Sudan warns US against 'new Iraq'

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Sudan has warned the United States against creating another Iraq-style situation by getting too involved in the Darfur conflict.

Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail said that sanctions would worsen the crisis.

The UN Security Council has this week been debating a US draft resolution to impose sanctions of the Arab militia accused of widespread atrocities.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Sudan had "days" to stop the violence or face possible sanctions.

Some one million people have fled their homes and at least 10,000 killed since two rebel groups took up arms last year.

Mr Ismail warned "those voices which have drawn the world to the Iraq war not to take it to a new war which it will be difficult to disengage from," in an interview with Sudan's Al-Rai Al-Aam newspaper.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3880237.stm

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1. Sudan must have a lot of oil - Now I know why we want to help the country.

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2. This is a tough one

If we go in to help; people will say we are doing it becasue of the oil.

If we don't go in to help, people will say the US is racist and doesn't care about Blacks.

Cheney it! Let Europe handle it; they created this freaking mess.

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3. Bushco has no intention of going into Sudan in an election year

For starters, we don't have enough troops and it's really a large and remote geographical area. It's really a matter of threatening sanctions or doing nothing.