Since SAM mentioned UN peace keepers raping 20 people in Sudan, I thought we should also take a look at the HUNDREDS if not Thousands of rapes by the Islamic Front.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3900777.stm

Since SAM mentioned UN peace keepers raping 20 people in Sudan, I thought we should also take a look at the HUNDREDS if not Thousands of rapes by the Islamic Front.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3900777.stm

Well its good to know that everyone is getting dibs.:rolleyes:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-rape-of-darfur-a-crime-that-is-shaming-the-world-427840.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/02/AR2007070201627.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/30/wdarf30.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/05/30/ixworld.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7333844.stm

What does it matter who is doing it? The important thing is it needs to stop.

What does it matter who is doing it? The important thing is it needs to stop.

Thats not gonna happen anytime soon.

Saturday, 20 January 2007
JOURNAL: Blackwater in Sudan?
The Virginia-Pilot reports that Blackwater USA, the private military company that advertises itself as a "a turnkey solution provider for 4th generation warfare" and a potential provider of a service termed "Janjaweed-be-gone" may be making headway in its quest to deploy to the Sudan. Last year, the $600 m a year company formed Greystone Limited in order to put a better marketing spin on its efforts to private the security of UN humanitarian missions -- given that this new company can draw on Blackwater for capabilities, it would be able battalion-sized unit and even its own home-brewed aircraft gunship in support of any contract it lands. So far, the effort by Greystone to land a contract to provide security to one of the world's worst humanitarian disaster zones, hasn't made any headway. The first indicator is a potential contract with the regional government in southern Sudan:

Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, head of mission in Washington for southern Sudan’s regional government, said he expects Blackwater to begin training the south’s security forces within the next few weeks.

However, this contract (if it exists) appears to be far from Dafur, which has become a display case for the moral bankruptcy of the state-run international system. Instead, it appears to involve the standard fare: oil.

Whoops! Stop right there.

Instead, it appears to involve the standard fare: oil.

Same ole same ole.

Yes, it would seem so.

Whats Up Everybody!?
:d

Whats Up Everybody!?
:d

RAPES IN SUDAN! apparently.:eek:

thats sucks...
im sad
my girlfriend broke up with me =[

thats sucks...
im sad
my girlfriend broke up with me =[

Mine too.......:(

Here is an amnesty article on it:

Sudan: Darfur: Rape as a weapon of war: sexual violence and its consequences (http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR54/076/2004/en/dom-AFR540762004en.html)

Index Number: AFR 54/076/2004
Date Published: 19 July 2004
Categories: Sudan, Africa, East Africa

This report finds that rape and other forms of sexual violence in Darfur are being used as a weapon of war in order to humiliate, punish, control, inflict fear and displace women and their communities. These rapes and other sexual violence constitute grave violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report also examines the consequences of rape which have immediate and long-term effects on women beyond the actual physical violence.

Go to the "i'm drunk" thread.

Y must this happen to me!?

Thats not gonna happen anytime soon.



Whoops! Stop right there.



Same ole same ole.

Whats your solution? And would you work for or against having peace there?

Whats your solution? And would you work for or against having peace there?

1. Stop supporting anti-government militias.
2. Stop interfering in local politics.
3. Invest in education and infrastructure, rather than welfare.

Thats a good solution. Do nothing.

3. Invest in education and infrastructure, rather than welfare.

Who is going to invest in that? The meddlers?

1. Stop supporting anti-government militias.
2. Stop interfering in local politics.
3. Invest in education and infrastructure, rather than welfare.

1. Who would be doing the investing?
2. Who would be managing it on behalf of the Sudanese?

Mod Hat — And ...?


Since SAM mentioned UN peace keepers raping 20 people in Sudan, I thought we should also take a look at the HUNDREDS if not Thousands of rapes by the Islamic Front.

And?

What is the connection between S.A.M.'s mention of the UN and the conduct of the Islamic Front? In terms of EM&J, is there actually an issue to discuss, or is this just some reaction to S.A.M.? I would think mass rape and human crises would provide plenty of justification for an EM&J discussion. In fact, it's kind of disturbing that S.A.M.'s mention of the conduct of UN peacekeepers is the impetus for a discussion of the Islamic Front and Darfur.

Seriously, it sounds kind of like, "Mass rape? Yawn. But, hey, since S.A.M. mentioned the UN, let's post some propaganda."

So how about this? Post a legitimate topic on the subject that shows some greater ambition than exploiting a human tragedy in order to irk or get back at S.A.M., and I won't close it and cycle it out to the Cesspool.