Analysis 1-US Claimes Sudanese government Responsible

            In the article “U.S. says Janjaweed militia is supported by Sudan’s Government,” the unknown author provides a general overview of the accusations thrust upon the Sudanese government by the United States as a contradiction to the statements made by the Sudanese government before elaborating on the follow-through of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, after his comment targeting the government as a whole.The author does a nice job of mentioning the ‘who?’ the ‘what?’ the ‘where?’ but not the ‘why?’ This article analyzes the dispute between the US and Sudan due to Deputy Secretary John Negoponte, the raw facts about the refusal of aid for Sudan from the UN and the defense of each side of the argument. What he misses, though, is: who is the Janjaweed? The name of the Arab-militia group is in the title of the article by the author refuses to recognize whom they are and what they have to say. From prior research, I am able to conclude that Janjaweed members have admitted point-blank the government both funds and trains their militia.While this author seems highly qualified and knowledgeable about the political aspects between Sudan and the US, his centralized question doesn’t relate to the title. This article poses the author’s initial question to be “Why did the US claim the Janjaweed militia is supported by the government of Sudan?” Rather than answering his centralized question, the author speaks only to the verbal discordance between the two countries, exemplifying the argument to be a ‘he-said-she-said’ blame game. After analyzing other pieces related to this specific topic, I know the humanitarian processes are not pleasant within Sudan, as the author states, but also, the Janjaweed can be found near to the government sectors of cities within Sudan, the weapons they use as well as the recorded conversations between Janjaweed and Sudanese government is the type of reference the author should be alluding to.All in all, while this article is well written and points out the blame game the US and Sudan plays, the author does not answer his own question. I like this article for its generosity with given policy actions and reactions but I also find the title of this article is misleading and needs to reference the author’s true point of ‘what’ is happening rather than ‘who’ is to be blamed? The hyperlink to this article is listed below:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-448866/U-S-says-janjaweed-militia-supported-Sudans-government.html
MLA documentation for this article:
Unknown. "U.S says janjaweed militia is supported by Sudan's government." Mail Online. N.p., 16 April 2007. Web. 16 Jan 2012. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-448866/U-S-says-janjaweed-militia-supported-Sudans-government.html>.