Crisis in Sudan: Sudan rejects outcome of U.N. mission on Darfur

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

GENEVA, March 13 (Reuters) - Sudan on Tuesday rejected as invalid a United Nations human rights mission which accused Khartoum of orchestrating and taking part in gross violations in Darfur.



Sudan's Justice Minister Mohamed Ali Elmardi told the U.N.'s Human Rights Council, which had dispatched the mission, that the team's original five members had not in the end all taken part and that this meant that it was "no longer valid."



"We therefore strongly and resolutely oppose any consideration by this esteemed Council of any report that comes out of this mission," he said in remarks prepared for delivery to the 47-state Council.



"I can say without hesitation ... that the situation in Darfur, since the eruption of the conflict three years ago, has never been much more stable than it is today," he said.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1315896.htm

 

[vraiblonde]

Does this surprise anyone?

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Does this surprise anyone?

Unfortanently, most people and the MSM don't care about Sudan.

 

[vraiblonde]

Unfortanently, most people and the MSM don't care about Sudan.

Just another tyrant and vicious government in a world full of 'em. It gets old after awhile, especially when you try to help and get criticized for your efforts.

Sudan was all over the news when they could blame it on George Bush. Then Bush gave his speech to the UN and laid the blame squarely at the feet where it belongs, and now nobody wants to talk about it anymore.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Just another tyrant and vicious government in a world full of 'em. It gets old after awhile, especially when you try to help and get criticized for your efforts.

Sudan was all over the news when they could blame it on George Bush. Then Bush gave his speech to the UN and laid the blame squarely at the feet where it belongs, and now nobody wants to talk about it anymore.

The U.N. wants US to act. As long as it's US taking the casulties and not Europe, it's fine with the UN.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

The United Nations Humanitarian report pointed the finger at the Sudanese government for the violence that has engulfed Darfur. This violence has led Sudan into a civil war of deadly porportions and has resulted in the deaths of more than 400,000 people. This violence can be summed up as catastrophic.

For too long, nations have sat back and allowed the violence to continue, without intervention. All the U.N. has proposed is talks, not action. Now, the United Nations is urging western powers to take action and intervene in Sudan and Chad.

Mr. Bush has wanted to do just this. The genocide in Sudan has become a priority for Mr. Bush and his Administration. It has been a priority since 2004.

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Sen. Hillary Clinton wants to make the violence in Darfur a central issue to her Presidential campaign in 2008. 2008 will be too late for too many people.

Unfortanently, there is a vicious cycle in politics, and it is doing whatever it takes to be re-elected. 2006 has passed, so now it's time to focus on the next elections, whether it be 2008 or 2010 or later. Speaker Pelosi can end this vicious cycle of violence now - by allowing debate on the House Floor, now.

Mr. Bush, Madame Speaker, the United Nations have spoken. The cries for help from Darfur couldn't be any louder. How many more people are you, Mr. Bush and represenatives of Congress, going to let die? Can these cries for help get any louder?

Speaker Pelosi would probably have to split from Mrs. Clinton if she wants something to be done. Many of the Democrats would have to vote on their moral fiber, not on how best to help Mrs. Clinton's 2008 campaign.

http://marquislive.blogspot.com/2007/03/un-calls-for-action-in-sudan.html

 

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The hypocrisy of the Left is astounding. Their hearts bleed for every civil war in every country, and their voices scream for the US to "do something". But if a Republican president "does something", they start screaming about imperialism and "world police".

The whole thing is maddening.

I actually had a conversation with a guy who condemned the Iraq War, then in the same breath said, "If Bush wants to go to war so bad, why won't he do something about Sudan?"

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

The hypocrisy of the Left is astounding. Their hearts bleed for every civil war in every country, and their voices scream for the US to "do something". But if a Republican president "does something", they start screaming about imperialism and "world police".

The whole thing is maddening.

I actually had a conversation with a guy who condemned the Iraq War, then in the same breath said, "If Bush wants to go to war so bad, why won't he do something about Sudan?"

The left wants to make Sudan a political issue. As I stated on LiveBlog, Hillary Clinton wants to base her campaign around Sudan. So, the Dems are going to say nothing until it benefits Mrs. Clinton.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

I've got some pretty harsh things to say about the Democrats on Iraq and Sudan that I'll just not say on here.

John Effin' Kerry and most of the Democrats have a double-standard. I dont even know what they stand for at this point... :shrug:

 

[RadioPatrol]

Unfortanently, most people and the MSM don't care about Sudan.

An Arab Islamic Gov. Persecuting Christian Africans - Why would anybody care ?


Ironically the British tried to stop this during the Victorian Era .....

http://www.progress.org/archive/slave01.htm

http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/slavetra.html

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa040201a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade

http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/nuer/edward/missionary.html

The Ottoman slave trade and its suppression, 1840-1890 - book published in 1982