Sudan Orders African Troops Out Of Darfur

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 9-4-2006 | David Blair

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Sudan orders African troops out of Darfur

By David Blair, Africa Correspondent

(Filed: 04/09/2006)

Sudan's regime sought to remove the only international military presence in Darfur yesterday when it demanded the withdrawal of all African Union troops from the war-torn region.

The AU, an alliance of all 53 African countries, has 5,000 troops and 2,000 civilian staff in Darfur. Crippled by incompetence and lack of resources, the mission has largely failed to protect the population.

But it has recorded numerous attacks on civilian targets mounted by Sudanese government forces and their allies from the notorious Janjaweed militia. Violence, starvation and disease have killed 300,000 people and two million more have been displaced in three years of fighting.

On Thursday, the United Nations passed Resolution 1706, calling for the deployment of a fully fledged peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

Sudan immediately rejected this measure but the AU supported it and agreed to hand over to a UN force. This has given Khartoum the pretext to demand the AU's withdrawal at the end of this month.

President Omar al-Bashir's Arab-dominated regime is preparing a major offensive against Darfur's black African rebels. Removing the only foreign troops will clear the way for this onslaught.

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"Removing the only foreign troops will clear the way for this onslaught."

Time for some more serious genocide.

[Crazieman]

Largely failed? How about a little rape on the side to boot?

[burzum]

Does Kofi know? Give him a week to see the reports and then he'll demand that Sudan sit down for talks in two months to see if he can put in some troops to observe the genocide.

[KoRn]

"Time for some more serious genocide."

If there were oil fields there, forces from across the globe would be rushing in there to establish stability.

[mosquewatch.com]

And now Arab Muslims will continue the rape of young girls, murder, slaughter, cutting of the breasts of Christian women, killing black Muslims for allah.

I truly hate Islam and what it teaches. The sadistic teachings of mohammed should be burned.

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"And now Arab Muslims will continue the rape of young girls, murder, slaughter, cutting of the breasts of Christian women, killing black Muslims for allah."

That's exactly what Darfur is all about. Isn't Islam wonderful.

[Fiddlstix]

That's exactly what Darfur is all about. Isn't Islam wonderful.

Yeah! It's every bit as wonderful as having terminal cancer

[RedRover]

If there were oil fields there, forces from across the globe would be rushing in there to establish stability.

The world doesn't have a strategic interest in sand.

[KoRn]

"The world doesn't have a strategic interest in sand."

Very true. Was just making an observation.

[lawnguy]

If there were oil fields there, forces from across the globe would be rushing in there to establish stability.

If their were CNN cameras there, and potential voters, forces from across the democratic party would be rushing there to exploit.

[zimdog]

I truly hate Islam and what it teaches.

I'm sure these words bring the Darfur's victims of genocide great hope. /sarc

[zimdog]

The world doesn't have a strategic interest in sand.

Or more to the point: The world dosn't have a strategic interest in human lives.

[RedRover]

The world doesn't have a strategic interest in human lives.

Correct.