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Too Little, Too Late

Colin Powell’s visit to Darfur only highlights the United States’ inaction

By Eric Reeves

Despite recent high-profile visits to Darfur, Sudan, by Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis continues to spin out of control. More than a year of genocidal war waged by Khartoum and its brutal Arab militia allies (the Janjaweed) against the targeted African populations has entailed the destruction of thousands of villages,… return to article

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    Isn’t there anything we can due to prevent this castrophe from continuing?

    United States Posted by Eleanor Cashen on Jul 14, 2004 at 3:17 PM

    It seems the happenings in Rwanda would have been remembered. This is truly genocide.

    United States Posted by John on Jul 14, 2004 at 5:35 PM

    How can this continue to happen over and over again in Africa?  Is there any one organization or individual in this country (US) working to help?

    United States Posted by Frank Hickman on Jul 16, 2004 at 1:58 PM
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