Comments on: Darfur http://ericsanpablo.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/darfur/ I'm not young enough to know everything Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:37:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Savo Heleta http://ericsanpablo.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/darfur/#comment-109 Savo Heleta Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:21:44 +0000 http://ericsanpablo.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/darfur/#comment-109 In 1999, Western countries claimed that up to 10,000 Albanians were killed in Kosovo by the Serbian security forces and that the world had to intervene immediately. They quickly decided to launch air strikes, using over 1,000 airplanes in their bombing campaign. Back in 1994, 1 million dead Rwandans in only three months were not enough to influence Western countries to intervene. Today, the UN and aid agencies estimate that around 200,000 people have died in Darfur since 2003, while over 2 million people are living in refugee camps after fleeing fighting in the region. For almost a year now, the UN has been asking the world powers to provide the UN-AU Darfur mission with 6 attack helicopters and 18 transport helicopters so they can start protecting civilians in Darfur. Even though NATO members together possess over 18,000 military helicopters, to this day, no country has supplied even one helicopter. The poor of Africa and their suffering simply don’t matter to the Western world leaders. SAVO HELETA Author of "Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia" http://savoheleta.livejournal.com In 1999, Western countries claimed that up to 10,000 Albanians were killed in Kosovo by the Serbian security forces and that the world had to intervene immediately.

They quickly decided to launch air strikes, using over 1,000 airplanes in their bombing campaign.

Back in 1994, 1 million dead Rwandans in only three months were not enough to influence Western countries to intervene.

Today, the UN and aid agencies estimate that around 200,000 people have died in Darfur since 2003, while over 2 million people are living in refugee camps after fleeing fighting in the region.

For almost a year now, the UN has been asking the world powers to provide the UN-AU Darfur mission with 6 attack helicopters and 18 transport helicopters so they can start protecting civilians in Darfur.

Even though NATO members together possess over 18,000 military helicopters, to this day, no country has supplied even one helicopter.

The poor of Africa and their suffering simply don’t matter to the Western world leaders.

SAVO HELETA
Author of “Not My Turn to Die:
Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia”
http://savoheleta.livejournal.com

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