Why doesn't the ongoing genocide in Northern Uganda receive as much attention from the world press as the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan?

Thanks, Nitro. I appreciate the information, as sickening as it is.

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by Jodie44 on April 16th, 2007

Good morning J44! "ethnic cleansing" disgusts me to the point of rage... I have been taught only to kill the bad guys, and it is my instinct to want to do so, But... If we stomp over and kill all of the people - that are killing all the people, does that make us bad too??? We did nothing, though. And I am deeply ashamed. So... How was your weekend?

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by Nitroduck on April 16th, 2007

AB and IRS, LOL. Hmmm. My life consists of initials, acronyms, and horrifed reactions to what I hear on NPR. I'm ashamed as well. I just don't know what to do. What's going on in Uganda and the Sudan is the Dark Side running wild and nobody can stop it. Where is God when all this is going on?

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by Jodie44 on April 16th, 2007

Sudan, I guess is on their 3d Revolutionary/Civil war. (In 2004 it was officially called genocide in Sudan, but not in Rwanda. Speaking of God, Sudan is only roughly 5% Christian. I guess God is just going to hang out until someone talks to him. There is also a lot of religious turmoil between the Arab Muslims (janjaweed), and the Black African Muslims. This one has been going on since roughly 1970. I guess really poor folks have barbaric ways. Sheesh... You just reminded me... Don't we get an extra IRS day? (Apr 17)

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by Nitroduck on April 16th, 2007

I agree with you, and it's shameful. That said, my question's about Northern Uganda and Darfur, not Iraq. It's all horrible, of course.

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by Jodie44 on April 15th, 2007

It's all about the Benjamins. They are politically worthless and that is disgusting. The Arabs of Sudan are committing true genecide whilst the Arabs of Iraq are having a religious feud. Might makes right, and might can't be mechanized without oil greasing it's gears.

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by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on April 15th, 2007

What about Northern Uganda?

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by Jodie44 on April 15th, 2007

It's a disaster are too. I'm sure my answer will cover this African highland region too. I am an expert geographist to give you a future heads up.

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by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on April 15th, 2007

Ahhh. OK. Makes sense. Thank you for answering - I'm troubled by the lack of response. I guess that's really the problem in a nutshell, isn't it? Nobody's heard about it and few people care. I heard something like 1500 people died there either last week or last month. Whichever it was, it was appalling. I heard Dr. Susan Rice talking about Darfur on NPR today. Have you ever heard her? Wonderful speaker. I wish SHE would run for President.

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by Jodie44 on April 15th, 2007

That's her problem. Who is she? She can't win because no one has heard of her. She'll have to sit on the sidelines and gain political clout.

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by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on April 15th, 2007

She's a foreign affairs specialist who was the Clinton administration’s Asst Secretary of State for African Affairs. She's currently a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. http://emergingmarkets.aem.cornell.edu/events/rice_bio.html

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by Jodie44 on April 15th, 2007