veiled4allah: sick, sick, sick veiled4allah: sick, sick, sickMore than 100 women have been raped in a single attack carried out by Arab militias in Darfur in western Sudan. Speaking to the BBC, the United Nations co-ordinator for Sudan, Mukesh Kapila, said the conflict had created the worst humanitarian situation in the world.Via Prometheus 6
He said more than one million people were affected by "ethnic cleansing".
He said the fighting was characterised by a scorched-earth policy and was comparable in character, if not in scale, to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
"It is more than just a conflict. It is an organised attempt to do away with a group of people," he said.
Arab militias, backed by the government, have driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, in retaliation for a rebellion launched a year ago by two armed groups.
They accused the Arab-dominated government of ignoring the black African inhabitants of Darfur.
More than 100,000 people have fled across the border into Chad, but have continued to face cross-border raids...
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...but just saw this re: Yousef Yee, US Drops Charges Against Guantanamo Muslim Chaplain.Subject: Re: OT
Thanks. I just blogged it.Subject: Re: OT
Heh. I got four different emails about this from three mailing lists