| You knew one would eventually be coming, didn't you? |
 Sudan's foreign minister has offered to cooperate with the UN on prosecution of suspects accused of war crimes in the Darfur region, saying trials of the International Criminal Court could be conducted inside Sudan. Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail reiterated on Wednesday in Khartoum the government's rejection of trials of its nationals abroad but said: "We seek a balance between the red line that the Sudanese people have set and the implementation of the resolution in cooperation with the ICC. The law of the court gives Sudan the opportunity to try the suspects in Sudan." Ismail on Wednesday denied reports that a senior Sudanese leader was on the UN's list of 51 Darfur suspects.
A Sudanese opposition leader, speaking to Aljazeera by telephone from Paris on Thursday, urged the government to respect the Security Council resolution. Sadiq al-Mahdi, leader of the Umma Party, said, "Sudan's government should abide by the resolution for the International Criminal Court to try criminals." He said the government lashed out at the party, in a raid on its headquarters in Omdurman on Wednesday, because of its stance on the Darfur trials. "There was a connection between suspending the party's legal status and the party's position toward the UN resolution about Darfur."
| That's life in a dictatorship, isn't it? When your President-for-Life has big shoulder boards you can expect it. |
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