Darfur Genocide: One Of The Worst Moral Crimes

The term “genocide” did not exist before the year of 1944. The term refers to violent crimes committed against any group of people based on religion, race or culture. The intention of genocides is to destroy the existence of the targeted group. (What Is Genocide?) The word came into everyday frequent usage after World War ll. In the year of 1948, the United Nations came to the decision that genocides would be considered a national crime. (Genocide) It is generally considered one of the worst moral crimes by government. (Genocide*) The Darfur Genocide is the first genocide of the 21st century. It all started in February of 2003. This genocide in Darfur has cause approximately 400,000 deaths and resulted in more than three million people having

They decided to go against the Arab government. The government, in retaliation did not directly attack these rebellious groups but instead targeted the non-arab tribes in their region, no matter if they were civilians or rebel forces. This is where things go far left. The government then released Arab militias known as the Janjaweed to carry out attacks on villages and communities. The Janjaweed attacks were extremely brutal and violent. These people would kill or severely injure people, burn down homes and villages, steal or burn any food plus livestock and poison water wells. Not only were the Janjaweed attacking these innocent people from the ground, the government would attack civilians from the sky. They would attack these people with aerial bombs causing havoc in villages. (Darfur Genocide) This ongoing conflict going on in Sudan was declared a genocide by the United States Secretary of State Colin Powell on September 9, 2004. Following the on February 18, 2006 President George W. Bush demanded more Darfur international troops. On September 17, 2006 the British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote a letter to the European Union members calling for a response to the