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Google Earth Highlights Darfur

Posted by samzenpus on from the genocide-from-space dept.

jc42 writes "Google Earth, in cooperation with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum now presents details of the growing disaster in Darfur. They give a virtual tour of the area, with details of events in many villages in the words of local residents. So in addition to their "Do no evil" motto, they apparently now have a policy of exposing evil. Needless to say, the Sudan government didn't exactly cooperate with this project."

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  1. Re:Darfur by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 4, Informative

    Even if it is some pointless war, someone should put an end to it, because the government there is obviously not willing to do it.

    If you've got a plan, you should share it. But for a lot of people, it will be a tough sell. Pretty much everyone is aware of what happened when the US intervened in Iraq. Many people still remember Somalia. Why would this turn out differently if "someone put an end to it"? That's a serious question.

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