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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

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)

LYBIAN GROUP JOINS AL QAEDA
Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri said a Libyan Islamist group had joined the militant organisation and he urged mujahideen in North Africa to topple the leaders of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
“Today, with grace from God, the Muslim nation witnesses a blessed step … Honourable members of the Fighting Islamic [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 3rd, 2007 | Category: Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Condoleezza Rice, Corruption, Democide, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamabad, Islamic Jihad, Kurds, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Middle East, Mukasey, Occupation Army, Oil, Pakistan, Putin, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a, Shiite, Sunni, Tax Dollars, Tehran, The Divider, Turkey, War, War Crimes, War on Terror, Widows, World War Three, criminal, disinformation, displaced persons, genocide, illegal arms, profiteers, survivors, terror | Leave a comment

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)

“We will give our lives but not our land!”
“This is a new beginning for the Tibetan struggle against Chinese occupation,” said Kalsang Phuntsok Godrukpa, president of the congress.
Thousands of Tibetans rallied in the Indian capital yesterday in the first protest of an aggressive new campaign to highlight Chinese abuses in Tibet in the run-up [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 16th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Defiance, Democide, Exile, Foreign Minister Liu, Human Rights, India, Olympics, Propaganda, Tibet, Time Bomb, deportation, displaced persons, genocide, humanitarian, monks, protesters, refugees | Comments (13)

Why does the US think that disrespecting Turkey’s historical image related to the Ottoman/Armenian era, then ordering it to lay off the Kurds, is acceptable? Turkey’s military chief has said US-Turkish ties will never be the same again if US lawmakers brand the Ottoman Empire’s massacre of Armenians a genocide
How does that help [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 14th, 2007 | Category: Bill of Rights, Casualties, Censored, China, Christianity, Collateral, Corruption, Cowboys and Indians, Deception, Democracy In Action, Dillusion, Foreign Policy, Geneva Convention, Germany, God, History, Holy War, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Judeo-Christian, Kurds, Orwellian, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, Statistics, Sudan, The Divider, Theocracy, Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister, United States, War Crimes, World Order, bigotry, civil liberties, civil rights, cover up, crusader, disinformation, displaced persons, empire, genocide, lies, mind control, prejudice, profiteers, resonsibility, slavery, torture | Comments (3)

 
Premier Says Turkey Is Ready For Split With U.S. Over Kurds
By Molly Moore Washington Post
ISTANBUL, Oct. 12 — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that he is prepared for a rupture in relations with the United States if his government launches an incursion into northern Iraq in search of Kurdish [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 13th, 2007 | Category: Armenians, Border, Bush, Casualties, Democracy In Action, Erdogan, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East, Occupation Army, PKK, Protest, Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister, World Order, genocide, invasion, rebels, refugees | Leave a comment

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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)

Al Jazeera in depth research into Iraq’s many armies: Four years ago the fighting in Iraq was just beginning. The armed group al-Qaeda in Iraq did not even exist and Sunni and Shia groups were working together against the US-led forces.
Three years ago, sectarian divisions escalated into a battle some believe [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 8th, 2007 | Category: Al Qaeda, Anbar, Anti-War, Baghdad, Bechtel, Black Ops, Blackwater, Bush, Casualties, Civilian Army, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, DOD, Deception, Excuses, Executive Branch, Halliburton, Holy War, House Armed Services Committee, Hypocracy, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Joint Chiefs, Moqtada al-Sadr, Nuri al-Maliki, Occupation Army, Outsource, Oversight, Pace, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Private Armies, Propaganda, Shadow Government, Shi'a, Shiite, Sunni, Tax Dollars, The Divider, The Liar, Time Bomb, War Contractors, War Cost, battlefield, conspiracy, cover up, covert, destruction, displaced persons, escalation, genocide, incompetence, profiteers, refugees, resonsibility, taxpayers | Comments (13)