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k school Sudan Crisis Continued from Page 1 ' ttiore support,” Swango said. "America should play,a role with the rest of the world as a part of a coalition.” ,A.ccordiog to the U.N., Geno cide is a word that carrie.s con.sid- erabie international weight. The U.N. Convention on genocide said that under international law. the systematic destruction of one race is a crime. One hundred and thirty four countries have signed the coti- vention, which requires them to attempt to prevent and punish acts of genocide. Ryan Council, a Regent Uni versity student studying film, suggested that America strongly consider a peaceful solution. “I don't necessarily think we should go to war about it.” Coun cil said, 'if tlrat’s what it comes to. fine, but 1 think we need to try mediation,” Members are now laced with how to respond to the situation in Darfur. While the war rages, there are at least 1.2 million Sudanese refugees. Of those displaced, 400,000 are starving with the number growing daily, according to U.N. estimates. Of the refugees USAID inter viewed, 61 percent had witnessed ( Th« Mo^trsa^ j VpI«« WHETSTONE Montreal Colltgc Box 839 Montreal, NC 2S757 S28.669.S0I2 Ext. 3675 wlielslone(a;montreal,edu Editor in Chief Konney Blythe Aiiit. Mana^iint! Edilor Apnt HewA'ard G(apliic Design; l-iyoul Bmtjuv Anderson Business Manager Luke Snyder Sponsor/Advisor Gina Snvder V'ohmteer Advisor Bob Graham Stair Writers Tvler Greene Laura Hien Nathan Thotnas Steve Catler Chris Warren Tim Tyson Cari.ssa Loughhead Photograplic-rN Sle\e Carter Web Dan W'indmitier The Whetstone is published monlhlv while school is in session. The v iew\ expressed in tins publicaiior are not nec essarilv the views of Montrent Colleiie or its taff All .submi.S' sions become property of The Whet.store. f unding tor this paper is provided by our advertisers. Student Activities Budget, iud the Oftlce of Alumni .AfTairs. visit our Web site iit WWW.fnonlreat.edu/whctsione. Please direct any questions or comment? to the editor at \^tetstone(^ monireat.edu. J Page 2, Nov. 19,2004 The Whetstone a family member murdered and one-third reported hearing racial slurs. Racial comments such as “Slaves, mn! Leave the country'. You don’t belong; why are you not leaving this area for the Arab cattle to graze?” were said to a Zaghawa refugee interviewed in Kounoungo. The credibility of the USAID report has been brought into question by the GOS. In many press releases, the GOS has attempted to outline reasons to doubt the U.S.. claim of geno cide. An Oct. 22 press release explained that Dr. Abu AlFattoh, head of the Arab Doctors Union and his team of doctors had toured every refugee camp and seen nothing to support the U.S. claim of genocide. “We found no evidence of genocide, ethnic cleansing or mass rape,” AlFattoh said. In another press release. Sudan Ambassador Khidir Flaroun Ahmed attacked the USAID report, pointing out that the team only visited refugees in Chad and had not even visited Darfur. Reftigees in Chad, he claimed, are under the inlluence of anti GOS rebels which biased the interv iews. "The influence of the rebel movement on the outcome of the American inve,stigation cannot be overstated.” Haroiin said. Vliligts RfispcHidfents in R#fuf eiS Camps iri: Ciiad UNC4ASSW=1£0 m m f!'. # /■ , J « 1 # J » ^ # ' # ^ m ••w, V«J M 1 # !*y| JtiftSiviTS If, !■»T^ .... ^ # w m m \ S ® I M iS r t !i i* r B i f r id: r # I ® Dttrhir S IJ' B A S O' u t h e r ii II i f f y f ctesErc^irBidi Nuamlbcf ol vUbpos de5trt3>/#d iln giM quadfiftl; SI # -9 m a # UNCLASSIFIEO
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