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| Sudan leader: No international court can touch me |
| 2009-03-18 |
| A defiant Sudanese president rallied Arab supporters in Darfur Wednesday by saying no war crimes court or the U.N. Security Council can touch even "an eyelash" on him despite an international order for his arrest. Speaking to thousands at a rally in the southern Darfur town of Nyala, Omar al-Bashir denounced the West for allegedly seeking to "create chaos in Sudan" and trying to split Darfur from the rest of the country. This was al-Bashir's second visit to Darfur since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on March 4 on charges of war crimes in the western Sudanese region. The Netherlands-based court accuses al-Bashir of orchestrating atrocities against civilians in Darfur, where his Arab-led government has been battling ethnic African rebels since 2003. Up to 300,000 people have been killed and 2.7 million have been driven from their homes. Many fear the warrant could unleash violence against civilians and the joint U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur. The Sudanese government responded to the warrant by expelling 13 large foreign aid agencies, most of them operating in Darfur, as al-Bashir accused them of spying for the ICC. The U.N. estimates that the expulsion threatens more than 3 million people with the loss of food aid, health care or suitable drinking water. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 and they prob won't otuch an eyelash on him, since they are just now getting around too convicting Pol Pots men |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-03-18 11:08 |
| #1 Omar al-Bashir, meet the late Gerald Bull. Gerald Bull, please meet Omar al-Bashir. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-18 09:57 |