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Viewing Guide: The Devil Came on Horseback

Introduction: In 2004 a cease!re ended a 20"#ear civil war in $udan between the%redominantl# &uslim north and the 'nimist and Christian south( )ormer *($( &arineCa%tain +rian $teidle took a ,ob -with the '.rican *nion/ to monitor the cease!re( Inless than months +rian would !nd himsel. witness to an emerging con1ict in Dar.ur

-western $udan/ that threatened to ignite the entire region( The con1ict started with2 rebel grou%s the $udan iberation 'rm# -$'/ and the 3ustice and 5ualit#&ovement -3&/ !ghting .or rights .or the %eo%le o. Dar.ur( The# wanted e5ualrights to be able to own %ro%ert# have education .or their children( In '%ril 2006rebel grou%s attacked an air%ort in 'l )ashir Dar.ur $udan killing close to 78 %eo%leand destro#ing a number o. helico%ters and aircra.t on the ground( This caused thegovernment o. $udan to close the borders o. Dar.ur kick out all .oreigners andlaunch a killing s%ree in Dar.ur(

9our !rst ,ob as a geogra%her is to make observations( hat do #ounotice about;

o%ulation and settlement;==============================================================================================================================================================6( Culture;==================================================================================

=================================================================================================4( >olitics;====================================================================================================================================================================================8( conom# and social develo%ment;======================================================================================================================================================

The $udanese government trained 'rab militias called the============================ sent to attack and burn villages(

?3an,aweed@ means =================================================(

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hat countr# had a militar# .orce in $udan to %rotect an oil %i%eline;===================================== ho %urchases about A0B o.$udans oil; =====================================(

The name o. the organiation that is widel# touted as ?the '.rican

solution to '.rican %roblems@====================================================

'ccording to the 3an,aweed who is arming and training the 3an,aweed;==========================================================================

The narrator +rian $teidle said his '.rican *nion grou% sent about A0re%orts with recommendations and observations about atrocities inDar.ur .rom E#ala to the head5uarters o. the '.rican *nion mission in'l )ashir( The 'merican mbass# received who man# o. these re%orts;

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'ccording to a news re%ort this was a general humanitarian crisis thatwas not being addressed( ?It is as though histor# gave us anotherchance to redeem ourselves .or ===================================and we are .ailing #et again(

In 2004 Colin >owell declared that ================== was ha%%ening inDar.ur( '.ter that both Houses o. Congress and the >resident agreedthat that was what was ha%%ening there( That gave %eo%le ho%e .oraction( +ut action .rom whom; *E;

+rian became discouraged a.ter a new '.rican *nion commanderarrived in Dar.ur( +rian %redicted an attack on town o. Hamata( Hevolunteered to take a grou% o.

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9our second ,ob as a geogra%her is to com%are and contrast what #ousaw in the video( hat do #ou think; hat are the %rimar# causes o.the unrest in the Dar.ur region o. $udan; hat do #ou think might bethe best %ossible solution-s/; How does the conce%t o. ?scale@ enterinto #our thinking; There are at least two sides to ever# situation(

hat could be an e%lanation .or the actions o. the 3an,aweed;====================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================The !rst 48 minutes are about the con1ict in Dar.ur( The video then shi.ts to re.ugeecam%s in Chad( 't