The UN to finally intervene in Darfur

Mariam Lau approves of the German government's decision not to send troops to Darfur. "The task of equipping the Darfur task force should be mainly left to the Arabs and the Africans. After all, the perpetrators and a large number of the victims are Muslims... Nonetheless, this raises the question of why a conflict that many are describing as genocide has gone practically ignored here in Germany, while the Middle East conflict, which has claimed far fewer victims, is in the news almost every day. Things are different in the US. The black and Jewish communities, each of which have their own reasons for identifying with the victims, have raised interest in the issue there."

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