Arabs pile into Darfur to take land 'cleansed' by janjaweed

[TexasLawyer]

Source: Independent UK

14 July 2007 23:52

Arabs pile into Darfur to take land 'cleansed' by janjaweed
By Steve Bloomfield, Africa Correspondent
Published: 14 July 2007

Arabs from Chad and Niger are crossing into Darfur in "unprecedented" numbers, prompting claims that the Sudanese government is trying systematically to repopulate the war- ravaged region.

An internal UN report, obtained by The Independent, shows that up to 30,000 Arabs have crossed the border in the past two months. Most arrived with all their belongings and large flocks. They were greeted by Sudanese Arabs who took them to empty villages cleared by government and janjaweed forces.

One UN official said the process "appeared to have been well planned". The official continued: "This movement is very large. We have not seen such numbers come into west Darfur before."

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, sent a team to the border with Chad at the end of May to interview the new arrivals. Fighting in eastern Chad has been steadily increasing and it was thought that many could be refugees. But only a very small number have required support from UNHCR.

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Read more: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2768232.ece

[rodeodance]

1. not good as they are given citizenship and Kicking/killing the African tribes!

James Smith, chief executive of the Aegis Trust, said the revelations proved that the Sudanese government was "cynically trying to change the demographics of the whole region", adding: "If the ethnic cleansing has been consolidated because the land has been repopulated it will become irreversible. The peace process will fall to pieces."

Repopulation has also been happening in south Darfur where Arabs from elsewhere in Sudan have been allowed to move into villages that were once home to local tribes. Aid agency workers said the Arabs were presented as "returning IDPs".

Before the conflict started in 2003, Darfur was home to seven million people, mainly from three African tribes, Fur, Marsalit and Zargahwa. Darfur literally translates as "Land of the Fur". But some 2.5 million have now been forced to flee their homes after attacks by Sudanese troops and planes, and Arab militia on horseback known as janjaweed.

[ohio2007]

2. Why do you consider the people of Chad and Niger non Africans ?

What conditions exist in Chad and Niger that are causing this migration to the kinder,gentler area of Dafur ?


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[INDIA]

3. Interesting. This has been the front page's top story for a while now...

and yet only 3 posts.

Do people here not care about the Darfur situation?

[Pavulon]

4. Hotel Rawanda Mindset

you remember the quote. It would take the us stating that anything that flies is fair game. Establish a protection zone like northern Iraq before the war.

No most people are not informed or do not like the options required to stop the killing.

[ohio2007]

9. Libya hosts Darfur crisis talks

Don't worry, the top nutjob of northern Africa is going to make it all better. When he agreed to give up his WMD programs several years ago, he also said he wasn't going to keep the tight grip and influence he held in the neighboring countries such as Chad. Now looks like he will be back in the spotlight.



The African Union (AU) and the United Nations are chairing talks in Libya to seek a blueprint for peace in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.
The AU and the UN have laid out a three-stage "road map" which they hope will lead to peace talks between rebels and Khartoum in the next few months.

A new alliance of five rebel factions has been formed in order to present a united front for negotiations.


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6899323.stm
A united front for making demands,
and just to get a jump on events over there;

UN warns it cannot afford to feed the world

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7345310a-32fb-11dc-a9e8-0000779fd2ac.html

Western aid is what "feeds the world" not Libyan or some other Arab country oil $$ so don't be suprised if we are going to get hit with some 3rd world guilt trip to pony up support to maintain the status quo going on under the MSM radar.
We fed the region with worldwide aid in the 1980's......
Everybody prefers to look away at and pretend we didn't cause this problem that mushroomed and festered with our anti darwinian meddling back then....

With the right spin,
people will extend their bitten hands but as the UN reports,
it's going to be a tremendous burden.

[AndyTiedye]

10. What Would You Have Us Do About It? Send In The Army? They Have a Prior Engagment

It isn't that we don't care. We cannot do jackshit about it.

[Psephos]

11. There are about 150 other armies in the world

How about one of them step up?

[Libby Libenstein]

5. Radical islam is a cancer

Sadly I think many of our progressive friends here are not interested in a story with no bush-bashing angle. You don't have to be a conservo-thug to recognize the evil of radical islam, which of course is behind this genocide.

[aquart]

6. This isn't religious. It's race.

Brown guys murdering black guys and black women and black children.

Religion may be the cover, but this is a color war.

[Igel]

7. Go with 'ethnicity'.

Many of the "Arabs" are as black as the other tribes. Difference is language, culture, and religion.

The "blacks" don't speak Arabic, they don't have the same cultural norms, and they don't have the same religion as the "Arabs". You can't peel religion out of it any more than you can remove culture and ethnicity.

Yes, the blacks and the Arabs (scare quotes implied) are both Muslim. But then again, so were the creeps in the Lal Masjid and Musharraf and the Shi'ites and Sunnis in Iraq, and the Group for Da'wa and Jihad and those killed by that group in Algeria.

[loudsue]

8. And I believe the Arabs have more $$ and connections, due to the

oil countries' connections. It's clearly about race & entitlement.

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