cnn quote - darfur "Currently, 7,000 peacekeepers from the African Union are trying to maintain order in the nearly 1,000 camps for internally displaced refugees."

that's really lame. it's unbelievable to me that the atrocities occurring in that country have been allowed to go on for this long. in my opinion, the worst thing to happen for Darfurians and other victims of state-sponsored violence in southern and western sudan was hurricane katrina. it really seemed to eschew the international disaster spotlight and allow the GoS to avoid this process of escalating intervention - and therefore keep killing lots of people - for many months longer than is excusable.  ¶ 6:49 AM