(SomaliNet) The Sudanese government has made its final rejection of a joint U.N.-African peacekeeping force in Darfur and | Analysts say thousands more Sudanese civilians will die and many more will be forced to flee their homes unless the West can somehow muster strong sanctions against Sudan's government. |
'Tain't gonna happen. The Russers and the Frenchies and the Heathen Chinee won't let it. Call it the Axis of Obstinacy.
"Khartoum will not stop the massive war crimes taking place in Darfur until it is forced to," said Tom Cargyll of Chatham House, a British think tank.
My guess is that they'll keep right on with them, since they're occurring as a matter of policy. Nobody's gonna stop them, so the black guys are toast. And their wimmin, too.
Last month, the U.N. compromise deal was announced by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as a major diplomatic breakthrough to bring peace to Darfur — one that would allow him to keep his pledge to solve the Darfur crisis before he steps down as U.N. chief later this year. Annan said Sudan had agreed in principle to a "hybrid mission" of some 20,000 peacekeepers — mostly from Africa — to deploy in Darfur under U.N. command to replace an overwhelmed African Union (AU) force. However, Sudan's foreign minister said there was a misunderstanding and a "mixed operation" in Darfur did not mean a "mixed force."
This means that Sudan still maintains that no U.N. peacekeeper could deploy in Darfur, but the U.N. was welcome to provide logistical and financial support. "International troops are a colonization of Sudan," Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir later said.