Warrents Arise for Darfur Rebels

Lexi Chase
(good thing I waited till the last minute to finish my blogging!)

Warrents were announced by The International Criminal Court for the rebels involved in the Darfur saga. In this particular case, the cheif prosecuter named Luis Moreno-Ocampo is petitioning that a group of rebels-- whose names have not been publically distributed-- have committed a serious war crime under the court's statute. In September of 2007 this rebel group attacked a community of peacekeepers, killing 12 and wounding an additional 8. According to Moreno-Ocampo, this was "the bloodiest assult on peacekeepers since the Darfur conflict began in 2003." The courts are now actively pursuing these groups, insisting that their actions cannot go unpunished. The peacekeepers have since joined with the United Nations in an effort to help stop the fighting at Darfur. There have been an estimated 200,000 people killed and another 2.5 million displaced since the fighting began.