The UN has pushed on the African Union to get involved in Darfur, but the Arab dominated AU leadership will stand till the bitter end by the Sudanese leaders. If there is any relenting in fighting it is because of the simple mathematics of a genocide in progress and Sudan is refusing the UN rule of “Responsibility to Protect” its citizens. They actually set up the militias that do the extermination and are responsible for driving the people off their land. China had part in this because it coveted the oil of Sudan.

So what use for an understuffed AU army in Sudan? This simply to have a new target for the fighting militias? Does the UN not realize that it is here on very thin ice? Actually it is being used by South Africa, Egypy, China, as an excuse for not having a real intervention.

We write the above because of the self congratulatory nonsence that is promoted by the press releases from the UN. The UN Secretary-General has really nothing to be proud of here - he better tell the world the truth that is known to him. 

The folllowing is from UN DAILY NEWS - the UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE
22 July, 2008. Not very different from other daily UN condemnations of things the UN does not touch:

DARFUR: AU-UN MISSION CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SECURITY OFFICER BY SUDANESE
MILITARY

A security officer working with the joint African Union-United Nations
peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today condemned an assault on one
of its security officers in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.

“Although this could be said to be an isolated incident, UNAMID condemns in
the strongest terms such attacks on its staff members, who are here to help
bring peace to the people of Darfur,” the mission said in a statement.

The security officer went to the market area in El Fasher yesterday to
investigate a road accident involving a UN staff member, a military vehicle
and a taxi, according to UNAMID. He had just started taking pictures of the
scene when a small group of military personnel assaulted him, despite the
intervention of UNAMID civilian staff.

After his release he was taken to a UNAMID hospital in El Fasher to be
treated for his injuries.

Meanwhile, the mission reports that its police advisers conducted their
first helicopter patrols over five camps housing internally displaced
persons (IDPs) in Darfur. The three-hour test flight on Sunday was part of
an initiative to use helicopters to reach selected camps as an alternative
to long-distance road patrols which have proven to be dangerous for the
unarmed police advisers.

In a related development, the Joint AU-UN Special Representative Rodolphe
Adada met today with the Governor of North Darfur, Mohammed Osman Yousif
Kibir. The Governor reiterated the commitment of the Sudanese Government to
provide security and protection to UNAMID and its full support for the full
deployment of the mission.

UNAMID also reported that a contingent of 250 Egyptian engineers is
expected to arrive in El Fasher tomorrow.