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March 26, 2005

Darfur Pics

El Genina Airfield before a Heli mission; note the downed Anatov in backround. These are the planes the Northern Government used to bomb the south mercilessly for 21-years. They would kick the bombs out the back cargo hold as they flew over villages and suspected SPLA camps. The bombs were horrible inaccurate killing many thousands of civilans. "The crosses ontop of hospitals made for easier targeting" one southern told us, "So we would avoid being near the hospital when we heard the Anatovs". The Anatov is being used today to flatten villages in Darfur along with Russian attack helicopters. Russian mercinaries pilot, who pilot the Anatovs, might one week be on bombing missions for the North and the next be flying UN food drops; it is a messy situation.

Children at IDP camp. This camp was home to 35,000.

Man who had been beaten by Janjaweeds. Broken arm and wip lashing across face. AU offical from Chad in backround

Nigerian soldier on helicopter. Note the cross on his helmet; this would be the only cross we would see in Darfur except at the small church, but the church itself was forbidden to put any croos up in view of the public, only insdie the building was it allowed.

Will waiting for Helo mission

Crowd standing around the AU officals. Note the man with the AK-47,
this man is a police man that also works for the government of Sudan, but cannot fight off the constant attacks of the Janjaweed, so the police stay in the villages and do little to help their people as for fear of attacks against them.

Posted by Admin at March 26, 2005 12:04 PM