[Marxism] Fw: Sudan Accuses Israel Of Fueling Darfur Crisis (August 8 - IslamOnline)

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Sudan Accuses Israel Of Fueling Darfur Crisis

Additional Reporting By Hamdi El-Husseini, IOL Correspondent

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-08/08/article01.shtml

CAIRO, August 8 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Sudanese Foreign
Minister Mostafa Othman Ismail accused Israel Sunday, August 8, of fueling
tensions in the troubled Darfur region, calling for a greater Arab role to
contain the crisis.

Speaking to reporters on his arrival in the Egyptian capital for an
emergency meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers on Darfur , the top Sudanese
diplomat said information at hand asserted that Israel backed up the main
rebel groups in Darfur , Reuters news agency reported.

"The days to come will reveal close contacts between Israel and the rebels,"
he said.

A case in point, he added, is the remarks made by the Israeli ambassador to
the United Nations during a session on the West Bank separation wall, in
which he started his speech with a reference to Darfur and what he termed
"Arab atrocities there".

" Israel , in effect, plays a key role in the Darfur crisis, making the best
use of its bustling activities in neighboring Eritrea ," Ismail said.

Sudan Saturday, August 7, ratified a 30-day action plan to ease humanitarian
crisis in Darfur and start disarming militias in the restive western
province.

The UNSC threatened Sudan on July 31 with punitive measures if it failed to
rein in the Arab militias within one month.

The United Nations has labeled the 16-month-old conflict as the world's
worst current humanitarian crisis, amid mixed reports putting the number of
people killed at 10,000 to 50,000 and over one million reportedly forced to
flee their homes.

But Dr. Hussein Gezairy, Regional Director of World Health Organization's
Eastern Mediterranean Region, told IslamOnline.net Thursday, July 29, that
the situation in the restive area did not amount to genocide or ethnic
cleansing as claimed.

Arab Action

Ismail has also called for a greater Arab role in Darfur to thwart potential
international sanctions.

He added Darfur was a regional problem and Sudan was discussing it with
bodies such as the African Union and the Arab League.

Well-placed sources with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry revealed to
IslamOnline.net Saturday that Egypt was drawing up a three-pronged plan to
contain the Darfur crisis.

The plan is aimed at beefing up Sudanese efforts in controlling Darfur ,
raising Arab funds to boost development projects in Darfur and convincing
the international community of giving Khartoum enough time to end the
crisis.

Sudanese State Minister for Interior Affairs, Ahmad Mohammad Haron also told
IOL Saturday that Ismail would keep the Arab Foreign Ministers posted on
Sudanese proposals to galvanize Arab and Islamic efforts in the region.

Haron, in charge of the security file on Darfur, further said Khartoum will
enlist the Egyptian and Arab expertise to clear any stereotypes created by
western media on Darfur.

Egypt has sent up to four planeloads of aid and medical equipment to Darfur
.

The first Egyptian medical convoy was sent to Darfur May 5, becoming the
first Arab relief aid to the region in 10 years.

Kuwait has sent its second aid convoy to Darfur , including fifteen tones of
tents, 40 tones of corn products and 20 tones of wheat, for distribution
among the local inhabitants.

This came days after a Kuwaiti Muslim relief group sent aid to the war-torn
region to counter blooming proselytizing activity under the guise of
humanitarian relief.

African Troops

In his press statements before departing for Cairo , Ismail welcomed African
troops to protect observers in troubled Darfur , but underlined any
peacekeeping role would be limited to Sudanese forces.

"We have to make a distinction between three categories. The presence of
observers, the presence of protection forces for those observers and the
presence of peacekeeping forces," Ismail told reporters in Khartoum .

"We don't have a problem with either the first or the second categories. As
far as the third category is concerned ... this is the responsibility of the
Sudanese forces."

The African Union is proposing to send up to 2,000 troops to protect its
cease-fire monitors in Darfur and to serve as peacekeepers, but has yet to
send an official request to Khartoum .

International pressure was growing on Sudan to get to grips with the
humanitarian crisis in Darfur but Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir accused
the western powers of using the situation to "target Islam".

Britain said it could send thousands of troops to the region if required,
and Australia also said it was considering a UN request for military
personnel to join a mission there.

British daily the Guardian reported that British Prime Minister Tony Blair
was making the case for a "colonial war" against Sudan because of its
growing oil reserves, as there are no signs of highly-touted claims of
genocide in the Arab country.

Influential leaders of the US evangelical organizations signed a letter
asking President George W. Bush Wednesday to consider a military action
against Sudan .  (see:
http://islamonline.net/English/News/2004-08/04/article08.shtml)
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