Dafur: It's Not Genocide
Tuesday May 16, 2006
"Genocide is not being committed in Darfur" according to an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times by Michael Clough, ex-director of the Africa program of the Council on Foreign Relations in the USA. In a thoughtful piece on the responses by various nations to the events in Dafur, he says: "Of the many tragedies of Darfur, one is that it had to be mislabeled a genocide before politicians and activists were stirred to respond." Read why Clough believes Dafur isn't genocide...See Also: What's going on in Dafur from About's World News Guide.
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Comments
In the world of conflict resolution, the attempt to displace, erase or kill whole groups of race or ethnicity qualifies as genocide. I think the Arab militia attempts to killand displace village after village of black people definitely qualifies. Call it what it is, even if it ain’t pretty.