Peace Deal By End April & UN Still Insisting On Taking Over AU

Posted on April 20, 2006
Filed Under General Thoughts |

Mustafa Osman Ismail, the president’s advisor and the secretary of political communication at the ruling National Congress, announced that he is very optimistic a peace deal could be signed by the end of April at the Abuja talks. He also made comments that the recent attack against the Sudanese embassy and its staffs in Ndjamena by the Darfur rebels was allowed by the Chadian government to happen and is evidence that Chad supports them. Meanwhile the UN wants to replace the AU forces with its own as quickly as possible. The Sudanese government says it’s not the right time and that if such a decision is to be made, it should be made after the Abuja talks are over.

I think the government is right in this case. Let’s just wait for a week and see what happens by the end of April. I hope the peace talks do end up well and that whatever the two sides agreed on is followed by concrete actions.

I believe the US pushing for a quick resolution to end this crisis is a very good thing. However I do believe the US is trying to hit two birds with one stone. For a long time the US has been doing all it can to destabalize the Sudanese government which it considers to be part of the Axis of evil. The Sudanese government is well aware of this and that’s the reason it has and still is against UN forces replacing AU ones in Darfur. Once the UN forces (in other words the US) get in, they won’t leave easily. Let’s also not forget the 1997 Sudan bombing of Al-Shifa pharmaceuticals factory which the US claimed was being used to manufacture chemical weapons. Following the bombing, the owner of the factory, Mr. Idris filed a law suit against the US government for the mistake. The US did admit to the mistake later.

After the millions of dollars that belonged to the owner were unfrozen he was quoted as saying “fortunately, we live in a country where we have a system of justice that requires that people produce evidence when someone is accused of being a terrorist”. YES, Mr. Idris you are defintely right. You are lucky you live in such a country with such a system.

If you are interested here is the Sudanese side of Al-Shifa story and here is an interesting article on the matter.

In the past the Sudanese government was associated with Bin Laden but then later expelled him. Currently I doubt if they have conncetions with Al-Qaeda. Anyways for now Darfur, Darfur and more Darfur. It’s depressing reading all those depressing headlines. Let’s hope 5 years from now things will improve. I truly wish the best for my country. We have seen and been through way too much. It’s time we enjoyed some peace and stability. On the other hand I wish the best for the Iraqis for they have experienced much more than we Sudanese have. Finally before I get back to studying (I’m having my finals for this sem, wish me luck) I just want to say one more thing… LIFE GOES ON…! Peace fellow humans =)

Comments

Leave a Reply