Posted on 07/04/2004 7:18:19 AM PDT by Trueblackman
Black Activists Commend Secretary Powell, Bush Administration for Trying to Curb Ethnic Violence in Sudan
In the wake of Secretary of State Colin Powell's historic visit to Sudan, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 commend the Bush Administration for its efforts to prevent further violence in the African country that some call "ethnic cleansing."
"I applaud President Bush and Secretary Powell for taking a leadership role in this attempt to end what I call pure ethnic cleansing in the Danfur region of Sudan," said Project 21 member Kevin Martin. Martin joined other black activists in a human rights demonstration outside the Embassy of Sudan on July 1.
Paralyzed by decades of civil war, violence escalated in Sudan's Danfur region in early 2003 when rebels attacked government facilities. After government bombing, government-backed Arab militias were introduced to the region and now stand accused of vicious atrocities against the ethnic African residents. Furthermore, restrictions on relief organizations are causing problems with the delivery of food and medicine to over 100 refugee camps. According to the Institute on Religion and Democracy, the overall conflict in Sudan has claimed more than two million lives, displaced more than four million from their homes and forced tens of thousands of women and children into slavery. In particular, Sudanese Christians are targeted. The Washington Post reported on June 30 that government-sponsored militias are raping African women in the Danfur region to create "lighter-skinned" - and from an Arab cultural perspective - Arab children.
Powell's visit to Sudan, the first high-level visit in 25 years, is part of an effort by the Bush Administration to prod the Sudanese government to stop ethnic violence. U.S. officials are circulating a draft United Nations resolution demanding a halt to further militia activity, an end to Sudanese government and international support of the militias, sanctions on travel by militia leaders and a call for unrestricted access by relief organizations.
In October 2002, President Bush signed the Sudan Peace Act, giving him the authority to impose sanctions if it is determined the Sudanese government is acting in bad faith against its citizens. During his visit, Secretary Powell told Sudan President Omar Hassan Bashir that the Sudanese government had a responsibility to act against the violence and promote relief efforts.
Project 21 members are pleased the White House has taken the initiative try to end the persecution in Sudan. "The Bush Administration has taken an active role to include Africa at the world's table," said Martin. "The Clinton Administration, on the other hand, hesitated and ultimately failed to stop ethnic cleansing in Rwanda in 1994. The Bush Administration has supported efforts to bring an end to civil war, slavery, forced child labor and ethnic cleansing in Africa. They deserve our sincere thanks."
Thank you for this post, Trueblackman.
Happy Independance Day and God, Please Continue to Bless America.
FReegards, D2
:-)
And what does the CBaC have to say?
Not a damn thing and Jesse Jackson was to busy kissing John Kerry's a$$ in Chicago to accompany Powell.
Well I will be out protesting tomorrow at Sudan's Embassy here in Washington D.C. and I plan to get arrested sometime next week to bring attention to what is going on. It is a simply charge(already talked to Secret Service)and will cost me only 50 bucks.
Well, God bless you! Be safe. Is there a way to get some more support, through FR or protestwarrior?
But I wonder what our government is doing, outside of talking the talk?
BTW, I remember the opportunity to pray outside the Chines Embassy when Hilary was in China for the UN conference on women. What outrageous hypocracy that was. Jezebel is still around, it seems.
Outstanding shipmate! I wonder where Randall Robinson is on this issue? I am sure that I will not here him compliment the Bush administation on its proactive African policy. Where was this policy when the first black President was in office?
Greeting Shipmate and as always you are right, I noticed that while Powell Brownbeck and Wolf were in Sudan getting a first hand look at things. Jesse Jackson and members of the Congressional Black Cuacus were in Chicago kissing John Kerry's a**, better to be a sellout then yellout, I guess. Have a great Fourth my friend.
Thanks for posting this, and take care in your protest tomorrow. I wonder if you find any validity in my theory that the Democrat Party has instituted a Rwandan Model of government in the U.S. The model operates by the principle that anyone in your own party is favored by every means possible (by outright laws and by politically correct interpretation of all conduct and communications), while anyone in the opposition party is disfavored. In Rwanda, when the majority opposition party rose to assert its rights against the party (tribe) in power, its members were subjected to the ultimate retribution, mass murder. Some may regard this as a far-fetched comparison, but when we see the hateful vitriol directed against our president in response to his expressions of kindness and charity to his political opponents, and when the press so eagerly provides cover for it, I think the comparison becomes more apt.
It's obvious the so-called leaders of the Black "community" don't give a damn about Africans in slavery in our lifetimes. It's a con game they play.
I was ready to rant and rave about WHICH BLACK ACTIVISTS *LOL*
Good luck! I wish I could join you in DC!
You must have some clout!
No it is not about clout, it is about doing what is right. "For evil to win, good men must standby and do nothing."
Better late than never. It took the administration long enough.
Absolutely.
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