Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Sudan Rebels 'Use Chad's Camps'

From The BBC:

A BBC reporter in Chad has seen armed Sudanese rebels openly driving through Oure Cassoni camp for Darfur refugees.

The Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) fighters were armed with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s.

A Jem spokesman told the BBC his group had permission from the authorities to enter the camp near Sudan's border for supplies and to get vehicles fixed.

Aid workers say their presence in the camp, near the town of Bahay, is putting refugees' safety at risk.

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My Comment: If there is ever a definition of "human shields" .... this is it. But if the men who have the weapons leave the camps .... worse monsters than they would then walk in.

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