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Sudan Doubles Security Forces in Darfur

HeadlineAug 03, 2004

The Sudanese government says it will double the number of security forces in the western Darfur region to 12,000. This in response to a United Nations mandate requiring the Khartoum government disarm the Janjaweed militias, groups accused of widespread violence against non-Arab groups. The Sudanese military said yesterday that the UN resolution was a QUOTE “declaration of war.”

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