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> Robert Cohen wrote:

>> How f'ing utterly un-shocking.
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>> I think this article also indirectly makes my overall point about how
>> the real peoples (the Persian & Arab streets) are deliberately being
>> brainwashed/conditioned and
>> un-informed about such as The Sudan's alleged genocide upon Darfurans.
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>> I'd like a Zogby poll on such:
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>> The important
>> polls that today's versions of
>> Gallup, Roper, and others might "even-handedly" take:
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>> Is there an Israeli genocide against the Palestinians?
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>> Is there a Sudanese genocide against the Darfurans?
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>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>> Again, my point for re-posting such an horrid specific report within
>>> the Sudan-Darfur (alleged) genocide:
>>>
>>> Because the Arabic-Persian media are generally seemingly intent upon
>>> shaming the Jewish people regarding the Israel-Palestine conundrum,
>>> then what's embarrassment for the goose,....
>>>
>>> http://select.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/opinion/26kristof.html
>>>
>>> Op-Ed Columnist
>>> A Sister's Sacrifice
>>> E-MailPrint Save By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
>>> Published: November 26, 2006
>>> GOZ AMIR, Chad
>>>
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>>> Nicholas D. Kristof
>>> Suad Ahmed allowed herself to be caught by the janjaweed, so her sister
>>> could escape.
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>>> Simih Yahya's wife saved his life when the janjaweed lit a bonfire on
>>> his back.
>>> When the janjaweed militia attacked Fareeda, a village here in
>>> southeastern Chad near Darfur, an elderly man named Simih Yahya
>>> didn't run because that would have meant leaving his frail wife
>>> behind. So the janjaweed grabbed Mr. Simih and, shouting insults
>>> against blacks, threw him to the ground and piled grass on his back.
>>>
>>> Then they started a bonfire on top of him.
>>>
>>> But his wife, Halima, normally fragile and submissive, furiously tried
>>> to tug the laughing militia members from her husband. She pleaded with
>>> them to spare his life. Finally, she threw herself on top of the fire,
>>> burning herself but eventually extinguishing it with her own body.
>>>
>>> The janjaweed may have been shamed by her courage, for Mr. Simih
>>> recalls them then walking away and saying, "Oh, he will die
>>> anyway." He told me the story as he was treated at a hospital where
>>> doctors peeled burned flesh from his back.
>>>
>>> Atrocities like this make up the news and constitute the
>>> Sudanese-sponsored genocide here in the region surrounding Darfur, but
>>> it is also stories like this - of superhuman courage - that keep me
>>> going through my reporting here. Invariably, the most memorable stories
>>> to emerge from genocide aren't those of the Adolf Eichmanns, but
>>> those of the Anne Franks and Raoul Wallenbergs. Side by side with the
>>> most nauseating evil, you stumble across the most exhilarating
>>> humanity.
>>>
>>> So this is a column about the uplifting side of genocide.
>>>
>>> I see examples all the time, from the aid workers who persevere against
>>> impossible odds (13 have been murdered in Darfur since May) to the
>>> children who carry bows and arrows to try to protect their parents from
>>> men with machine guns.
>>>
>>> One of the most inspiring people here is Suad Ahmed, a 25-year-old
>>> mother of two from Darfur. She lives here in the Goz Amir refugee camp,
>>> and last month she was collecting firewood with her beloved little
>>> sister, Halima, when a band of janjaweed ambushed them.
>>>
>>> The janjaweed regularly attack women and girls - part of a Sudanese
>>> policy of rape to terrorize and drive away black African tribes - and
>>> Ms. Suad knew how brutal the attacks are. A 12-year-old neighbor girl
>>> had been kidnapped by the janjaweed and gang-raped for a week; the
>>> girl's legs were pulled so far apart that she is now crippled.
>>>
>>> But Ms. Suad's thoughts were only for her sister, who is just 10.
>>> "You are a virgin, and you must escape," she told her. "Run!
>>> I'll let myself be captured, but you must run and escape."
>>>
>>> The local culture is such that if the little girl were raped, she might
>>> never be able to marry. So Ms. Suad made herself a decoy and allowed
>>> herself to be caught, while her sister escaped back to the camp.
>>>
>>> Ms. Suad plays down her heroism, saying that even if she had tried to
>>> escape, she might have been caught anyway, for she was five months
>>> pregnant. Or, she says, maybe she and her sister both would have been
>>> captured.
>>>
>>> In any case, however, the janjaweed beat Ms. Suad, and seven of them
>>> gang-raped her despite her pregnancy. "You black people have no
>>> land," she recalls them telling her. "This land is not for you."
>>>
>>> People from the camp found Ms. Suad in the hills that evening, too
>>> injured to walk, and carried her back. Ms. Suad said she didn't seek
>>> medical treatment, because she wanted to keep the rape as much of a
>>> secret as possible and didn't even tell her husband, although he
>>> eventually found out along with a few others. He accepted that it was
>>> not her fault.
>>>
>>> (She found the courage to give an on-the-record interview that was
>>> videotaped, after a tribal leader told her that it might help other
>>> Darfuris if the world knew what was happening to women here.)
>>>
>>> The gang rape and beating were excruciating, she says, but her
>>> sacrifice was worth it. "When my sister saw me brought back and saw
>>> what had happened to me, she understood," Ms. Suad says. "She is
>>> very grateful to me."
>>>
>>> So, yes, this is a land of numbing brutality, scarred by what may be
>>> the ugliest crime of all, genocide - abetted by indifference abroad.
>>> But it has elicited the best of humanity along with the worst. In Ms.
>>> Suad and those like her, I find a courage, nobility and compassion that
>>> offer a perfect contrast to the fecklessness of the rest of the world.
>>>
>>> There is a video version of the stories of Simih Yahya and Suad Ahmed
>>> available here at nytimes.com. You're invited to post your comments.
>>>
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>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>> If anybody is able to read these stories in a Muslim-oriented newspaper
>>>> on-line or off-line:
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested in knowing such.
>>>>
>>>> It is my current perception that the awful news goes unmentioned, or is
>>>> not treated in substantive news reporting, unlike the Israel-Palestine
>>>> & U.S.-Iraq situations.
>>>>
>>>> Prove that I'm full of ...it by posting/linking these stories or any
>>>> other substantive/detailed stories about Sudan-Darfur in
>>>> Arab/Persian/Muslim media.
>>>>
>>>> I wish it weren't so, but I think the Sudan-Darfur news is deliberately
>>>> covered-up, because the establishment(s) know that many Muslim people
>>>> would be angered if they were told the wretched news of the alleged
>>>> on-going genocide.
>>>>
>>>> When it's over, the usual denials that "we didn't really know" will
>>>> probably be propagated.
>>>>
>>>> It's past time to inform all Muslims everywhere about the alleged
>>>> massive murderings, rapings and burnings against Muslim-Animists.
>>>>
>>>> Reuters stories about Darfur generally reported in the West today:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chad Extends Emergency to Tackle Ethnic Violence
>>>> ... its violent western Darfur region. Humanitarian workers say ...
>>>> this violence from Darfur, where a similar pattern ... raiders from
>>>> Sudanese Darfur into the neighboring countries. ...
>>>>
>>>> November 24, 2006 - By REUTERS (Reuters) - World - News
>>>> France Sends More Troops to CAR After Rebel Attacks
>>>> ... Sudan's violent Darfur region, the French military ... . Violence
>>>> in Darfur, where tens of thousands ... the border from Darfur to attack
>>>> and in some ...
>>>>
>>>> November 23, 2006 - By REUTERS (Reuters) - World - News
>>>> ICC Says Darfur Evidence Enough to Prosecute
>>>> ... in Sudan's Darfur region and has sufficient evidence ... of
>>>> conflict in Darfur, a remote region of ... the conflict in Darfur,'' he
>>>> added ...
>>>>
>>>> November 23, 2006 - By REUTERS (Reuters) - News
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>>> Elizabeth Lawson: It's time to speak out against Darfur genocide
>>>>> | | Story updated at 12:28 AM on Friday, October 13, 2006
>>>>> As a graduate student writing my thesis on the Rwandan genocide last
>>>>> year, I began to grow more aware of current international crises.
>>>>> Darfur in particular caught my eye, because of its striking
>>>>> similarities to the Rwandan genocide of just 12 years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the Darfur region of the African country of Sudan, 400,000 men,
>>>>> women, and children have been killed, and the United Nations has
>>>>> already declared the genocide there to be the worst humanitarian crisis
>>>>> in the world today. Millions of people have been forced from their
>>>>> homes and face starvation, rape and the constant threat of violence.
>>>>> Yet most Americans remain unaware, with American media coverage ranging
>>>>> from slim to none. It's up to us, as the lucky, blessed inhabitants of
>>>>> a resource-rich country, to do something about Darfur. We must act for
>>>>> those who are unable. We must begin to look out for our fellow man,
>>>>> regardless of race or nationality. We must stop this genocide in its
>>>>> tracks. We must not let Darfur become another Rwanda.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let us remember Rwanda by defending Darfur. The U.S. government must
>>>>> take every step necessary to negotiate an international peacekeeping
>>>>> intervention. Without immediate action, we abandon thousands - perhaps
>>>>> millions - to a massacre. Right now, candidates for public office are
>>>>> traveling the campaign trail describing their visions for the future.
>>>>> As Election Day approaches, stopping the genocide in Darfur must be on
>>>>> the agenda.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let us speak out and be heard. Let us tell the world we won't stand by
>>>>> silently and watch hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, women
>>>>> and children be slaughtered at the hand of their fellow countrymen. Let
>>>>> us say: Rwanda will never happen again. The Holocaust will never happen
>>>>> again. The Armenian genocide will never happen again. Cambodia will
>>>>> never happen again. Bosnia will never happen again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please.
>>>>>
>>>>> Elizabeth Lawson
>>>>>
>>>>> President
>>>>>
>>>>> Save Darfur - Georgia Chapter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 101306
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>>>> My opinion:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The West should defer to the Muslims of the World
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If their media, academia, clergy, and politicos substantively and
>>>>>> publicly request help, then I'm for intervention.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have an opinion, I solicit it here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>>>>> Today's ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION contains a sole
>>>>>>> editorial urging intervention, while
>>>>>>> on its opposite page is a professor's anti-interventionist reply
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2006/10/11/1011eddarfur.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All-out help for Darfur
>>>>>>> Immediate NATO intervention makes sense against 'genocide' campaign
>>>>>>> that has killed at least 250,000
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Published on: 10/11/06
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of the ever-shifting rationales the Bush administration has offered for
>>>>>>> invading Iraq, the only one that's proved durable enough to withstand
>>>>>>> serious scrutiny three years later is the moral imperative of deposing
>>>>>>> Saddam Hussein, a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered his own
>>>>>>> people.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For that same reason, the United States and the world community cannot
>>>>>>> excuse, nor stand by idly, as another murderous regime oversees the
>>>>>>> wanton killing of tens of thousands in the Darfur region of Sudan.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> President Bush has described the unremitting violence in the North
>>>>>>> African nation as genocide, and rightly so. Since a revolt among
>>>>>>> non-Arab Africans who live in the sprawling western region of Darfur
>>>>>>> began in 2003, the Arab Muslim government has backed a relentless
>>>>>>> campaign of ethnic cleansing by proxy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> According to reports, the Khartoum government of President Omar Hassan
>>>>>>> al-Bashir is reportedly arming roving Arab militias known as the
>>>>>>> Janjaweed to do its dirty work in Darfur. Sweeping in on horseback or
>>>>>>> riding in vehicles and brandishing government-issued weapons, the
>>>>>>> Janjaweed are committing acts of savagery against men, women and
>>>>>>> children. So far, the conflict has claimed the lives of at least
>>>>>>> 250,000 people and created 2.5 million refugees.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The African Union has dispatched 7,000 peacekeepers to Sudan but their
>>>>>>> mission has been too narrowly prescribed and their numbers too few to
>>>>>>> effectively stop the Janjaweed or contend with rebel groups also
>>>>>>> responsible for some of the carnage. Aid workers in the region have
>>>>>>> reported that civilians have been slaughtered in full view of
>>>>>>> peacekeepers who are often prohibited from intervening.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The al-Bashir government has violated a short-lived cease-fire, spurned
>>>>>>> entreaties by other African nations to halt the bloodshed and has
>>>>>>> thumbed its nose at the U.N. Security Council which has threatened
>>>>>>> sanctions. Khartoum has also rejected a proposal to send in an
>>>>>>> additional 20,000 peacekeepers composed of troops from the African
>>>>>>> Union or possibly NATO.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Part of the problem in reining in the al-Bashir regime is the financial
>>>>>>> entanglements between Sudan and several permanent, powerful members of
>>>>>>> the U.N. Security Council. China, Russia and France import oil from
>>>>>>> Sudan and have been notably muted in their condemnation of the
>>>>>>> government's activities.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> President Bush and, more recently, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
>>>>>>> Rice deserve credit for not mincing words in this case and for trying
>>>>>>> to tighten the diplomatic screws on the Sudanese government. But the
>>>>>>> time has come for a more robust response to this worsening human rights
>>>>>>> crisis, up to and including military intervention.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Clearly, the timing for such action couldn't be much worse. American
>>>>>>> forces are stretched thin in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the world is
>>>>>>> facing the growing threat of nuclear weapons in the hands of North
>>>>>>> Korea and Iran.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Given that reality, some experts on the regional conflict have
>>>>>>> recommended that NATO first establish a no-fly zone over Darfur that
>>>>>>> would disrupt the government's supply lines to the marauding Janjaweed.
>>>>>>> After that, a recently expanded contingent of NATO troops could provide
>>>>>>> the needed boots on the ground to convince al-Bashir to relent. At the
>>>>>>> same time, the world community must strategically apply tough economic
>>>>>>> sanctions against the regime.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> None of that will be easy, of course and it could take years to stem
>>>>>>> the bloodshed and bring those who have committed crimes against
>>>>>>> humanity to justice. But as the world has learned in the killing fields
>>>>>>> of Bosnia, Rwanda and Iraq, evil resides not only with those who
>>>>>>> perpetrate such horrors. It resides also with those who stand witness
>>>>>>> but do nothing to stop it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Lyle V. Harris, for the editorial board (lharris@ajc.com)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2006/10/11/1011edequal.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> EQUAL TIME
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Humanitarian intervention usually makes matters worse
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By ERIC A. POSNER
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Published on: 10/11/06
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More than 40,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the
>>>>>>> American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the rate at which civilians
>>>>>>> die has been increasing in recent months. Many thousands of innocent
>>>>>>> Iraqis have been detained, and some have been abused by American
>>>>>>> troops. Many others have been tortured or killed by Iraqi police.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yet, if the United Nations were to have its way, the Iraqi debacle
>>>>>>> would be just the first in a series of such wars - the effect of a
>>>>>>> well-meaning but ill-considered effort to make humanitarian
>>>>>>> intervention obligatory as a matter of international law. Today Iraq,
>>>>>>> tomorrow Darfur.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (ENLARGE)
>>>>>>> Eric A. Posner is a professor of law at the University of Chicago and
>>>>>>> co-author of 'The Limits of International Law.' This column originally
>>>>>>> appeared in The Washington Post.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Civilians suffer in all wars, but the suffering of Iraqi civilians in
>>>>>>> this war is particularly unfortunate because one of the main
>>>>>>> justifications for the war was humanitarian: to rescue suffering Iraqis
>>>>>>> from a tyrant.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The idea that war can have a humanitarian as well as a national
>>>>>>> security justification has a long pedigree and surface plausibility.
>>>>>>> Some of the worst atrocities of the 20th century occurred in weak
>>>>>>> states whose governments could not have resisted a foreign military
>>>>>>> invasion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The genocide in Rwanda, which killed more than 800,000 people in a few
>>>>>>> months, was eventually halted by a force of Tutsi rebels; surely a
>>>>>>> Western army could have stopped it sooner. If nations can intervene at
>>>>>>> little cost to themselves because the target nations are weak and by
>>>>>>> doing so they prevent massive human suffering, then surely they should
>>>>>>> do so. The logic seems compelling.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But logic is no substitute for experience, and experience shows that
>>>>>>> humanitarian war is an oxymoron. The first blow to the idea was the
>>>>>>> failed intervention in Somalia in 1993. U.S. forces sent to maintain
>>>>>>> the peace while aid was distributed to millions of starving civilians
>>>>>>> were withdrawn after 18 U.S. soldiers died. Policy-makers drew the
>>>>>>> lesson that the American public will not tolerate casualties in a
>>>>>>> humanitarian war that has no clear national security justification.
>>>>>>> This lesson guided President Clinton's refusal to authorize military
>>>>>>> intervention during the Rwandan genocide and his decision to limit U.S.
>>>>>>> military intervention in Kosovo in 1999 to high-altitude bombing, which
>>>>>>> ensured that no American pilots were killed - at the expense of
>>>>>>> civilians on whose heads errant bombs fell. The Kosovo intervention,
>>>>>>> although regarded as a success in some quarters, has cost billions of
>>>>>>> dollars, required a seven-year occupation and could turn out to be a
>>>>>>> slow-motion version of Iraq.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Iraq war itself has dealt the second blow. The problem with
>>>>>>> humanitarian intervention is not only that the costs are usually too
>>>>>>> high, but it turns out that the benefits usually are low.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are just too many risks and imponderables when war is used to
>>>>>>> prevent atrocities rather than to defeat an enemy. Military weapons
>>>>>>> inevitably kill civilians, and smart tyrants foil smart bombs by using
>>>>>>> their own civilians as shields.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Saddam Hussein was an especially bad tyrant, and Iraqi civilian
>>>>>>> casualties attributable to the U.S. intervention do not yet equal what
>>>>>>> he was able to accomplish, albeit over a longer period. The Kurds and
>>>>>>> many Shiites are better off. And many Iraqis continue to think that the
>>>>>>> war was worth it, according to polls.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But polls do not reveal the opinions of dead Iraqis. The humanitarian
>>>>>>> effect of the war has been at best ambiguous against the baseline of
>>>>>>> the containment period that preceded it, and if current trends
>>>>>>> continue, the overall effect will be that of a humanitarian disaster.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many people blame the humanitarian costs of the war in Iraq on the Bush
>>>>>>> administration's execution of it. This view is a psychological crutch
>>>>>>> that allows defenders of humanitarian intervention to keep the ideal
>>>>>>> alive for the next, presumably competent, administration of a President
>>>>>>> Hillary Clinton or John McCain. But complaints about this war are not
>>>>>>> noticeably different from complaints about earlier wars, where small
>>>>>>> mistakes (identifiable as such with the benefit of hindsight) resulted
>>>>>>> in enormous harm.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Iraq war, consistent with experience, suggests that humanitarian
>>>>>>> wars will rarely yield humanitarian results.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why, then, is there a so-called ``responsibility to protect'' movement
>>>>>>> to make humanitarian intervention obligatory as a matter of
>>>>>>> international law? And why was this idea endorsed by the United Nations
>>>>>>> during its millennium summit?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The best humanitarians of our day recognize that we face a painful
>>>>>>> dilemma: to tolerate atrocities in foreign states or to risk committing
>>>>>>> worse atrocities in the course of ending them.
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>From Rwanda, many people drew the lesson that failure to intervene is

>>>>>>> the worse option. The Iraq war may be the first step in unlearning this
>>>>>>> lesson. If not, an intervention in Darfur surely will be.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>>>>>> Headline on page 2-C of today's ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> www.ajc.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "80 children a day day in darfur"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> by journalist Alfred
>>>>>>>> de Montesquiou, Associated Press
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I look him up, and find this listed first at Yahoo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.newsvine.com/darfur
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please run "Alfred de Montesquiou" and/or "Sudan Darfur"
>>>>>>>> in your favorite newspapers' search things
>>>>>>>> to see if they're responsibly reporting, and particlarly
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> in comparison with their reporting of "Israel Palestine"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>>>>>>> This article's report of real politik by way of Egypt protecting or
>>>>>>>>> aligning-with Sudan offers candid, harsh insight into normative
>>>>>>>>> political machinations, understanding history, why I need
>>>>>>>>> academia/philosophy, and the banal/ordinary expediency or a
>>>>>>>>> self-interest rationale of indulging genocide.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1005/p06s01-woaf.html?s=itm
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> Persons with picture phones could capture for history their indovidual
>>>>>>>>>> situations, including actual murders.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bret Cahill wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>> Just get some cell phone cameras and cell transmitters into at risk
>>>>>>>>>>> villages and show them how to use them.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Very cheap fairly safe activism on a per life basis.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Bret Cahill
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>> Al Qaida spokesperson comments about the on-going Darfur (alleged)
>>>>>>>>>>>> genocide:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Al-Zawahri also called a UN resolution to send peacekeepers into
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sudan's war-torn Darfur region a "Crusader plan" and implored the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Muslims of Darfur to defend themselves."
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/769102.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Robert Cohen wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because Darfur is substantially--if not totally--ignored in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Islamic, Arabic and Persian oriented media, religious institutions, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> academia.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> To prove part of this moral indictment to youself: Please run
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Sudan-Darfur" in some of the above media, while also trying to prove
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm distorting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why is this harsh reality imporrtant to the future & destiny of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mankind?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It involves the on-going alleged genocide of 200,000--400,000 and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> displacement of 2 plus million Muslim-Animists by the Arabic-back
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Janjaweed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> And it proves/reinforces/verifies to me the willfful ignorance,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> shamefulness & hypocrisy of too many anti-zionists.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0928/p09s01-coop.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bret Cahill wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Get Ted Turner / CNN on it. It may turn out that one camera will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eventually be able to defend an entire village.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Get a little funding for enough cameras and transmitters to eventually
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> record the horrific violence. Until that is done then it will be an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> esoteric academic issue.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One reason so many deny the Holocaust is because people tend to not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to think about anything unpleasant.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bret Cahill