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U.N. authorizes Darfur mission
Washington Times ^ | August 1, 2007 | Betsy Pisik

Posted on 08/01/2007 7:43:49 AM PDT by JKrive

NEW YORK — The U.N. Security Council yesterday authorized a new peacekeeping mission for Darfur, a complex military effort with 26,000 African and U.N. forces under a single command that will be the largest ever attempted by the world body.

The resolution setting up the mission also calls for an immediate cease-fire in the Darfur region of Western Sudan and sets a timetable for the force to be fully deployed by early 2008.

No U.S. troops will participate directly in the mission, but they likely will help move troops and materiel.

"We call in particular on [Sudanese] President [Omar] Bashir to provide maximum cooperation to the new peacekeeping force," U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said. "We hope this marks a new chapter in relations."

The force, a hybrid of African Union soldiers and international logistics and support, was publicly welcomed by Sudan's U.N. ambassador, who said he was pleased with concessions in the final and painstakingly edited text.

Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem said he spent Sunday with British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry "cleaning" the six-page resolution to address Sudan's concerns.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; au; autroops; darfur; sudan; un; unamid; unpeacekeepers
The U.N.'s involvement doesn't guarantee much for the hope of Darfur. Hasn't the world learned from the U.N.'s bungling of other so-called peacekeeping missions? I've written more on Darfur here, at Critical Mass.
1 posted on 08/01/2007 7:43:51 AM PDT by JKrive
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To: JKrive

US out of the UN, UN out of the US.


2 posted on 08/01/2007 7:48:02 AM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings - Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime)
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To: JKrive
Let the child abuse begin!

Personally I think they'd be better-off hiring an outfit like Executive Outcomes.
3 posted on 08/01/2007 7:49:54 AM PDT by Lusis ("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
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To: Lusis

Or better yet, send them rifles (which they’ll probably need to defend themselves from the UN/AU troops).


4 posted on 08/01/2007 7:50:53 AM PDT by Lusis ("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
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To: JKrive
"The force, a hybrid of African Union soldiers and international logistics and support,...."

Pray for the captives in Darfur...
As if they weren't suffering enough under their Muslim tormentors --- now, the U.N. sends another African Army while charges of mayhem and rape remain unresolved at other U.N. African Army "rescue" sites...

5 posted on 08/01/2007 7:51:55 AM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: JKrive

Another “food for sex” program on its way...


6 posted on 08/01/2007 8:15:07 AM PDT by PsyOp (Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
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To: JKrive

‘U.N. authorizes Darfur mission ‘

Correction: UN Authorizes The Sudan mission.


7 posted on 08/01/2007 8:17:17 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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Unfortunately we know the probable outcomes of this latest UN “Peacekeeping Mission”.

1. Nothing will change except that the victims will be disarmed and “protected” in camps as the Islamic forces walk right in and slaughter them ala Rwanda.

2. The UN Forces will engage in “sex for aid”, slave trading, and other abuses as they have in other parts of Africa.

3. The Islamic Forces in Sudan will simply kick the UN mission out or ignore them and keep right on doing what they do. The UN members will chide the USA for not providing forces and say we are not living up to our responsibilities, China and Russia will do nothing but aid the terrorists, and the American Left will wring their hands. Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Commission (lead by Islamic states) will turn a blind eye to the “infidels” in Sudan.

4. All of the above and even some new surprises.

Of course, we always have the UN Mission in Lebanon to provide us with examples of the UN working. Well, working for Hizbolallah that is.

8 posted on 08/01/2007 8:31:25 AM PDT by M1Tanker (Proven Daily: Modern "progressive" liberalism is just National Socialism without the "twisted cross")
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To: Lusis

Forget Executive Outcomes. Send in Blackwater.


9 posted on 08/01/2007 8:35:33 AM PDT by Thunder90
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To: JKrive

Just more UNO Marxist, globalist, MESS! We need to dismantle the UNO complex and send those people home.


10 posted on 08/01/2007 8:39:01 AM PDT by John Leland 1789
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To: Thunder90

Sure. My comment was a snarky one referencing the UN debacle in Sierra Leone (1995).


11 posted on 08/01/2007 8:46:09 AM PDT by Lusis ("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
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To: JKrive

I assume this signals the commencement of the U.N.’s plan for the complete genocide of Darfur’s poor residents. Soon, they will probably all be dead.


12 posted on 08/01/2007 1:15:42 PM PDT by George W. Bush (Rudy: tough on terror, scared of Iowa, wets himself over YouTube)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; KlueLass; ...
Ping!
13 posted on 08/01/2007 4:52:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, July 31, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: PsyOp
"Another “food for sex” program on its way..."

yitbos

14 posted on 08/02/2007 1:58:35 AM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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To: bruinbirdman

yitbos? I’m not familiar with that one.


15 posted on 08/02/2007 10:34:08 AM PDT by PsyOp (Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
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