Queuing for Lunch At The Darfur Peace Talks

Posted on November 11, 2007
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Via Rob Crilly:

Queuing for Lunch in Sirte Last Week

Several of my journalist pals made the trip up to Sirte, Libya, for the Darfur peace talks. They reckoned there were about 120 journalists or so. And three rebels.

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5 Responses to “Queuing for Lunch At The Darfur Peace Talks”

  1. About Darfur « The Social Watch on November 11th, 2007 3:02 am

    […] The crisis there has led to some of the worst human rights abuses, including widespread murder, rape, abduction and force displacement. As many as 400,000 people have been killed in Darfur. Another 2.5 million have been driven from their homes and into danger. The threat of rape, torture, murder and malnutrition purse the women and children of Darfur wherever they flee. The situation on the ground has been plagued with renewed violence, Janjawid attacks, and aerial bom… […]

  2. Roman Kalik on November 11th, 2007 1:07 pm

    Heh, it’s quite ironic, really. I sometimes think that the importance of any political discussion for long-term agreements can be judged by the number of reporters attending.

    The more media there, the more you know that it’s just not worth watching it anymore… This time, it’s reached the point where it’s just the media that bothered to make it.

  3. Dalu on November 11th, 2007 8:54 pm

    Is it wrong that I am more concerned with what they are serving for lunch? Looks really good. :’\

  4. aaron on November 15th, 2007 11:41 pm

    Can I link back to you and post this?

  5. Drima on November 16th, 2007 12:50 am

    Sure bro.

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