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Africa: Subsaharan
Sudanese Islamist leader arrested
2004-03-31
Sudan's authorities have arrested the opposition Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi over a possible plot to overthrow President Omar al-Bashir. A number of opposition politicians and army officers have also been detained. The politicians are thought to be supporters of Mr Turabi's Popular Congress Party. Mr Turabi has denied his party was involved in any plot.
"Lies! All lies!"
The detained officials and officers are also being linked to the uprising in the western Darfur region. Mr Turabi's wife told Reuters news agency the security forces arrested her husband early on Wednesday. The PCP confirmed six senior officials were arrested on Sunday. Prior to his arrest, Mr Turabi denied that his party was involved in any alleged plot. He told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that there had been "tension within the army" but there had not been an attempt to overthrow the government. He said he felt the government was trying to aggravate the situation to prepare the ground for his arrest and to ban the PCP completely.
"They're picking on us!"
The opposition leader is a former ally of Mr Bashir, who came to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989. Mr Turabi was previously detained in 2001 after a power struggle with Mr Bashir - and was released from house arrest in October last year. Al-Jazeera TV says 27 people have been arrested by the authorities over the possible plot.
Prolly not a good idea to be arrested in Sudan.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Good heavens. Someone moves into RB with more nuance than Kerry! Expect you to do well here JL.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-03-31 5:43:46 PM  

#1  I guess we need to be more sensitive to our extreme Islamist peoples partys; IOW, we must include in our definition what the definition of 'election' is. To the Islamist extremist, he who got assasinated apparently lost and whoever (did not) shot him apparently won. Its similar to the custom of the Democrats here; where if the will of the people does not coincide with the election and VNS, CNN and others calling a state election erroneously, then you take them to court so you can count those votes just any ol' way you please, until your guy wins! Simply declaring the winner of an (state) election by who got the most votes in a state and hence, the electoral votes, is too arbitrary; it bypasses the nuances of a transfer of power. And we need to strike out the term "Gore Coup Attempt" from the lexicon as well. We need to sensitive: whoever whines the loudest, or shoots the loudest, should be considered the one who will be the most sensitive to the needs of the people. Because, after all its 'fer du chirren'.
Posted by: jonlemming   2004-03-31 4:39:08 PM  

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