April 19, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese government denied on Thursday that it had made any concession on the international peacekeeping force to be deployed in Darfur, reiterating that this force should be African and under the African command.
… Ismail said that the 3,000 UN personnel will be engineers responsible for the airports, equipments, water and residence as well as technicians of contacts, workers and policemen.
“They are not a separate force and will not conduct any military actions,” the Sudanese official noted.
He added that the six light helicopters to be sent by the UN to Darfur “will operate under the AU command to protect the African peacekeepers.”
This doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re not feeling pressured. They surely are but they’re obviously playing the game in a very smart way and buying more time. One thing is now clear though. Hint, hint… anihC… hint, hint… scipmylO… hint, hint… read backwards.
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On the one hand, the UN supporting as an infrastructure backbone is a very positive development. This is really the only low-screwup/high-yield eventuality I can see for now.
On the other hand, this news report reeks of post-event propaganda. It was the helicopters specifically that make this report look wierd. I there *did* feel the heat, but they can’t openly admit it. Too much previous propaganda that can’t just be ignored, and too much pride.
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