Our partner in the war on terror and possible new oil trading partner has been trying to hide the evidence of their murder, torture and rape in Sudan. I listened to the new US Ambassador to the UN (Danforth) dodge the question when asked whether or not we were witnessing genocide in Sudan. ("That is a legal definition." blah, blah, blah.) Glad to see we have a new expert who is comfortable with all of the weasel words. I sure hope that Annan is going to be more assertive in Sudan than he was ten years ago in Rwanda.
"There may have been 3,000 to 4,000 people here as of 5 p.m. yesterday," said a stunned UN spokesman Fred Eckhard, as he gazed at the empty camp of Mashtel on Thursday. "Now, as you can see, no one is here."
UN officials said the refugees were forcibly removed.
The removal came a day after Sudanese officials promised Secretary of State Colin Powell to provide humanitarian aid workers unrestricted access to Darfur."
