The Slaughter in Sudan
Charles Johnson
Fri Apr 1, 2005 at 7:28 pm PST • Views: 212
Government-backed Arab militias continue to commit wholesale murder in Sudan: Darfur slaughter on the increase. (Hat tip: Kragar.)
A CEASEFIRE monitor who spent six months in Darfur has lifted the lid on the continuing slaughter of civilians by Sudanese government-backed militia - and warned that the death toll is set to rise dramatically.
Captain Brian Steidle, a former US marine, described how African Union (AU) troops could only stand and watch as scenes of carnage unfolded in front of them. He said he had personally witnessed Sudanese government gunships strafing villages, setting them alight, and found the bodies of torture victims with ears cut off and eyes plucked out.
And he warned that, with the security situation deteriorating and aid agencies unable to reach large parts of the region, the death toll from illness and disease - currently running at about 10,000 people a month - was likely to rise by as much as 50 per cent to 15,000 a month.
Capt Steidle’s account is the first eyewitness report from one of the ceasefire observers allowed into the country by the Sudanese government in an agreement forced on it after months of wrangling.
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