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Q&A: History of Sudan’s Darfur conflict

The United Nations Security Council has approved a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force to replace the 7,000 African Union (AU) observer mission struggling to protect civilians in Sudan’s western province of Darfur.
The exact make-up and deployment date for this beefed up force is still to be determined.
In the meantime, [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 13th, 2008 | Tags: Africa, catastrophe, Darfur, humanitarian, Janjaweed, refugees, Sudan, United Nations | Category: Africa, Darfur, Sudan, United Nations, genocide, rebels, refugees | Leave a comment

Bush ordered the Pentagon to set up a new Africa Command last year but left its headquarters in Germany amid anxiety over an expanding military presence in Africa.
The issue has shadowed Bush’s six-day journey across the continent, as demonstrated by a Tanzanian newspaper headline declaring that he came to “militarize” Africa.
“The purpose [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 24th, 2008 | Category: Accountability, Africa, Africom, Bush, Casualties, Condoleezza Rice, Darfur, Human Rights, Kenya, Oil, President John Kufuor, Promises, Sudan, ethnic cleansing, refugees | Leave a comment

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — President Bush said Saturday that his five-nation trip to Africa is meant to highlight success stories and that even though he’s skipping conflict-ridden areas, his administration is actively engaged in resolving turmoil on the continent.
In a news conference with the president of Benin in western Africa, Bush defended his decision to [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 16th, 2008 | Category: Africa, Africom, Algeria, American Voters, Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Darfur, Liberia, Occupation Army, Oil, South Africa, military | Leave a comment

Ignoring Darfur crisis
· African and European MPs attack summit agenda
· British boycott criticised by EC president Barroso
A worker hoists Italy’s flag and others who are participating in the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon. Photograph: Armando Franca/AP
European and African leaders arriving for today’s summit in Lisbon were accused by parliamentarians and human [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 8th, 2007 | Category: Africa, Amnesty International, Angela Merkel, Darfur, EU, Human Rights, Lisbon, Portugal, Robert Mugabe, genocide, refugees, summit | Comments (4)

U.S. Promises on Darfur Don’t Match Actions
Bush Expresses Passion for Issue, but Policies Have Been Inconsistent
By Michael Abramowitz Washington Post Staff Writer
In April 2006, a small group of Darfur activists — including evangelical Christians, the representative of a Jewish group and a former Sudanese slave — was ushered into the Roosevelt [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 29th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Armageddon, Bush, Cheney, Corporate Corruption, Darfur, Democide, Geneva Convention, Promises, arrogance, bunkers, genocide | Comments (5)

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Posted by bosskitty September 29th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Armageddon, Arms Trade, Black Ops, Bush, Censored, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, Crooks, DOD, Darfur, Education, Geneva Convention, History, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Patriot Act, Pentagon Corruption, Private Armies, Propaganda, Secret, Statistics, Tax Dollars, The Liar, Truth, War Crimes, arrogance, battlefield, budget, catastrophe, civil liberties, disinformation, economics, genocide, illegal arms, profiteers, torture | Comments (8)

Israel will turn away Darfur refugees
By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press JERUSALEM
Israel said Sunday it would expel refugees from Sudan’s war torn Darfur region, touching off hot debate over whether the Jewish state, founded after the Nazi genocide, has a duty to take in people fleeing persecution.
Israel has been grappling [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 19th, 2007 | Category: Darfur, Israel, Nazi, Sinai, Statue of Liberty, Sudan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, asylum, displaced persons, genocide, humanitarian, immigrants, refugees, terror | Leave a comment

THE GLOBAL POWER BAROMETER

In their own words:
 

“The world is bigger than the West”, a BBC correspondent; Source: BBC.

Russia, China and Iran are up as they warn the US to stay out of Central Asia.
HOW THE WORLD SEES AMERICA
The Bush Factor in Pakistan

Amar C. Bakshi: The administration has “actively rejected expertise and embraced ignorance,” [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 17th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Arab Nations, Balkans, Black Ops, Bush, CIA, Canada, Casualties, Cheney, China, Christians, Collateral, Constitution, Corruption, Crooks, Darfur, Deception, Dominionists, Europe, Executive Branch, Fear, Foriegn Policy, Geneva Convention, Global Power, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Judeo-Christian, KBR, Mexico, Occupation Army, Orwellian, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, Private Armies, Proxy War, Russian, Saudi Arabia, Shadow Government, Sudan, Syria, The Divider, The Liar, Venezuela, War Contractors, War Cost, administration, arrogance, big brother, conspiracy, cover up, crimes, dictatorship, disinformation, profiteers | Comments (7)

Border anarchy Jerusalem Post, Israel –
Among the more disconcerting anomalies in the judgmental pronouncements by purported human-rights advocates is their scathing criticism of Israel in recent …
‘Israel creating unnecessary drama’ Ynetnews, Israel -
Sudanese minister promises his country ‘will find the way to deal with refugees’. Israel to continue aiding those [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 9th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Amnesty International, Arab Nations, Casualties, Collateral, Corporate corruption, Darfur, Democracy In Action, Election, Fundamentalist, Human Rights, Islam, Israel, Legacy, Middle East, Politics, Prophesy, Revolution, Sad, Scandal, Sudan, Theocracy, War Cost, War Crimes, World, abuse, administration, betrayal, candidates, deportation, economics, genocide, immigrants, orphans, prejudice, resonsibility | Comments (2)