The Bogus Humanity of International Community
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By Izzadine Abdul Rasoul
March 8, 2011 — The latest uprising in Libya has shifted my view
concerning the international community and humanity. The word humanity
according to the international community (which itself is a vague
body) is a word of truth that is meant to correspond bad intentions .
On March 2 the Arab League Minsters met in Egypt, and called on
Muammar Gaddafi to stop attacks against Libyans. They also suspended
Libya’s membership from the organization, as well as considering
imposing a no-fly zone over Libya in cooperation with the African
Union.
"We have to save the Libyan people and that is why we are trying to
call on Government in Libya to end those attacks against the Libyan
population. The situation in Libya is sorrowful and it is not correct
that we accept it or live with it”, The Arab League Secretary-General
Amr Moussa said during the conference. The Arab League will not stand
with folded hands while the blood of our brothers in Libyan spill, he
added.
On the other hand the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, called
on the ministers to stand in silence in memory of Arabs killed in
protests that took place in Egypt and Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen, and
Libya. The officially announced number of people killed in Libya’s
latest protests, up to the date of the Arab League meeting in Cairo
was 3000 dead according to www.facenfacts.com from Paris.
Meanwhile in March 2006 the Arab League held its annual Summit in
Khartoum, while the U.N. said that at least 300,000 have died in the
conflict in Darfur, and more than two million displaced. Although
President Bashir confessed to his brother Arabs that he killed only
10,000 in Darfur and added that the people of Darfur should feel proud
of their daughters being raped by his Arab Jaali tribe. Despite of all
these atrocities and the genocide committed by the Government of Sudan
and its Arab Janjaweed associates, the Arab League gave full
diplomatic support for the genocidal regime in Khartoum. They did not
stop on that but they claimed that the problem of Darfur was
manipulated and aggravated by western media. Therefore, it was not
surprising at all for the Arab League and the Organization of the
Islamic Conference to reject the idea of no-fly zone over Darfur.
However; Bahsir continued on his genocidal plans and expelled 16 aid
organizations from the country, endangering millions of people
displaced in Darfur. But unfortunately no single member state of the
Arab League mentioned it, even by mistake. The UN and other
international bodies sufficed by condemning the regime on strongest
terms. Nevertheless, the Arab League, during its meeting in Cairo, did
not reject the idea of a no-fly zone option over Libya as they had
rejected for Sudan, only Russia and China who have interests with
Libya disapproved the idea. The idea is simply because those killed in
Darfur are non Arabs. Here the Arabs implemented the Arab parable
attributed to Prophet Mohamed that says; “Hold up your brother whether
he is right or wrong”.
I remember a very funny case with a stranger in 1983 when draught hit
sub-Saharan Africa. Darfur as a part of the region that was hit by
draught and people received assistance from the international
community most of which, as I well remember, was USAID. As young
people we much admired the US soldiers in uniforms who were working
like bees distributing food for the needy people. We were happy beyond
words and wished to grow up and help people like American soldiers.
While we were sitting under the tree in our villages watching and
talking; an old man who was sitting close to us barged in our
discussions and said “My sons the food they are giving us is a type of
food that is out of date, they use it to catch fish with and instead
to throwing away the remnants they create future relations with other
needy nations”. If they have no future interests they will never give
you bread. It’s called politics my sons, the man concluded.
In my opinion, I believe that the former President Bush who was
intervening everywhere to save lives did not understand the game; the
man was behaving very innocently according to his religious background
that taught him to help and feed needy people who are in distress. I
think that was the reason why President Bush was vulnerable to
sarcastic jokes inside and outside his country America. Here I am not
praising former president Bush on what he did or didn’t do, rather to
convey certain attitudes. However, comparing former president Bush
with current US president Barack Obama, I would say that the game of
International politics for Obama is very familiar and clear.
The following are quotes of Senator Barack Obama on Wednesday,
February 15, 2006. “ For more than two years now, we have been
watching a rolling genocide take place in Darfur, western Sudan. Many
of you I’m sure are aware of the tragedy that has been unfolding
there. For those of you who are not, essentially what we have seen is
a systematic targeting on the part of the Khartoum government and the
Janjaweed Arab militia that have systematically uprooted, killed,
murdered, pillaged, raped, Africans, driven them from their homes into
enormous displaced-person camps. Refugee camps, within Sudan. It’s
estimated that at least 300,000 people have been killed. It’s known
that at least 2 million people have been displaced. The administration
early on in this tragedy acknowledged that this was genocide that was
taking place. I think there has been broad recognition in the
international community that the behavior of the Sudanese government
has been scandalous. To the Administration’s credit, the United States
government has probably paid more attention to this issue than some of
our European allies.The few thousand African Union troops who have
been placed in Darfur are primarily providing witness to some of the
atrocities that are taking place there, but they don’t have clear
rules of engagement, they are under-armed, under-trained We’re going
to have to provide this successor UN force with our own lift and
logistic assets. We’re going to have to provide our military hardware,
like transport and attack helicopters, and so forth. And, we’re going
to have to really force other countries like Canada, Australia, some
of the European countries that are not engaged in peace-keeping in
other places, or at least are not immediately involved in major
activity in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, as we are, to deliver
the troops that are needed.
So, it is absolutely critical that we start focusing on this now. The
situation, as bad as it is, could deteriorate further. This is
something that is of interest, I think, to all of us, not just for
humanitarian reasons, although when you read the accounts of women
being raped when they are out collecting firewood, when you read just
horrendous accounts of entire villages being decimated and children
being murdered, that it just breaks your heart, and humanitarian
concerns should be sufficient, but we also have a strong national
security interest. If you start seeing more and more failed states,
more and more displaced persons, more and more refugees, all of that
becomes a breeding ground for terrorist activity, it becomes a
breeding ground for disease, and it creates refugees that put pressure
on our own borders. In an inner-connected world we can’t insulate
ourselves from these tragedies. So, we’re going to, over time, have to
develop some strategy as the world’s remaining super-power to address
these issues, and Darfur is an important test case. We’ve already
failed one test in Rwanda, we shouldn’t fail another. Anyway, if you
are interested in the issues related to Darfur, you can always contact
my office, or get on the website. Your voice is obviously critical in
this issue. I appreciate you, as always listening in. Thank you for
downloading, and I will talk to you next week. Bye bye. End of Obama
speech.
Despite Obama using the cause of people in Darfur to gain some of his
victory votes, he seldom mentions Darfur in his formal speeches and
sometimes summarizes Darfur issues in two to three. What supports my
speculation is the way he appointed his friend, the retired Gen. Scott
Gration, to be in charge of the Darfur desk despite Obama knowing very
well that he is not competent enough to take such a sensitive problem.
Instead Gration, since he took over the office of US special envoy to
Sudan with his bad policies of cookies and smiles, has killed and
displaced more people, and killed the cause of Darfuri people
internationally as well.
In recent days, Obama has given very strong speeches on Libya and the
Middle East in general. According to my personal judgment, it’s
because of Arab money, nothing else. If the people of Darfur had oil
like in South Sudan or any other mineral resources I am sure the
speeches of Obama on Darfur would have been different.
I believe that Obama had chances to redeem the people of Darfur but
instead he increased the number of deaths. The latest statistics
released by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army yesterday indicated
that the numbers of people killed in Darfur from April 2008 up to 3
March 2011 reached 972 person included men, women and children.
According to Nimir Abdul Mohamed Abdul Rahaman, spokesperson of Sudan
Liberation Movement/Army, there were 121 rape cases in Jabal Marra in
their controlled areas apart from other areas. There were 242 wounded,
including 40 SLM/A soldiers.
Through the known history of the Darfur Sultanate we have learned one
thing: if you fail to do good things when you have a power then you
will live up bad memories. Act now Obama or let others to act. It’s
not too late. Joseph was just a slave when he ruled Egypt.
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