Displaced Populations in Darfur Increasingly Face Annihilation, January 28, 2006 :: sudanreeves.org :: Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy

Displaced Populations in Darfur Increasingly Face Annihilation, January 28, 2006 :: sudanreeves.org :: Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy: "Growing number of Janjaweed attacks on camps;
UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of impending “catastrophe”

Eric Reeves
January 28, 2006

The ghastly final stage in the ongoing violent destruction of non-Arab or African tribal populations in Darfur has begun. An increasing number of reports highlight attacks on camps for displaced persons by Khartoum’s murderous Arab militia proxy, the Janjaweed. In late September 2005, an attack by the Janjaweed on Aro Sharow camp for displaced persons in West Darfur prompted Juan Mendez, UN special advisor for the prevention of genocide, to declare:

“Until last week [September 28, 2005], there have never been concerted, massive attacks of an indiscriminate nature against civilians in camps in Darfur” (Washington Post, October 10, 2005)."