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Friday, June 19, 2009
Sudan's 'Coordinated' Genocide in Darfur Is Over, U.S. Envoy Says
From Washington Post:
UNITED NATIONS, June 17 -- President Obama's special envoy to Sudan, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration, said Wednesday that the Sudanese government is no longer engaging in a "coordinated" campaign of mass murder in Darfur, marking a shift in the U.S. characterization of the violence there as an "ongoing genocide."
"What we see is the remnants of genocide," Gration told reporters at a briefing in Washington. "The level of violence that we're seeing right now is primarily between rebel groups, the Sudanese government and . . . some violence between Chad and Sudan."
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My Comment: If it is over, how come the million plus refugees in Chad are not streaming back across the border to their burnt out homes in the Sudan? Hmmmm .... I guess it is not over.
Update: Darfur peace talks suspended: rebel leader -- Yahoo News/AFP
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