Leilouta

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Not On Our Watch

Today I went to the Save Darfur rally on the DC mall. Please follow the links and educate yourself about this tragedy and spread the word.

From CNN:
"Actors, athletes and activists concerned about the atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region are joining politicians and religious leaders in urging a greater U.S. role in ending what the United Nations says is the world's worst humanitarian disaster."

There were many great speakers and the main message was:
"Enough is Enough".
Stop the Genocide Now!
Help by raising your voice against this atrocity.
Every voice counts, so please, go to this link and sign in.
You can make a difference.



Zaineb Al-Suwaij, who I was lucky enough to meet this past week, was one of the speakers.She started by quoting a very famous Arab saying,
"Silence is the sign of acceptance"


George Clooney and his father spoke about their recent visit to Darfur.











posted by Leilouta @ 7:19 PM  

23 Comments:

  • At 8:16 PM, Blogger Rambling Hal said…

    It kills me that this Darfur nightmare has been going on for practically two years now, if not more, and only now are people in countries like the US waking up to the atrocity, and only because George Clooney brought the issue to the forefront.

    Leilouta, good for you, for being there on such an important day...a day that should have come a long time ago. I hope now solutions will start being implemented.

     

  • At 8:25 PM, Anonymous saad said…

    Are these people advocating US military intervention in the Darfur region? It's interesting that many of these people probably do not support the Iraq war. So now they want to send American troops into an oil-rich, predominantly Muslim country, with suspected ties to al-Qaida and WMDs, that’s experiencing genocide? Hmmm... very interesting. It's like deja vu all over again.

     

  • At 8:39 PM, Blogger Leilouta said…

    Saad,
    Most people who are familiar with this subject are calling for UN troops to be brought in to PROTECT the refugee camps. The US has no oil interest there..the main recipient of Sudanese oil is CHINA. They are the country blocking most of the calls in the Security Council for action. Sorry but the deja vu is in your head only.

     

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  • At 9:58 PM, Blogger Alphaprimer said…

    The part that really shows our true colors is this: The U.S. signed into agreement along with the rest of the UN, a pact that says wherever there was a situation of genocide, that they would work towards ways to prevent it, it doesnt say defeat it though. so we are basically peeing on this accord that we, along with the rest of the world, signed.

    excerpt from a Frontpage magazine article:
    " The principle of non-intervention/interference is subject to the provisions of Chapter VII.
    Under Chapter VII however, before states can act militarily towards another state or entity, the Security Council must first establish that a breach of peace of act of aggression exists (article 39).

    The Security Council can then, in the interim period, ask the transgressing state to cease and desist its actions, thus giving it a chance to right itself (article 40). If that fails, then and only then, (legally speaking) can the Security Council “take such action by air, sea, or land forces as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security”.

    The situation in Darfur has been a textbook example of just how the enforcement provisions of Chapter VII hinder states from acting collectively or unilaterally for protecting. On 30 July 2004, nearly a year after the atrocities began, the Security Council finally passed a resolution determining that a threat to peace and international security existed in Darfur, and formally invoked Chapter VII.

    Eight months later no action has been taken, and massacres and displacement occur on a daily basis."

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16992
    http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/chapter7.htm

    If we are the ambassadors of peace, and the spreaders of democracy in the world, shouldn't we end this malicious slaughter? Truth is, we only half heartedly believe that, and use it as an excuse to explain any actions/occupations in foreign nations that people scrutinize. Darfur has been going on since Summer 2003, it's not a 'last month' kind of discovery.

     

  • At 10:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I am always reading and signing petitions against atrocities like this. I even donate a large portion of my small income, but I don't know that it really makes a difference when no good solutions to stop the atrocities are outlined.

    Yes awareness is important. But we cannot complain unless we can offer real solutions to stop these adn other atrocities particularly against so many many children.

    If only everyone would imagine that it was their child displaced and their child killed by genocide.

    What can we truly do? What are realistic solutions?

    And what's the problem with shifting the militaries of the world to stop the genocide?

    What have we learned from things like the holocaust? Military intervention did help liberate the people but only after how many millions died?

    I believe posts like yours are helpful indeed. But I also believe we need to try to come togehter for a realistic and practicle solutions.

    Kind of as if you are about to lose your home to reposession by the bank.. you pull out all the stops...

    We need a pull out all the stops solution to protect the precious human lives.

    I love your blog as always...

     

  • At 11:42 PM, Anonymous jack said…

    Marches and drum circles have never stopped organized mass killing. Military force does and has. It is the only thing that has ever stopped mass killings.

     

  • At 12:09 AM, Blogger Lisa said…

    I was hoping there would be a protest here in southern cali but there wasnt. I went to a protest this weekend for the invisible children in Uganda who commute into the cities from their villages to sleep in the subways and streets to avoid being killed or kidnapped. It was overwhelming the power that there, and the voices that came together for one cause.

     

  • At 7:57 AM, Blogger Seneferu said…

    Thanks for posting this.

     

  • At 9:12 AM, Anonymous Drima aka ST said…

    Leilouta lovely blog. I found you through way of sandmonkey. You have my thanx and deep appreciation for going to that rally. I am a Sudanese myself but I live in Malaysia. I got so pissed when I realized some Sudanese people in US don't want to go because they think there is a "conspiracy" behind this. It's nice to see brothers and sisters like you in US being so concerned.

    I found your comment about the issue interesting and so was said's comment too. Believe me the Darfur issue is so complex you won't even believe it.

    I have a humble blog of mine so you can get all the info on it if you want (sudanesethinker.blogspot.com). I'm not a fan of retarded monkey conspiracy theories but there are facts that cannot be ignored.

    Anyways thank u and keep this blog running okay. Finally an active open minded female Muslim blogger who blogs about something besides shopping and high heel shoes lol.. =)

     

  • At 1:55 PM, Blogger Chic Mommy said…

    The United Nations is such a waste of an organization. It's crisises like this that fall under the U.N. jurisdiction, but they do nothing but have meetings about meetings all day. I know, because I interened there once. Useless people appointed to useless jobs, doing nothing but talking about world problems, yet doing nothing to help solve them.

     

  • At 2:12 PM, Blogger LouLou said…

    chic mommy,

    I don't think it's fair to blame the UN. People tend to forget the UN is just a bureaucracy. It's a tool. It can't act on its own. It doesn't have power to do anything the member states don't want it to do. The UN is the sum total of world governments.

    The UN will act when there is political will among the members of the Security Council. This is why rallies like the one Leilouta posted about here are so important. If citizens of individual states pressure their governments to act the UN Security Council will pass the right resolutions.

     

  • At 3:27 PM, Blogger Leilouta said…

    Have you noticed that most people in the news and everywhere are taking about Clooney being at the rally, but not many are talking about the facts of Darfur! No one has mentioned that the food rations are being cut in half.People are totally misrepresenting the point of the rally.It wasn't anti Bush. All did ask Bush to do more but it wasnt like an anti Bush rally. It makes you feel sorry for the people of Darfur even more.

     

  • At 3:43 PM, Blogger Shy said…

    I just got back from a holiday in Sudan 3 days ago so I'm curious to learn more about the place. The problem in Darfur is going on for over 30 years now, so why all the fuss only in the last couple of years?? Sudan has oil and the americans arent getting their little greedy hands on it, thats why

     

  • At 3:55 PM, Blogger ASH said…

    What saddens me is that all these activists and famous people will join a rally against genocide in Dar Fur (which I'm glad they did by the way). But nobody holds rallies or even cares about the plight of millions of Palestinians living in outdoor prisons on occupied land. Who speaks up for them? Certainly not the folks that held this rally.

     

  • At 5:35 PM, Anonymous Africa Reporter said…

    "Have you noticed that most people in the news and everywhere are taking about Clooney being at the rally, but not many are talking about the facts of Darfur! No one has mentioned that the food rations are being cut in half.People are totally misrepresenting the point of the rally.It wasn't anti Bush. All did ask Bush to do more but it wasnt like an anti Bush rally. It makes you feel sorry for the people of Darfur even more."

    EXACTLY!, keep on spreading the message;)

     

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  • At 6:14 PM, Blogger Libyan Warrior( The King Of Al-Andalaus) said…

    I personaly belive the situation should be left alone. Their shouldnt be any foreign intervension in Sudan.
    We Africans can take care of it ourselves. We don't need any non- AU troops in the area. It will only escalate a already voltile situation. As far as the oil is concerned I beg to differ Leilouta, the US has a major intrest in the oil fields in Sudan. My main question is why is everyone so concerned? Why doesn't anyone speak up about the far worse Bosnian Genocide, or the Palistians who are being put in camps, or the people in Iraq who are currently being doused with Biological weapons? Why Dafur? Why NOW? The US is doing far worse damage in Iraq, and Afganistan? Why is the US so eagar to play the role of Humanitarian now? Leilouta why do you feature Dafur, but you don't feature Iraq?

     

  • At 6:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey whatever your name is, did you hear about your dad today?

     

  • At 7:33 PM, Anonymous Sami said…

    Hahahaha...They must be related :)

     

  • At 4:08 PM, Anonymous Africa Reporter said…

    Speaking of good causes...
    Several walks around the globe have been arranged to raise awareness about child hunger. A recent report by the UNICEF has shown that 25% of the world's children are underweight.
    Click on the link to find a walk near you:
    http://www.fighthunger.org/wtw06

    Walks are all over the globe from America to Egypt. Taking place on May the 21st.

    Spread the message.

     

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