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| Sudan gammas bitch about US sanctions |
| 2007-06-04 |
| Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on Saturday in front of the American embassy, shouting "God is great!" and "Down with the CIA!" to demonstrate against new U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Police cordoned off the tightly guarded U.S. compound as protesters shouted slogans criticizing President Bush, who announced Tuesday that the U.S. had blacklisted 31 companies and three individuals, forbidding them from conducting business with an American company or bank. The move aims to pressure Sudan to end violence in its Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million chased from their homes in four years of fighting between local rebels and government forces. "The sanctions are not even worth the ink they were written with," rally organizer Omar Kambal said in a speech. Kambal, who heads Sudan's Youth Union, called on the government to "sever all economic ties with the U.S., today rather than tomorrow." After a decade of U.S. economic sanctions, the two countries have little business in common. Sudan conducts nearly three quarters of its trade with Arab and Asian nations -- mainly China. Organizers said 1,000 people, mostly students and members of Sudan's lawyers association, attended the demonstration, which lasted about two hours and was held for the second time in as many days. The embassy said its staff was absent because it was the weekend. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 How about blacklisting companies that do business with China? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-06-04 14:53 |