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| ICC in secret talks with 2 Darfur rebel leaders |
| 2010-01-31 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been in off-on secret negotiations for months with two Darfuri rebels wanted for questioning in connection with the attack on an African Union peacekeeping mission base in Haskanita in Sep. 2007, well-placed U.N. sources told Al Arabiya Saturday on condition of anonymity. The negotiations were aimed at facilitating the two rebels' voluntary appearance before the ICC judges in The Hague, according to the sources. The rebels were summoned under seal by the judges to appear before them and answer questions concerning their alleged responsibility for the Haskanita massacre that killed 12 African Union (AU) soldiers and more than a hundred civilians, and wounded hundreds. Identities of the two rebels, accused along with Bahr Idriss Abu Gharda by the ICC General Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo of responsibility for the massacre and displacement of more than 15,000 civilians, has been kept secret by the ICC. But Al Arabiya revealed Saturday for the first time the identities of the two rebel leaders as General Abdallah Banda and Commander Jerbo Jamus. |
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