U.S. 'will not avert our eyes'
Protesting the government of Sudan's continued efforts to support militias and thwart peacekeeping efforts in Darfur President George Bush announced U.S. economic sanctions against several Sudanese companies and individuals and called on the United Nations to step up sanctions against the government of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir
"For too long, the people have suffered at the hands of a government that is complicit in the bombing, murder and rape of innocent civilians,'' said Bush, again describing as "genocide'' a military campaign that has left more than 200,000 dead and displaced more than 2.5 million people as refugees from the Darfur region.
"The world has a responsibility to help put an end to it.
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