The White House says it is working with Libya to find a new route to get relief supplies to refugees of violence in western Sudan. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice told Fox News Sunday the talks with Libya are aimed at helping conduct a $100 million operation in Sudan’s Darfur region. Meantime, two U.S. lawmakers, Senator Sam Brownback and Representative Tom Wolf, arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, Sunday to study the humanitarian crisis. Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell are due in Sudan. They are expected to press the government to disarm Arab militiamen accused of atrocities against black Sudanese in Darfur.
Odd how we have to beg Muslims to do something to help their Muslim brothers and sisters facing genocide. These refugees need some panties on their heads, post haste! |