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To: art slott who wrote (26124)	4/19/2002 11:04:35 PM
From: art slott	Respond to of 281500

Maybe Kristof is right, but unlike the Sudan Civil War, in the war in the Holy Land the Israelis have been negotiating for many years with Arafat with very limited and always temporary success. So that track has for the most part failed, regardless of who was the PM of Israel. "There may also be two lessons from this for the smaller but better publicized conflict northeast of here. First, even if leaders are as brutal and untrustworthy as Sudan's, it is worth negotiating with them — because in the real world it often falls to the thugs to become the peace-makers. Second, there is always hope, for if peace can suddenly glimmer here it should be able to shine in a holy land as well."

To: art slott who wrote (26124)	4/20/2002 9:06:46 PM
From: tekboy	Respond to of 281500

Sudan is a true horror story, one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters over recent years that has flown below most people's radar screens because it was happening in a strategically meaningless place and because there didn't seem to be anything that outsiders could really do about it. In the March/April issue of FA there was a very good article on the situation there by a guy who had been on the ground for years, working with the IRC (International Rescue Committee--one of the world's outstanding humanitarian and relief-oriented NGOs). Worth a look if anyone's interested in learning more about the topic. Also, the ICG (International Crisis Group--a sort of humanitarian NGO think-tank that often does good work) has just published a long and impressive report on Sudan for those who really want to dig in. tb@homework.com