darfur

Stumbled across this thread over at LCF: http://z10.invisionfree.com/Loose_Change_Forum/index.php?showtopic=2129 There's nothing unusual or offensive about the OP. The replies, however, are quite another matter. God, it's just so reminiscent of this:

Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the UN, wrote an Op-Ed, which appeared in the Washington Post on Saturday, June 16. The article states that the genocide was basically sparked by a drought in Sudan, which in turn was caused by a rise of temperatures of the Indian Ocean. (Which, presumably was...

And while we bicker about head scarves and the excesses of the Shari’a courts and debate whether all muslims or just some muslims are responsible for these things, the real tragedy has begun to unfold in the Horn of Africa, a tragedy perpetrated by muslim Arab militias, providing a fresh example...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Court-to-probe-Darfur-war-crime-suspects/2005/06/06/1117910238768.html It appears they would not have wanted the US to veto the action to bring the ICC in to prosecute the criminals responsible for the disaster.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/UN-votes-on-Darfur-war-crimes/2005/04/01/1112302235693.html I would have thought the process was laudable, particularly since there has been so much criticism of UN action to date on Darfur. The US did not vote for the resolution, despite it's close ally...

Could some forum member who reads German check Die Welt tomorrow to see if this story is accurate? This 'preview' story is by AFP, supposedly. Does Die Welt actually report this tomorrow? Is Die Welt generally considered reliable? Sounds to me like we neocons have gotten to them. MattJ

I read today in an Associated Press story that the islamic arabs in sudan have so far killed 30,000. It said the U.N. says there are 1000 people dying each day. Now, where are the thousands of euroweenies protesting, like the massive anti-U.S. demonstrations? There's alot more being killed...