U.S. Ignoring ethinic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan

[Lis]

I am wondering if you all would be willing to sign the petition I have made concerning the ethnic cleansing going on right now in Sudan: http://www.petitiononline.com/darfur/petition.html

In the Darfur region of Sudan, government-supported militias are attacking and burning undefended villages, raping and murdering civilians, and abducting women and children. Over 700,000 victims of this ethnic cleansing have fled to other parts of Sudan, and another 110,000 refugees have crossed the border to Chad, where they are suffering from malnutrition and disease, and are exposed to daily cross border raids by militias, who murder them and steal the blankets and food given to them by international aid agencies.

The United Nations and member countries have done nothing to stop the militias, who continue to attack villages, burn homes, and rape and kidnap people.

Mukesh Kapila, U.N. co-ordinator for Sudan said, "I was present in Rwanda at the time of the genocide, and I've seen many other situations around the world and I am totally shocked at what is going on in Darfur. This is the world's greatest humanitarian crisis, and I don't know why the world isn't doing more about it."

There's a good article about the U.S.-oil issue on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3376265.stm


Bush's response to this? He issued a statement asking the government of Sudan to "reign in the militia." Failure.

Thanks everyone!

-Lis

[Lis]

1. Also...

I put together a page with more information about this here: http://www.bush2.net/sudan.html