09-30-2004, 10:13 PM
That's because we do not trust the media as it is a tool for propoganda.
How are you so sure it wasn't the US who did it as revenge or to defame the insurgents? Ask the Iraqi's they will blame the US and they are people who are living there!
Read this below which might shed some light on how Machiavellian politics works!!
Sudan Says U.S. Armed Darfur Rebels
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States helped train and arm rebels from west Sudan who rose up against the Sudanese government last year, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said in remarks published on Thursday. "Who else than the United States is behind this ... They took rebels to Eritrea, and set up training camps for them, spent money on them, armed them and gave them Thuraya mobiles (telephones) to speak between anywhere in the world," Bashir told Egypt's Al-Ahram daily when asked about the involvement of foreign powers in Darfur.
The U.S. embassy in Khartoum declined to comment on the report.
The Sudanese government has in the past accused Eritrea of arming Darfur rebels who launched their revolt against Khartoum in February 2003, after years of low-level clashes between Arab nomads and non-Arab farmers over scarce resources.
Bashir said the conflict had several causes such as tribal disputes and other local factors.
The United States has labeled the violence in Darfur genocide, holding responsible the Sudanese government and Arab Janjaweed militia, which Khartoum has been accused of arming.
Khartoum has dismissed charges of genocide and says it does not support the Janjaweed, branding them outlaws.
Sudanese officials have previously said the United States has exploited the Darfur crisis to further its own political agenda in the region and to exploit the country's oil and other resources. Sudan produces up to 320,000 barrels a day of crude.
"Eritrea ... was the land used, but the training, spending and planning was paid for by foreign powers, at the head of them the United States, represented in its agencies," Bashir told the semi-official Egyptian daily in the interview in Khartoum.
He said encouragement came from U.S. pressure groups, such as right-wing Christians. Bashir said he had evidence and documents to support his charges, but he did not give details.
"There are many ways to resolve it, and the ways are known internationally, but those who lit the fire don't want to put it out," he said.
The U.N. Security Council has threatened Sudan with possible sanctions if it fails to stop the violence in Darfur. A cease-fire between the government and rebels agreed in Chad in April has proved shaky.
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