[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: "Kill the slaves. Kill the slaves."

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
"Kill the slaves. Kill the slaves."
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1161270371.shtml


   A Sudanese Arab and former Janjawid [1]describes the government's
   support of ethnic cleansing..

     Dily, a Sudanese Arab, recounts how for three years he and his
     fellow Janjawid charged the farming villages of Darfur on their
     camels and horses, raking the huts with gunfire and shouting: "Kill
     the slaves. Kill the slaves."

     He reckons he attacked about 30 villages in all, and cannot count
     the people he shot. The villages were invariably destroyed, he
     says. The homes were burnt to the ground and the men, women and
     children killed â sometimes with the help of government airstrikes.
     If there were survivors "they would be left there . . . They
     couldnât get help. Sometimes they made it to camps but mostly they
     died of thirst or starvation".

     Dily is a rarity in that wretched conflict. Filled with disgust, he
     finally escaped the Janjawid's clutches and last month, with the
     help of "people smugglers", reached Britain, where he is now
     seeking political asylum. He expresses remorse. He is willing to
     talk, and the story he tells flatly contradicts the Sudanese
     Government's claims that it has no control over the Janjawid â the
     predominantly Arab "devils on horseback" who have driven two
     million of Darfurâs black Africans into camps and killed at least
     200,000.

     He says the Government deceived innocent Arab shepherds like
     himself into joining the Janjawid, saying they had to defend their
     communities against attack by Darfur's black African rebel groups.
     He says they were trained and armed by Sudanese soldiers, ordered
     by the Government to attack Darfurâs villages and given military
     support when necessary. The Janjawid was formed for ethnic
     cleansing, he insists. "Why (else) would you attack villages, kill
     people, displace them and kill them in their thousands?"

   More about slavery and ethnic cleansing in Africa here at the [2]The
   American Anti-Slavery Group.

References

   1. http://www.keshertalk.com/archives/2006/10/inside_the_janj.php
   2. http://iabolish.com/