hajooj: i agree with the other guest. has been shocking because they have been more peaceful with fewer tribal conflicts in the past. it is shocking that this is happening. this is something we are used to in other parts of sudan. and right now because of the political situation and the ability of the spla to actually become a real civilian government and make the people in blue nile feel they are equal. all of these things -- the political parties -- when the government fails to show people that they can control, bring justice, people revert back to their tribes. when you go back to your tribes, the issues that have been building for years come to the forefront and that is what is happening. the inability -- conflict is normal in sudan. but you have to have ways to solve the conflicts and right now there are no ways to solve these conflicts and that is why they erupt and when they erupt there is no way to hold them back. laura: i'm trying to get to the bottom of whether this violence is erupting because it is being ignor