Myanmar's Secret History Exposed in Satellite Images

摘要

When militiamen backed by Sudan's government attacked non-Arab villages in the country's Darfur region in 2003, Sudanese officials dismissed international criticism and called the reports of violence propaganda. Earlier this year, Sudan's denials lost all credibility when the world saw before-and-after satellite images showing that scores of settlements in the region had indeed been destroyed. Observers say the images played an important role in persuading the United Nations Security Council to authorize a new peacekeeping mission in Darfur this summer.