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U.S. Gives Sudan Ultimatum

Posted on Apr 23, 2007

Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has told the Sudanese government it must either cooperate with a U.N. peacekeeping plan or face sanctions. However, the U.S. has agreed to give U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon time to work with Khartoum before pressing the issue.

BBC:

The US has said it expects Sudan to prove its commitment to allowing a strengthened UN peacekeeping force into Darfur within a matter of weeks.

US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said time was running out for Sudan to allow the international peace keeping force in.

Recent talks with Sudan’s president were not encouraging, he said.

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By Douglas Chalmers, April 24, 2007 at 4:05 pm Link to this comment

Now we’ve gone from the “Vietnamisation” of the war in Iraq to the “Cambodianisation” of conflict in that region (Somalia is just across the Gulf of Aden from Saudia Arabia). Quy Tran will know what I mean….

What hapened in Iraq during a decade of sanctions? Millions died from disease and malnutrition, especially children! So, let’s do it again to provide a smokescreen to the intended Israeli nuclear attack on Iran…..!?!?

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By QuyTran, April 24, 2007 at 11:12 am Link to this comment

The dracula starts to show its teeth.

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