IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 740 
Condemning in the strongest terms the attacks on African Union peacekeepers 
that occurred in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, on September 29, 2007. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2007 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FORTUN˜O, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. CLARKE, and Mr. RUSH) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning in the strongest terms the attacks on African 
Union peacekeepers that occurred in Haskanita, Darfur, 
Sudan, on September 29, 2007. 
Whereas, on September 29, 2007, an estimated 1,000 mem-
bers of a heavily-armed Darfur rebel group overran a 
small base in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, occupied by the 
African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), brutally killing 
10 peacekeepers—seven Nigerian peacekeepers and three 
other soldiers from Mali, Senegal, and Botswana—and 
wounding seven peacekeepers, with 50 soldiers missing; 
Whereas, in an assault described by the African Union com-
mander as ‘‘deliberate and sustained’’, the rebel group 
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broke into the AMIS base in 30 vehicles with heavy artil-
lery and mortars and battled for hours until AMIS forces 
ran out of ammunition; 
Whereas the attacks were the worst attacks on AMIS peace-
keepers since the deployment of the peacekeepers to 
Sudan in July 2004; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council condemned the 
‘‘murderous attack’’ on AMIS peacekeepers and de-
manded that ‘‘no effort be spared’’ to identify and bring 
to justice the perpetrators of the attacks; 
Whereas, in the aftermath of the attacks, Haskanita has been 
burned to the ground, driving more than 15,000 civilians 
into the bush or neighboring towns; 
Whereas the attacks have been openly condemned by the 
United States Government, the African Union, the inter-
national community, and civilized people everywhere; 
Whereas the Government of Sudan has not publicly spoken 
out against or condemned the attacks; and 
Whereas the attacks occurred amid international peace ef-
forts to deploy a hybrid African Union-United Nations 
peacekeeping force to Darfur, Sudan, and convene peace 
talks scheduled for October 27, 2007, in Tripoli, Libya: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns in the strongest terms the attacks 
on African Union peacekeepers that occurred in 
Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, on September 29, 2007; 
(2) expresses its condolences to the people and 
Governments of Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, and Bot-
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swana, the families and friends of those individuals 
who were killed or missing in the attacks, and ex-
presses its sympathies to those individuals who have 
been injured; 
(3) expresses the solidarity of the people and 
Government of the United States with the African 
Union and the African Union peacekeepers as they 
recover from these cowardly and inhuman attacks; 
(4) expresses its readiness to support efforts to 
bring to justice those individuals responsible for the 
attacks and efforts to detect, pursue, disrupt, and 
dismantle the networks that plan and carry out such 
attacks; 
(5) expresses its support for the people of 
Darfur, Sudan, in their continued struggle against 
extremism and violence and support for their efforts 
to secure a permanent peace, justice, and return to 
their restored villages and homes; and 
(6) encourage all parties involved in the conflict 
to commit to negotiate a final and binding peace 
agreement at the peace talks scheduled for October 
27, 2007, in Tripoli, Libya. 
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