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Date Posted: 23:03:55 05/24/07 Thu
Author: Weird_Enigma
Author Host/IP: 172.129.244.223
Subject: Boycott Beijing�s 2008 Olympics for China blocking peacekeepers to Darfur.

U.N.: 100 killed in Darfur attacks
Report finds no evidence that government was directly involved in raids
FRANK JORDANS
Associated Press

GENEVA --
Sudanese security forces took part in a series of attacks on villages in the Darfur region in which more than 100 people, including civilians, were killed, according to a U.N. report Friday.

No evidence was found that the attackers were operating under the direct command of President Omar al-Bashir's government.

But the report by the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said it was the government's duty under international human rights law to investigate the incidents and act to protect civilians from attacks.

The conflict between government-backed militia and rebel groups in the western Darfur region has left more than 200,000 dead and 2.5 million have fled their homes since fighting began in 2003.

The 10-page report compiled by U.N. officials working in Sudan said the motive for the attacks, from January to March, was control of agricultural and grazing land in a region close to the provincial capital Nyala, about 600 miles southwest of the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

It said members of the country's Border Intelligence Guards participated in eight raids carried out by the Rizeigat Abbala tribal group against members of the rival Tarjum tribe.

Villagers responded by fighting back, killing and wounding some attackers, the report said. Military ID cards belonging to Sudan's Border Intelligence Guards, an Interior Ministry unit and the army's Division of Intelligence and Security were found after the attacks.

China Disputes Criticism over Sudan

BEIJING -- China rejected Friday criticism that it is not wielding its influence with Sudan to stop bloodshed in the Darfur region and said attempts to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will fail. As one of the U.N. Security Council's five veto-holding permanent members, China has blocked efforts to send U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur. China buys oil from Sudan and sells its government weapons and military aircraft. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi lashed out Friday at groups threatening to push for a boycott, saying, "Their objectives ... will never be attained."

Associated Press

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