Jihad Threatens Darfur

Memo to the Washington Post - this isn't simply holy war, but jihad.

Tribal leaders on Friday rejected the possibility of U.N. peacekeepers replacing African Union forces in Darfur, with one chief threatening a "holy war" if non-African troops deployed to the Sudanese region.

Their concerns emerged as U.N. Security Council members met with Sudanese government and tribal leaders, relief workers and about 15 representatives of displaced people living in volatile camps surrounding this northern Darfur town. The council steered clear of the camps because of security concerns sparked by opposition to a Darfur peace agreement that the government and main rebel group signed May 5.

The calls for holy war echo the sentiments of Osama bin Laden and his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, who have called for the worldwide jihad to come to Sudan and Somolia to counter peacekeeping efforts by the UN, African Union, or the United States.

The terrorists realize that if those regions stabilize, they lose yet more safe havens from which to operate. If the violence continues unabated, al Qaeda and other terror groups can operate with impunity. So, they latch onto local fears of colonialism to divide the populace. They couldn't care about these people, and only seek to continue the unending carnage in those areas.