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While I applaud the author of the opinion piece “While We Were Sleeping...” (Column, Oct. 18) for urging action on a very important and much-neglected situation, he paints a simplistic and inaccurate picture of the tragedy currently taking place in Darfur...
...author presents the conflict in Darfur as a “genocide” committed by a “gang of Arab militants” against Darfur’s “black African” population. The reality is far more complex. The African Union itself (which would be among the first groups to condemn a genocide committed against fellow Africans) states in a July 8th resolution that the conflict in Darfur “can not be defined as genocide.” Why not? Because the facts on the ground do not support the claim...
Moreover, the various tribes in the Darfur region have been fighting each other for over two decades without regards to ethnic affiliations. Arab tribes fight other Arab tribes; African tribes commit atrocities against other African tribes. The current violence in Darfur arises as much from tribal divides as ethnic ones...
...Tragedy of Sudan I have been haunted and sickened by the photos and news coming out of Sudan [Oct. 4]. Most of the world seems to completely ignore the genocide in the region of Darfur carried out by the government-backed Janjaweed Arab militia against non-Arab Muslims. Although I am wondering what I can do to help, world leaders appear to be waiting for the murder to magically come to an end. With all the wealth and power in this world, why aren't they jumping in to save the people in Darfur? Are Sudanese oil interests and political...
...European Union, and Tehran's economic model is heavily dependent on the prospect of attracting significant foreign investment. On the other hand, Iran is a major oil supplier and conditions in the current world market would likely undermine prospects for sanctions. The recent vote on Sudan over the Darfur crisis made that clear - China, which imports most of Sudan's oil, voted against, and it's growing demand would make it unlikely to back sanctions against the Islamic Republic...