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Does Envoy's Approach Hint At U.S. Shift On Sudan?
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What can three guys from Chicago do about the crisis in Darfur?
Good question.
In this film, a waiter, an IT guy, and a policy wonk head to the Chad/Sudan border in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the conflict in Darfur. Featuring interviews with members of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM), the International Medical Corps (IMC), the Associated Press (AP), the United States Congress, and the Genocide Intervention Network (GI Net).
So... what do you think it will take to really "Save Darfur?"What can three guys from Chicago do about the crisis in Darfur?
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Clooney hosted a fundraiser at his friend Roger Jenkins’ home in London on Thursday and invited 100 of his closest friends. A ticket to attend the gala was $14,575, which netted over $14 million.Clooney hosted a fundraiser at his friend Roger Jenkins’ home in London on... more
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Thirty countries are at risk of violating the United Nations arms embargo on Darfur by either directly or indirectly exporting arms to Sudan, according to a new report released today by a leading human rights advocacy group.
While many of the countries whose weapons are being sent to Sudan by third parties claim they are investigating the situation and working to stop the transfers, they are falling short of the U.N. embargo's requirement that countries must take all possible measures to prevent arms from entering Darfur, the Human Rights First report finds.
"The Sudanese government has publicly said it will not comply with the embargo, and it has repeatedly refused to seek permission before transferring weapons to Darfur, as required by the embargo. Given that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is alleged to have committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur by the International Criminal Court, countries must do more to keep their weapons out of the hands of a potential war criminal," said Betsy Apple, director of Human Rights First's Crimes Against Humanity program and co-author of the report.
Read the full report here. (http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/pdf/CAH-081001-arms-table.pdf)
The report divides the countries into two categories: direct providers and producers. Twelve countries, including China, India, Kenya, Iran and Russia, by their own admission, ship arms directly to Sudan. In many of these cases, the countries' claims were backed up by media reports of arms transfers or military cooperation agreements.
Twenty-four other countries - among them the United States, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom - are identified as producers, based on Sudan's claims that their arms ended up in Sudan. Some of the producer nations deny the transfers and the report finds that "it is likely that these countries did not directly sell weapons to Sudan but that the weapons were transferred by a third country" or that the government of Sudan "sees political advantage in over or underreporting arms transfers from particular countries."
"Much attention has rightfully been paid to China's role in fueling the commission of atrocities in Darfur, given that it is the largest exporter of small arms to Sudan," said Apple, "but it is obvious that China is only one cog in the deadly machine of mass atrocities in Darfur, and the steady stream of arms from all over the world serves to grease the mechanism."
By its own reports, Sudan imported weapons worth $76.3 million since 2004, not including fighter jets and combat aircraft. Yet, according to the reports of other countries, only $19.3 million worth of arms were sold to Sudan in this time period, suggesting that countries consistently underreport their exports to Sudan.
The embargo was imposed in 2004 and extended in 2005, requiring nations to "...take the necessary measures to prevent the sale or supply" to all the warring parties in Darfur. Since that time, Sudan, by its own reports, has acquired:
* At least 45 new military aircraft, including combat aircraft, fighter jets and parts provided by Belarus and Russia.
* More than $25 million worth of tanks and armored combat vehicles, which Sudan claims were provided by China, Switzerland, Iran, Germany, India and Syria.
* A total of $29.5 million in small arms and light weapons (excluding ammunition and parts).
* $600,000 worth of ammunition, though a range of countries report selling Sudan nearly $10 million in ammunition.
* $270,000 worth of swords, cutlasses and bayonets, the same weapons reportedly used by the Janjaweed in attacks on civilians.
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In another forum I was shocked at the Anti-Christian attitude from posters here in America even.
The title above was confirmed 8/28/2008 by BBC News.
In this century more Christians have died for their faith than in the other nearly 2k years combined. Let that sink in.
First of all. These people were only Jesus Freaks in the light that they died for their faith. Most did not own a bible, although that is a cherished and protected item that some, not many house churches have access to. They often share bibles among many. In most of the countries owning a Bible is punishable by death or indefinite imprisonment.
Now think about that for one moment. Death for owning a Bible. We cannot comprehend that here in the United States. This is common especially under "Islamic States" where Islam is the mandatory religion. And is also common in communist and we are seeing other governments doing the same.
These people lived in fear and knowing that death is often the consequence of believing in God and Jesus.
Did they go around making condescending comments? Hell no . Did they quietly worship in secret? Yes.
So before the politically correct brainwashes and blinds you to the plight of even Christians around the world...
Below are examples of stuff that happened THIS WEEK.
(sorry to take up space, but this is continued below.)
In another forum I was shocked at the Anti-Christian attitude from posters here in... more
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Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said.
Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes in Darfur, a rebel spokesman told the BBC.
There is no independent confirmation of the reports but international sources have been told that Sudan wants to disarm the camp's residents.
More than two million people have fled five years of conflict in Darfur.
Ahmed Abdel Shafie, who heads a faction of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army, told the BBC that the government wants to force people to leave the camp.
Another rebel leader puts the number of those killed higher. Abdel Wahed Mohamed al-Nur, said that 50 people had been killed.
"This really is a catastrophe. People are being killed while the world just watches," he said.
(continued at link)Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead,... more
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