Submitted by barbosa.e92 on October 24, 2007

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Darfur

Newspaper article

On June 30, Secretary of State Colin Powell visited the Darfur region of Sudan. Powell said he visited to show humanitarian concern for the hundreds of thousands of people suffering in refugee camps. In fact, Powell's visit is nothing but a show – covering over the fact that the U.S. is cutting a deal with the regime in Sudan.
The U.S. had long charged Sudan with encouraging terrorism and tolerating the taking of slaves in the south of the country. But, looking for new allies to help it get out of its quagmire in Iraq, the U.S. government seems ready to ignore what it said about Sudan only last year. None of this has anything to do with relieving...

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