Sudan soldier: 'They told me to kill, to rape children'

[kiva]

Last year in Darfur aid workers told me children as young as five were being raped in the huge displacement camps that are home to several million Darfuris. In some camps, they told me, rape had become so common that as many as 20 babies a month born from rape were being abandoned.
As I sat inches from Adam --not his real name -- I feared the revulsion I knew I would feel at my own questions as I asked about rape and his involvement. I have interviewed rape survivors in Darfur. I have two daughters. I am a human being with a conscience. It would be hard to listen to his replies.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/darfur.rape/index.html

I know we've talked about these issues before, but the horror is still happening...damn.

Edit, oops, messed up the quote, fixed now-thanks DKRC!:hi:

[midnight]

1. This horror of tribal/resource fighting needs to be replaced by laws.

It is hard to say who will step forward and be the peace maker. Our Country use to be able to have some persuasion when we used our authority as a country based on the rule of law. It seems that daily the secrets of our legislators are surfacing. They have created all kinds of laws to put a shield between us and our constitution.

[kiva]

2. One of the worst legacies of the past eight years

is our loss of credibility in discussing moral and legal issues with the rest of the world. I have hopes that this will change.

[get the red out]

3. The cry of the world

right now seems to be "women and children must suffer and die".

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[lightningandsnow]

5. Thank you for posting this.

We need to pay more attention to what is happening in Darfur.