Darfur - Don't forget Sept 17 Events

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Recent DU Discussions on Darfur:

Sudan orders African troops out of Darfur

By David Blair, Africa Correspondent
Telegraph.co
(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.

... SNIP"
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2492759


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Sudan VP vows resistance to UN peacekeepers

by Mohammed Ali Saeed
Friday, Sept 01, 2006
Yahoo News


KHARTOUM (AFP) - "Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha has vowed the regime would maintain its opposition to a UN peacekeeping force for Darfur and hailed Hezbollah as a model of resistance, official media said.


"We have options and plans for confronting the international intervention," state news agency SUNA quoted Taha as telling a rally in the North Kordofan State capital of El-Obeid late Thursday.

...SNIP"

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2489276


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Breaking News: UN Authorizes Darfur Peacekeepers

From: David Rubenstein, Save Darfur Coalition <[e-mail] >
Date: Aug 31, 2006

"I have critical news to report.

This morning, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution authorizing a peacekeeping force in Darfur. The presence of a peacekeeping force is the only measure that will provide the security the people of Darfur desperately need.

This morning's vote is unmistakable evidence of the effectiveness that the pressure you, and hundreds of thousands of Darfur activists like you, have applied to world leaders. The international community has shown that the will now exists to end the genocide in Darfur.

... SNIP"

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2805496

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