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Source: http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060403&s=reeves040406
Egypt and Darfur
(New Republic) Eric Reeves - Last week, the Arab League held its annual summit in Khartoum, a venue that was a symbolic victory for Sudan's genocidal government. Arab League members have played an unfortunate role in the Darfur genocide: Along with China, they have been among the only governments consistently to defend Khartoum, as happened again last week when the Arab League announced it would support Sudan's opposition to the deployment of UN troops to Darfur. Few countries have provided more diplomatic or political cover for the National Islamic Front regime than Egypt. The Arab League has served mainly as an extension of Egyptian foreign policy and it was no surprise last week when former Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa was named to a second five-year term as secretary general.