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Africa Horn
Nato rules out sending forces to Darfur
2006-04-04
Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ruled out Monday sending Nato forces to the Sudanese province of Darfur if the UN sends a peacekeeping mission to the troubled region. Addressing a joint news conference with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, de Hoop Scheffer said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) was considering all options to helping the UN mission in Darfur. But these options, he added, excluded sending personnel to Darfur.

De Hoop Scheffer, answering a KUNA question, said the military alliance would not hesitate to offering assistance to UN, but this help would be within a certain limit. He added that the UN and the African Union (AU) would determine the kind of assistance. He said Nato agreed to offer logistic support and training for the AU forces but in accordance with request of the Sudanese government.
Posted by:Fred

#7  No Blood for, um, whatever Sudan produces when they aren't hosting civil wars!
Sudan is supposed to have large oil and gas reserves, most of which is in the Darfur region. China is 'aiding' them in developing these resources, which probably includes 'aiding' them in eliminatig the tribal locals, so they don't have to share with them.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-04-04 15:47  

#6  And along with those charming human interest stories Seafarious mentioned, let's not forget: Quagmire! Exit Strategy! Death Toll! Bush Hitler! Illegal War! Peace Now! No Blood for, um, whatever Sudan produces when they aren't hosting civil wars!
Posted by: SteveS   2006-04-04 12:55  

#5  'Twould be the same bedtime story on the Nightly News with Katie Couric:

"Today a neevil NATO gaoler let his shadow fall across the pages of the Holy Koran being used by a simple Janjaweed shepherd, brutally and unfairly sold into captivity by duplicitous African tribesmen who are probably in the pay of the Zionists."
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-04-04 11:51  

#4  I am leary of sending in troops to keep muslims of one skin color from killing mulsims of another skin color

I am think it could be a golden opportunity for making Blacks see Islam as a tool of enslavement. Ie sendiong troops is not enough: an effort of propaganda/PR is needed.
Posted by: JFM   2006-04-04 11:03  

#3  Sounds lika a Blackwater job.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-04 10:26  

#2  I'm with mike: I'd go as an independent agent and just kill evil-doers.
Posted by: Ptah   2006-04-04 09:53  

#1  "We'll be delighted to help in any way, short of actually, you know, doing anything." My translation of Jaap. The only way anything will be done is if the US does it, and I am leary of sending in troops to keep muslims of one skin color from killing mulsims of another skin color. It most certainly will not affect, in any positive way, how we are viewed in the muslim world. That said, I wouldn't mind killing a bunch of those sadistic, barbaric bastards.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2006-04-04 09:31  

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