Since Sudan has oil, they are receiving more international and US attention than other countries mired in civil war. The US as well as the UN are doddling and dragging their feet while the Sudanese government is preparing the stage show for Annan and Powell.
"The Sudanese villagers in this western region of Darfur were bombed. They were raped. Their huts were burned and their grain pillaged. Now, those who fled the chaos say they are being silenced.This war has been dragging on for years and is racially driven but the world community can't seem to get serious about the problem. I suppose that if they didn't have oil, they would treated about the same as Zimbabwe or Zambia or other countries led by brutal regimes that do not have petroleum reserves.
The Sudanese government dispatched 500 men last week to this sweltering camp of 40,000 near El Fashir, capital of North Darfur state, the refugees and aid workers said. The men, some dressed in civilian clothes, others in military uniforms, warned the refugees to keep quiet about their experiences when Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan visit the region next week."
