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Sudan had been embroiled in a brutal 20-year civil war between the primarily Muslim north and the Christian and Animist south when, in 2004, the two sides reached a peace agreement. However, the celebration of the peace agreement was overshadowed by reports coming out of the Sudanese province of western Darfur that atrocities were being committed against civilians by government-backed militias.
Since that time,
those reports have become clearer and more shocking.
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How far should a government go to defend itself against armed rebels?
If leaders such as Colin Powell and George W. Bush have asserted that genocide is occurring in the Sudan, how has the US fulfilled its obligations under the Genocide Convention?
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