Six Month Delay For UN peacekeepers In Darfur

[ls317]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1772013,00.html

Urgent planning for the deployment of a large-scale UN peacekeeping force in Darfur is being blocked by Sudan and there will be a minimum six-months delay before the force arrives in the country, British and UN officials said yesterday.
The hold-up comes amid escalating concern about the plight of 3 million people in Darfur who depend on international aid to survive. The world food programme has cut food rations in half due to a shortfall in donor funds. Access to aid continues to be hampered by insecurity, including attacks on relief workers.

[Roland99]

1. US managed to put a couple hundred thousand troops in and around Iraq

in a matter of about 6 months.


Oh, silly me. There's oil under the brown-skinned people's land in Iraq.

[Kutjara]

2. A nice tidy way of...

...appearing to adhere to international law, while buying time to allow the mass starvation and ethnic cleansing to continue. By the time the UN gets there, they'll be able to solve the humanitarian crisis with a single Happy Meal.