Military Assault in Darfur

Creator

Aisha Mohammed Khamees

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts Sudanese military helicopters, airplanes, and trucks mounted with high caliber machine guns bombing villages in Western Darfur. Also shows the Janjaweed militia riding camels and shooting civilians.

Alt Text

A child's drawing in pencil and blue and red pens of military vehicles attacking a small village, represented by two rows of houses with pointed, thatched roofs. An airplane and a helicopter, both painted in camouflage patterns, are dropping firebombs down onto the houses while two trucks full of armed men and gunners manning mounted machine guns approach the village from a road, firing weapons as they go. Several notes in Arabic are seen written amongst the drawings.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00439-A

Recommended Citation

Mohammed Khamees, Aisha, "Military Assault in Darfur" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 447.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/447