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Shoulder Boards Man pooh-poohs genocide charges |
2008-08-22 |
(SomaliNet) Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir denies that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur. In July, the International Criminal Court in The Hague indicted Omar al-Bashir on genocide and war crimes charges. Prosecutors say militias unleashed by his government have killed some 300,000 ethnic Africans. More than 2.5-million have been displaced. Al-Bashir says those numbers are inflated. "Genocide like the International Criminal Court claims is nonexistent." He was speaking at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, during his first trip abroad since the indictment. |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 Carla has more lunch. |
Posted by: Fred 2008-08-22 10:56 |
#1 So what is most likely to happen? 1. He is indicted and goes on trial in front of the ICC. 2. This "goes away". 3. He dies of old age. |
Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-22 10:03 |