Powell used "genocide" in his description of what is happening in Sudan. If I remember right, during Clinton's presidency he decided that we would never ignore genocide again, even signed an executive order to that effect I think.
So, does Powell's use of "genocide" indicate that we are ready to go in ?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...1154EDT0565.DTL
Sudanese official calls U.S. genocide accusation 'oil on the fire'
GILBERT DA COSTA, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, September 9, 2004
(09-09) 08:54 PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) --
Secretary of State Colin Powell's declaration that genocide had taken place in western Sudan's Darfur only serves to heighten tensions, a top Sudanese official charged Thursday.
Powell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday in Washington that abuses by government-supported Arab militias in Sudan qualify as genocide against the black African population in the Darfur region -- a determination that should pressure the government to rein in the fighters.
"We don't think this kind of attitude can help the situation in Darfur," Sudanese Deputy Foreign Minister Najeeb Al-Khair Abdel-Wahab told The Associated Press. "We expect the international community to assist the process that is taking place in Abuja, and not put oil on the fire."
Abdel-Wahab spoke in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, scene of two weeks of peace talks between Sudan's government and rebels in the 19-month-old Darfur conflict.
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