New Sanctions Planned Against Sudan

[maddezmom]

Source: New York Times

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 29, 2007
Filed at 1:51 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush will impose new economic sanctions against Sudan and call for a U.N. resolution to compel the country to stop stalling international efforts to halt the bloodshed in Darfur, senior administration officials said.

The president planned to announced the punitive actions Tuesday because he believes the situation in Darfur has worsened, said the two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt the president's announcement.

The new action will stiffen enforcement of existing sanctions, bar more companies in Sudan from using the U.S. financial system, and clamp down on individuals suspected of violence in Darfur where more than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million people chased from their homes in four years of fighting.

The president also is directing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to draft a proposed U.N. resolution to strengthen international pressure on the hardline Sudanese government of President Omar al-Bashir, the officials said.

In announcing the sanctions Tuesday at the White House, Bush will says that Bashir's actions over the past few weeks ''follow a long pattern of promising cooperation while finding new methods of obstruction,'' according to a draft of the remarks.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Darfur.html

[David__77]

1. I don't care the place or situation: I always fear US intervention is no good.

Somehow, things will only get messed up worse. This is all a legacy of colonialism anyway. I just wish the West would get the hell out of the way of the world's majority.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. I hope we don't send troops there

since we don't have any spare troops to send. Of course, we could send troops there as a break between tours in Iraq/Afghanistan. They don't really need to come to the U.S. to rest up and train, Sudan should be enough of a break :sarcasm:

But wait ... how much oil does Sudan have?

[maddezmom]

2. Bush announces new sanctions for Sudan

Bush announces new sanctions for Sudan By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
1 minute ago



WASHINGTON - President Bush ordered new U.S. economic sanctions Tuesday to pressure Sudan's government to halt the bloodshed in Darfur that the administration has condemned as genocide.


The sanctions target government-run companies involved in Sudan's oil industry, and three individuals, including a rebel leader suspected of being involved in the violence in Darfur.

"For too long the people of Darfur have suffered at the hands of a government that is complicit in the bombintg, murder and rape of innocent civilians," the president said. "My administration has called these actions by their rightful name: genocide.

more;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_darfur;_ylt=AtpdLJK5gjbN3gSiF7yOPwCs0NUE

[maddezmom]

3. FACTBOX-U.S. sanctions Sudanese individuals and companies

FACTBOX-U.S. sanctions Sudanese individuals and companies
29 May 2007 14:45:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
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Background
Darfur conflict
Sudan conflicts
More May 29 (Reuters) - The United States tightened its sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday in hopes of putting additional pressure on the government of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to end the bloodshed in Darfur.

New measures block the assets of Sudanese individuals, including two high-ranking government officials, for their alleged roles in fomenting violence and human rights abuses in the Darfur region.

The action brings to seven the number of Sudanese individuals denied access to the U.S. financial system under an executive order aimed to combat human rights abuses in western Sudan.

Thirty-one companies owned or controlled by the Sudanese government were also barred from the U.S. financial system and from doing business with American companies or individuals.

Following is a partial list of targeted Sudanese individuals and companies identified by the U.S. Treasury Department.
more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29312368.htm

[Orsino]

5. Dear God. Has * done something right?

Just too little, and years too late?