12-12-2011, 02:57 PM |
محمد فرح
محمد فرح
Registered: 09-14-2006
Total Posts: 9222
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Re: Congress can help the Sudanese by Lifting Sanctions not by Encoura (Re: محمد فرح)
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And it is upon their fabrications and sensationalized testimonies that the utterly defunct policy towards Sudan is perpetuated. It is an established fact that the perpetrators of the atrocities in Darfur are the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and two factions of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), groups that reflexively reject peace initiatives proposed by the international community, regional actors and even the government. Members of the U.S. congress are fully cognizant of this fact and are well acquainted with the defiant posture of the rebels that has frustrated all the peace efforts in Darfur. And in both Blue Nile and South Kordufan, it is the SPLM-N, the fully-armed militia group of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in the South that has been the cause of the people's displacement and suffering in those two regions. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) only took action after the killing of civilians became rampant. And in its mission to purge this element from the midst of the innocent citizens, it has keenly observed the highest standards of conduct contrary to the assertions of the letter. The U.S. Congress must adhere to facts if it chooses to engage in the affairs of Sudan. It should also move away from the inciting rhetoric of "marginalization" and catchphrases like "peripheries vs. center" which is the exaggerated language used by the rebels to justify their atrocities, and an impediment to the genuine efforts alined at addressing an issue that predates even the current Government. Fairness must also prevail, for it is absurdly irrational to expect peace when only a single stakeholder is held accountable. This letter addressed to President Obama is further proof of this. If members of this "Sudan Congressional Caucus" are sincere in helping the people of Sudan, they must not only hold the true culprits accountable, they should also call for the lifting of sanctions that have long punished the average citizen.
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