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In August 1998, the attention of Congress was again drawn to the economic sanctions placed on Sudan, due to an alleged relation of suspected terrorist financier, Osama bin Laden, to many Sudanese companies - including the Gum Arabic Company, one of the leading exporters of gum in Sudan. However, most US companies claim that if there is indeed a relationship between Sudanese gum arabic exporters and Mr. bin Laden, they will cease all trade relations with those companies.
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What I get from this is that Corporations have promised that if there are any ethical issues with the country/company they do business with, they'll simply police themselves? That sounds pretty darn weak... corporations don't give a crap about terrorist or separatist groups, they just want to make a buck. The government is supposed to be the one who decides if there are moral reasons not to do business with a country, not corporations.
I just thought under the new doctrine of pre-emptive strikes that the US would at least do something, like strafe the hell out of some of the militia's attacking Africans in the Darfur.
Or... impose sanctions in response to the lack of government action to prevent the killing (and probably secretly supporting) of its own peoples. Screw the Gum lobby, I think genocide is more important that the Gum Arabic Company.