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...major news outlets with correspondents still in Sudan—that’s three by my count—report that Darfur??s genocide is entering a third phase of renewed violence...
...really confused by the coming attraction: It’s Sudanese government forces against rebel forces, one rebel group against an alliance of other rebel groups, the neighboring country of Chad backing some but not all these rebels, Sudan sponsoring other Chadian rebels, and, of course, the pinwheel of Darfur??s genocide, that which never changes—Arab militias killing black peasants en masse...
...Kennedy does note that international law has its importance in determining what constitutes a just war, but he makes a convincing case that the law’s “humanitarian potential”—its ability to prompt humanitarian interventions in places like Bosnia and Darfur??is overstated. The solution, Kennedy argues, is to ground just war doctrine in ethics, not law. While Kennedy makes a strong case about the shortcomings of the current international law framework, he does pass over the fact that law gives actions more legitimacy, rightly or wrongly, than...
Kennedy does note that international law has its importance in determining what constitutes a just war, but he makes a convincing case that the law’s “humanitarian potential”—its ability to prompt humanitarian interventions in places like Bosnia and Darfur??is overstated. The solution, Kennedy argues, is to ground just war doctrine in ethics...
...President Omar El Bashir responded by insisting that the situation in Darfur is under control. But even as he spoke, gun fights erupted between his army and Darfuri rebels in the posh streets of Omdurman, across the river from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. With a third of Darfur??s 7.4 million people displaced and an estimated 200,000 killed by the conflict since it began in 2003, aid agencies continue to report new bloodshed. Gopvernment-armed Arab Janjaweed militias are launching a fresh assault in Southern Darfur, while opposing Darfuri rebel groups are said...