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Sudan pulls plug on UN operations in war-torn Darfur

by UK Independent (reposted)
Sudan has suspended the work of a United Nations mission in the violent Darfur region after accusing the world body of transporting a rebel leader who opposes a recent peace deal.

A spokesman for the Sudanese foreign ministry, Jamal Ibrahim, said the ban would stay in place until the government received an "explanation" from the UN.

He said the ban was imposed because a UN helicopter had moved the rebel leader Suleiman Adam Jamous, who rejects the recently signed peace deal, without consulting the government in Khartoum. The ban will not affect two UN agencies, Unicef and the World Food Programme.

"He was picked up by the UN helicopter between el-Fasher and Musbat," Mr Ibrahim said, referring to areas in North Darfur.

"The authorities were not consulted, no permission was asked for, and it was clear negligence," he said, adding it was a "flagrant violation" of the sovereignty of Sudan.

The UN spokeswoman Radhia Achouri said the mission had not received any formal communication from the government. "We have also seen the media reports but we have not received any formal and official confirmation of this from the government of Sudan," she said.

Fighting broke out in the Darfur region in western Sudan in 2003. More than 2.5 million people have fled their homes and been forced into a series of squalid camps. An estimated 180,000 people have died.

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article1096412.ece
by 10,000 dying each month
And once again, the big oil financed government of Sudan turns a blind eye to the suffering of its people.
And the question remains: What can WE do about it?
Many of us are doing what we can about it, but your phoney propaganda ploy is transparent.
Rather than actually caring, you make sure to propagandize w/ "big oil financed..blah blah blah", revealing your true aims--to villify the arab world, thus deflecting from the criminal state of Israel.
Otherwise you wouldn't have used your default talking point.
by The Devil (George Warmonger Bush)
The Devil (George Warmonger Bush): "Sorry to Oil the Genocide and the Rebel Activity but Oil comes First. Fill her Up ??????"
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