Evacuating From Chad
Satellites have been used to document human tragedy in the Darfur situation. Check out that link... it's worthy of its own post. The Darfur photos show how Sudanese towns were leveled by the Janjaweed, horseback militia who have taken to pillaging/raping and ethnically cleansing the wester portion of Sudan, the Darfur region. (Why Janjaweed is capitalized, I don't know... the devil isn't capitalized.) Death estimates have climbed into the hundreds of thousands, some estimating it's reached half a million. Take a look at the link. HAWT will wait for you. We're not going anywhere....
Well, February 27th, satellites documented another human tragedy, this time in Sudan's neighbor to the west, Chad. Satellites captured shots of people evacuating Chad's capital city, N'Djamena, where violence has caused people to walk from N'Djamena into refugee camps in Cameroon.
What you see here is bridge 10,000 people are trying to cross. Each dot represents a human, each yellow line a vehicle.
Well, February 27th, satellites documented another human tragedy, this time in Sudan's neighbor to the west, Chad. Satellites captured shots of people evacuating Chad's capital city, N'Djamena, where violence has caused people to walk from N'Djamena into refugee camps in Cameroon.
What you see here is bridge 10,000 people are trying to cross. Each dot represents a human, each yellow line a vehicle.
Chad is in the middle of Africa, surrounded by 6 countries, which is plenty. As it is with Africa, most of your neighbors' problems spill into your country. Apparently, the Janjaweed crossed into Chad from Sudan in February and attacked Chad's capital. The weekend of the February 2nd saw Chad's troops fighting to get back control of N'Djamena.
The results? 1. Chad maintained control. 2. The photos you see in this post from February 17th, two weeks after the attack. Do these people have any other choice? If you learn that the Janjaweed, who have killed almost half a million, have set their sites on you, wouldn't you run, too?
Help seems to be on the way. Finally. This Janjaweed madness has not only been going on for years, but the Sudanese government apparently has been funding the murderers killing their own citizens. As of today, the U.N. is deploying around 3,700 troops to the area--2,100 of them from France--to help stabilize the region and protect the refugees in Chad. The deployment is going on as I write this.
While you look at these satellite photos of 10,000 people leaving Chad's capital in fear, think of what our troops are doing right now. Imagine if we could deploy some of them to stop these atrocities. Does the administration now know that Chad is loaded with oil money? Well, it is.
Here is an "extended" set of photos. Again, a dot is a person, an individual with her own family, life, insecurities, joys and story unto herself.
The results? 1. Chad maintained control. 2. The photos you see in this post from February 17th, two weeks after the attack. Do these people have any other choice? If you learn that the Janjaweed, who have killed almost half a million, have set their sites on you, wouldn't you run, too?
Help seems to be on the way. Finally. This Janjaweed madness has not only been going on for years, but the Sudanese government apparently has been funding the murderers killing their own citizens. As of today, the U.N. is deploying around 3,700 troops to the area--2,100 of them from France--to help stabilize the region and protect the refugees in Chad. The deployment is going on as I write this.
While you look at these satellite photos of 10,000 people leaving Chad's capital in fear, think of what our troops are doing right now. Imagine if we could deploy some of them to stop these atrocities. Does the administration now know that Chad is loaded with oil money? Well, it is.
Here is an "extended" set of photos. Again, a dot is a person, an individual with her own family, life, insecurities, joys and story unto herself.
OMG... that is SOOO sad. :-(