Sudan president challenges world to impose sanctions over Darfur suspects

June 22, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir vowed not to hand over any suspects accused of war crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC).


Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir addresses protesters outside the Sudanese military headquarters in Khartoum, May 14, 2008 (Reuters)

“I swear to god, I swear to god, I swear to god we will not hand over any Sudanese to the International Court” Al-Bashir told a gathering of semi-governmental Popular Defense Forces (PDF) in Khartoum yesterday who were celebrating the defeat of the Darfur Justice and Equality Movement attack on the Sudanese capital last month.

“We will not hand over any Sudanese as long as we have water in our eyes. Adopt how many resolutions you want and impose as many sanctions because threats and sanctions do not scare us” he said.

Last week the UN Security Council (UNSC) and European Union (EU) issued formal statements voicing support for the work of court in Darfur. The EU threatened sanctions against individuals obstructing cooperation with the ICC.

The ICC prosecutor is also due to name new suspects next month likely to include senior Sudanese officials.

A year ago he judges of the ICC issued their first arrest warrants on the Darfur case against Haroun and militia commander Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel-Rahman, also know as Ali Kushayb. Sudan has so far rejected handing over the two suspects.

Al-Bashir also lashed out at what he described as “Zionist alliance and their supporters from the mercenaries, traitors and fifth column who worship the US and kneel and pray for it”.

“They think that a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution to deploy peacekeepers means the end of the regime but where is it now? We told them to suck it and drink its water so they did and are through with it” he said angrily.

The Sudanese top official accused unidentified countries of “provoking our brothers who signed peace agreements with us to back track on them. We are committed to those agreements and people must be alert and ready because peace will not last without a force to protecting it”.

Al-Bashir also called on the PDF to transform itself to be ready “when called for training or operations”.

The Sudanese presidential adviser Nafi Ali Nafi also addressing crowd in Sennar located in Central Sudan said that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) will continue “with support from Allah”.

Al-Bashir came to power following a coup in 1989 supported by the Islamist leader Hassan Al-Turabi that overthrew the democratically elected government led by former Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi.

(ST)

5 Forum messages

Sudan president challenges world to impose sanctions over Darfur suspects 23 June 2008 06:53, by Jayo

“provoking our brothers who signed peace agreements with us to back track on them. We are committed to those agreements and people must be alert and ready because peace will not last without a force to protecting it.PDF should transform and be ready when called for training or operation”This is a total bulshit from so-called Field Marshal of the faithfuls or qaid al muaminiin.

Mr Bashir,your drumbeat for war is neither a news nor a threat to the marginalised people of the Sudan and you know it.So if you keep calling for the mobilisation of mujahideen over and over again,it will not shake anyone since they have been there for the last twenty-five years and Sudanese people have not abandon their claim for their right because of Mujahideen.

Sudan president challenges world to impose sanctions over Darfur suspects 23 June 2008 09:13, by Yaak Barach

If Saddam Hussein can be hanged, so can you be Omar Bashiir as long as you remain a ruthless tyrant who wants to die in power.

Omar Bashiir is fond of accusing foreign countries of the problems in Sudan while he is the main architect of these chaos in the country. Why isn’t he honest with the implementation of CPA, DPA and EPA? Why is he calling on the evil PDF to be alert for training instead of disbanding this group if he is a true leader who wants peace in the country? Why is he arming Janjaweed and Messriya militias to destabilize south sudan and darfur?

The ICC should instead issue arrest warrants to Omar Bashiir for he is the mastermind for the ongoing atrocities in darfur not Haroun and Ali who are his slaves. I am sick and tired of this "son of a bitch" One day you ’ll died and burn in hell if there is!!!!

Sudan president challenges world to impose sanctions over Darfur suspects 24 June 2008 05:06, by Magiir Kenyang

Indeed, that’s what the so called Intl interpol court should be doing instead of wasting human lives and time on useless accusations. Who could stop a city crime to completion by rounding gangs but not their ringleader? Bashiir is criminal- all those thousands and thousands of civilians killed in the South and presently in Darfur are directly from his orders, why venturing around??

Sudan president challenges world to impose sanctions over Darfur suspects 23 June 2008 13:09, by factual guy

Mr. Bashir, do not forget that you are the major target ICC is looking for. It started with Haroum accused of war crimes in Darfur simply because you cannot start climbing a tree from the trunk but rather from the bottom. By vomiting these kinds of speeches to the entire world, you are trying to increase the temperature beyond boiling point.

It is very clear from Al-Bashir that he is the final of the final men according to his speech. Analysis of the speech would means that he can be more than Jesus Christ and he is the ultimate chap more than ICC by a distant equal to infinity.

If ICC has powers over Bashir, then plan for what is best for him (hang) before he plan against the ICC. Bashir is branch of Sadam’s descendant and it is the same terrorist philosophy that they posses and that was why Sadam was hang and Bashir deserves hanging. Otherwise, he will set world record more than what Sadam has set over the Americans.

Sudan president challenges world to impose sanctions over Darfur suspects 23 June 2008 19:50, by Miakerlou

Hey ICC, you have done a mistake. How can you leave Bashir out from the list and you know that he is the most criminal of all those under waranty since he is the head?

He is acting now as if he own the world because being the leader of those criminals under arrest and he is not listed means to him that he is on top of everybody on this earth.