The Washington Timeseditorial complains justly about a media blackout on the subject. I am wary of the coverage which ignores the role of the Darfur rebels' (allies of Bin Laden's friend Turabi) role in the unfolding tragedy and presents it as a simple story of genocide.

Now, the Arab horsemen of the apocalypse are venturing into Chad killing 50 villagers. A vicious civil war is about to become an interstate one.