7.22.2008

First-hand accounts

Piggy-backing on my last post about first-hand accounts...

We hear a lot of people who want to Save Darfur, but for many of us it's difficult to understand exactly what's going on there. Here is a story told by a female doctor who dealt first-hand w/ rebel stories. The account is gruesome, so it's not for the faint of heart. I do, however, encourage you to read it. Here is an excerpt:

I could see heads lolling and beige nyangours, long dresses that are standard girls’ school uniform, flapping in the breeze. As the crowd enveloped me, I realised that the nyangours were ripped and dirtied, and streaked with blood.

The cries were all around me now, confusing and deafening. “Beasts . . . attacked the school . . . monsters . . . the devil himself . . . children . . . raped . . . ruined . . . The Janjaweed! The Janjaweed!”