Yeah, yeah. I don't like him, either, but you don't "arrest" a head of state without a declaration of war. If then.
Mr. Bashir's plane left a military airport near Pretoria, the capital, unhindered by the authorities who had already been ordered over the weekend by South Africa's High Court to prevent him from departing.
Though South Africa is a member of the
International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
, its government defied the longstanding arrest warrant for Mr. Bashir, who once again eluded international prosecutors seeking to try him on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide related to the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.
His departure dealt a serious blow to the international court's six-year campaign to bring him to justice. Mr. Bashir's plane took off just as South Africa's High Court was holding a hearing on whether the government was required to comply with the international court, which is based in The Hague.