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Article: European nations burdened with other operations unlikely to meet UN appeal for Darfur mission
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- December 8, 2007
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European Union nations, burdened with operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, appear unlikely to meet the U.N.'s urgent calls for helicopters for a peacekeeping force in Darfur.
More than 200,000 people have been killed, and 2.5 million have been uprooted, in Sudan's western Darfur region since a rebellion broke out in 2003. And many European governments have said they support deploying a peacekeeping force in Darfur.
But when it comes to Sudan, verbal support is one thing; helicopters are another matter entirely.
"There's something like 12,000 military helicopters in Europe, so it's bizarre that not one has been found available so far to commit to this ...