all other donors combined - "and we pledged $188 million between now and the end of next year." The United States is moving "with a maximum sense of urgency to try to save lives," said Ranneberger, who accompanied Natsios. "We don’t have time to sit around also and decide, is this ethnic cleansing or is this genocide, or what is it." Which is Annan’s excuse for sitting on his hands.... |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #10 Indentity theft is a terrible thing. However, whenever I'm warned about it I wonder why somebody, having a choice of identities, would want mine. As the second Dan I will concede the name to you. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2004-06-24 3:50:42 PM |
| #9 Let's just hope this doesn't become Bush's Rwanda. Hello, Genocide, Islamic-Fascists,.... |
| Posted by: danking70 2004-06-24 3:33:43 PM |
| #8 doh! just re-read Dan's post #1 and now i get the context of raj's suggested screen name... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-06-24 1:58:52 PM |
| #7 Still have room for some Joes. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-24 1:58:01 PM |
| #6 raj - the first post is not mine - i have used my own name - Dan for the last year...just noticed in the last few days someone else has started posting with Dan...so i guess i need to come up with a name - not too sure about dizzy dan (do not get the context of it)... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-06-24 1:57:41 PM |
| #5 From your first post - how about Dizzy Dan (not to be confused with Dizzy Dean)? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-06-24 1:09:43 PM |
| #4 guess i have to come up with another name for rantburg - my own name is too generic We maxed out on "Steve" a long time ago. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-06-24 12:50:24 PM |
| #3 Evidence is meaningless to the UN. The UN, as usual, will be ready to move in once the population has been exterminated and all that remains is booty to divide. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-24 12:49:52 PM |
| #2 guess i have to come up with another name for rantburg - my own name is too generic... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-06-24 12:38:47 PM |
| #1 The UN has become a venue for politicians from the third world who were too stupid to take power in their own countries. Everywhere the UN is in operation we see incompetant management, kleptomaniacal financial controls, and rank and file workers demonstrating the manners and morals of minks. Maybe at this stage of world history the US has to be the sherriff of the world. Maybe we should act like my dad did when my sister and I fought, wade in and announce that the next one that did anything wrong would get slapped hard enough to make his grandkids dizzy. |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-06-24 12:21:58 PM |