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17 May 08
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The UN Security Council has ordered Khartoum to disband its militias in Darfur. The US Congress, humanitarian groups, America's Christian religious right, and other foes of Sudan's military regime, are demanding armed action. -
The White House has been currying favor with Christian militants and blacks by intensifying hostility to the isolated Khartoum regime
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the US has been trying to overthrow for a decade.
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Darfur in the 1880's. Led by the fiery 'Mahdi,' the Dervishes drove the British imperialists from Sudan,
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that destroyed the Dervish army at Omdurman. But remote Darfur remained a hotbed of rebellion.
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two anti-Khartoum insurgencies simmered in Darfur, backed by neighboring Chad, and Eritrea, both of whom are US-clients. CIA has reportedly supplied arms and money to Darfur's rebels.
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Washington recently developed interest in Chad, which has oil and gas deposits.
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Washington is using Darfur's rebels,
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government garrisons after receiving new arms and supplies from abroad, gravely threatening Khartoum's hold on Darfur.
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Sudan, whose army is weak, raised local militias in Darfur to fight the rebels. Civilians were caught in the crossfire.
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The main enmity is between rebels, nomads, and farmers, tribes and clans. As in southern Sudan, most of the violence stems from land grabs, banditry, cattle-rustling, women stealing, and local vendettas.
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