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Canada supplies armuored vehicles to Darfur peacekeepers

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October 21, 2009 (LONDON) — As part of its efforts to strengthening UNAMID’s capacity, Canada is providing 24 armoured vehicles to African troops participating in the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

Canada has longstanding in the support of the peacekeepers working in the restive region of Darfur. In 2005 Ottawa provided some 105 armoured vehicles and personal protective equipment in support of the efforts of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to bring peace and stability to the Darfur region.

Last week, six new armoured personnel carriers arrived in the Senegalese capital Dakar as part of Canada’s contribution to the police units provided to UNAMID by African countries. With this second batch of vehicles Senegal has now received 12 APCs, and Burkina Faso and Uganda will also receive six each.

Along with the 24 vehicles, Canadian government is also providing equipment and basic operator and maintenance training as part of a package valued at over $35 million.

This support to UNAMID peacekeepers is part of Canada’s contributions to international efforts to bring peace in Darfur, said the Canadian foreign minister Lawrence Cannon.

"Canada is committed to strengthening UNAMID’s capacity by investing in security, diplomacy and aid initiatives, and to playing a leadership role in supporting international efforts to establish sustainable peace and long-term stability in Darfur and all of Sudan."

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  • Canada supplies armuored vehicles to Darfur peacekeepers 21 October 2009 06:21, by mohammed osman

    This so called Un peacekeepers and their masters in america thinks they can fool us muslims all the times,but they do not know that jihad and killing of non muslims is our core foundation of islam as per the holy book.We do not want any outside interfers in our affairs,Darfur issue is internal Sudanese affairs.We will defend our land with our last blood and we are promised heaven by allahs prophet Mohammed (feaces be upon his name).

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    • Canada supplies armuored vehicles to Darfur peacekeepers 21 October 2009 09:12, by Aduol Liet

      Mohammed Soman.

      I am so sorry to hear from you that, you guys killing people in the name of your Idiot god Allah this is unacceptable and I think if the Islamic don’t make readjustment policies then, this your religion will not going to be longer any more in the coming years simply, because we view it if the Religion behind killing innocently humans world lives then, it is real a fake God for instance, there is no need to kill innocents people for no reason if you guys were really believes in God.

      For the Darfurian genocide case, the world in general have the right to protecting them as they are a human beings like many others living on Earth, we would not be watching Hassan Omar al Bashir is killing these Black African Tribes in the Sudan while, there was a rule of law that have been agreeing upon in 1945, to protected innocents people from the bad government like Sudan government.

      It was very clear that, when the killer Omar al Bashir had accepted last two years ago that, the numbers were actually 9000, people dies in Darfurian and later he is still denying that, there was no genocide happening in Darfurian people,and I just quote from one of the SPLM, when the dead of 5000 people are considerable as a real genocides case therefore, the issue of Darfurian killing can not be solve in Africa leadership sice African leaders were defending Omar al Bashir then, it is absolutely the International level to do it what it take to save lives of innocent people and that is why the ICC Judges have indicted that killer Hassan Omar al Bashir and as I’m a Sudanese native I would like to see the quick action against the Sudan’s president Omar al Bashir and the action should be done now before the next general election in 2010.

      Mohammed Soman, I would like to remind you that, the word jihad it mean evil and stupid people perhaps, Sudan is not an Islamic nation just put in your mind and we will soon kick you out in Sudan to go back to Middle East nation where by your grand grands parens roots grown badly there. I think our brothers from either Darfuri Regions nor Nubia Mountaints and the Blue Nile Region have better understanding Todays than it was before, personally I belief that, they were too blindly at that time, they didn’t even know it this Arab minority in Sudan are hidding most agendas in theirs Islamic policies however, these days now is so clear to very single person none Arab in Sudan and I think each one had a good understanding for what it mean by Arab to converting them in to Islamic and later started killing them this is a genocide, because these Sudanese Arab did not considers them in Islamic belief as a way of denying them that, they are not real Arab believers but the judgement day will come to put these Arab killing in to hell.

      Finally, I am real appreciate to what this Caadan government had did it by giving those supplies Vehicles to U.N. PeaceKeepers forces even though we do know that, the U.N are too slow and too weak to solve the Sudan case that has brought more attention for all these three years and I am some time asking myself, was that U.N. Can only solve Middle East and South America Countries problems, but fails in Rawanda genocide, fail in Somilia and there is a delayment in Sudan case instead Sudan’s president was supposed to be arrested immediately since the Judges have propos Omar al Bashir’s indictment we Sudanese people were supposedly not to talks about him any more now.

      Canadan government has done outstanding job and the rest of Sudanese people should be thanking them for their contribution and I can remember what general did when he was leading U.N.Forces in Africa,he whom was a commander of U.N. Forces during the Rawanda genocides, when he was apparently, calling on the U.N. to do action for Rawanda genocide unfortunately, the U.N. Secretary General Kofin Ann and with his U.N. Members failure to do what it was supposed to be done as an united nation job U.N. Anyway thank once more but the U.N. must be careful not to repeated their big failure on Africa’s problems.

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    • Canada supplies armuored vehicles to Darfur peacekeepers 21 October 2009 16:18, by josh dougllas

      I know very well that the religion of Islam is tainted so many times by the name of stupid guys like you big fool. you son of bitch will take your piss what the hell you are talking about? I know that if certain religion stipulates that kill or murder groups out side you is no more religion. I ’m very aware that religion is something good and condemn killing. otherwise is a big fun to term it religion. some preach us saying you shall not help outside your group or any bad habit it is not religion. Truth is religion but religion is not truth. so please privatize yourself and find truth not group yourself in the so called religion. any religion encouraging murder is no more religion peace is the ultimate end of any religion and tolerance as well. take lesson from others

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    • Mohammed

      Why don’t you just shut up because you are already doing more damage to the image of Islam than you think, Do you really know anything about Islam or even about politics?

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