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| Seven arrested for faking soldier rape video in Darfur | |
| 2004-08-22 | |
The Sudanese authorities have arrested seven people in Darfur for allegedly taking part in fabricated video footage of villagers being raped by soldiers, prosecutors said on Saturday. Five of the seven - two women and three men - have already appeared in court in the North Darfur state capital of El Fasher and confessed to their part in the forgery, the city's prosecution bureau said in a statement. They charged that the fake video was "organised by two drivers belonging a foreign organization," the statement said. It did not identify the organisation and acknowledged that the two drivers "have not yet been arrested." But it claimed that the video camera used to film the footage had been recovered and belonged to "one of the accused in charge of the information office in Milleet locality."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 What's the word I'm looking for... Oh. Yes. "Gullible." I'd go for "deflecting", myself.... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-08-22 10:48:06 PM |
| #10 Remember folks, always be nice to the simple. No allen is necessary, but karma rebounds to your benefit. So, BURN THE KRAM! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-22 5:51:09 PM |
| #9 Also "clueless." |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2004-08-22 1:26:14 PM |
| #8 Naive works as well... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-08-22 1:02:14 PM |
| #7 And your reaction, by the way, is precisely what it's supposed to be. "If this was faked, what is to prove that any of the things said are true?" What's the word I'm looking for... Oh. Yes. "Gullible." |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-08-22 11:26:10 AM |
| #6 Gentle, are you saying that arresting people for 'faking' a video is more important then stopping the actual real-life gang-rapes (sometimes of young girls) and murders? The 'fake' video has much less to do with the woman's 'honor' (since 'the woman' who's honor you are so concerned about is a willingly participated who is acting the victim) then a real, actual, physical rape (where the girl who's honor you are less concerned about is unwilling to participate and is being violated against her will). Several people have stated (and physical, medical, evidence has been reported) that they had been gang-raped by the militants of Sudan -- and that it is commonplace. There is the undeniable physical evidence of burned-out villages. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-22 11:25:45 AM |
| #5 Miss, you're mistaking sarcasm for agreement. It's a setup, and rather a transparent setup at that. Why fake it in Sudan? Why fake it, for that matter, with Sudanese? Chad is next door, and there are other places where it could be done with even less chance of being caught. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-08-22 11:24:28 AM |
| #4 Now you're starting to get it. Good. What took you so long? |
| Posted by: Gentle 2004-08-22 11:17:51 AM |
| #3 All Lies! No Rape! No Killing! All Lies! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-22 11:16:03 AM |
| #2 however small a woman's honor is to you, WE care. Of course they followed it. What, you think that it is something that does not matter? You do see what this proves, don't you? If this was faked, what is to prove that any of the things said are true? |
| Posted by: Gentle 2004-08-22 11:04:51 AM |
| #1 with everything that is going on in darfur and this is what the "authorities" are worried about? |
| Posted by: smokeysinse 2004-08-22 10:59:17 AM |