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JEM warns Qatar against hosting Sudanese president for Arab summit

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March 7, 2009 (PARIS) — The Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) announced that it would reconsider its position toward a peace process hosted by Qatar if the latter invites the International Criminal Court (ICC)- indicted President Omer Al-Bashir to the Arab summit to be held later this month, JEM’s chairman told Sudan Tribune.

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Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabir al-Thani and JEM Leader following his arrival to Qatar Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 (Photo QNA)

The Sudanese government and JEM rebels signed a goodwill agreement on February 17 in the Qatari capital, pledging to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the six-year conflict in the western Sudan region of Darfur.

In an interview conducted yesterday, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim condemned the expulsion of 13 aid groups saying it clearly violates the Doha deal which included a number of a number of confidence-building measures.

Among these measures is a guarantee from Khartoum for "the smooth and unobstructed flow of relief assistance to the needy people without any obstacles or constraints."

"We hope that the State of Qatar declines to receive [President] Al-Bashir to attend the Arab Summit; if not we would be forced to reconsider our position on the peace process," stressed Khalil Ibrahim who added that the Sudanese president is a "fugitive wanted by international justice".

Qatar will host the 21st ordinary summit of the heads of state of the Arab League on March 30th. Sudan has said that Bashir intends to attend the summit and disclosed that a Qatari official is due in Khartoum to deliver the invitation.

Djibril Bassole, the joint peace mediator, met on March 4 with the head of the Sudanese government delegation Nafi Ali Nafi to discuss the upcoming talks with JEM. Amin Hassan Omar, the spokesperson of government delegation reaffirmed Khartoum’s commitment to the Doha peace process despite the ICC indictment for President Bashir.

On Wednesday the ICC judges approved a request by prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to charge Bashir on seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which include murder, rape and torture. The three-judge panel said it had insufficient grounds for genocide.

Ibrahim said that JEM is committed to the peace process, adding however that "if Bashir refuses to go to The Hague he would lose his legitimacy as president of the Sudan".

The JEM leader hailed the ICC decision related to the arrest warrant of the President Bashir, describing it is a "historical turning point in the political history of the Sudan and a strong message to the dictators through the world".

He further invited the international community to cooperate with the ICC to arrest Bashir: "JEM is ready to cooperate with the ICC to arrest Al-Bashir and any other criminal in the world. We also call upon the international community to stand with us to arrest and deliver him to the ICC," he added.

He further said that Bashir should be removed and proposed the formation of a transitional government to settle the Darfur crisis and national outstanding issues before holding general elections in the country.

Furthermore Ibrahim has called on the UN Security Council to adopt an Oil-For-Food programme to feed the displaced persons in Darfur and the refugees in neighboring countries. According to the rebel leader, a no-fly zone over the Darfur region should be decreed by the UN to provide the necessary protection to the IDP’s.

He also appealed to the international community to act unilaterally and adopt any necessary measures to protect the civilians including steps to allow aid groups to enter Darfur from the western border without being hampered by the Sudanese authorities.

UN experts estimate some 300,000 people have died and 2.5 million driven from their homes. Sudan blames the Western media for exaggerating the conflict and puts the death toll at 10,000.

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  • This Ameer of Mujahedeen Khalel Ibrahim is a true idiot , what does he want ?? he never dreamed of sitting close to Quatar Ameer , yet he states his stupid egos and conditions , go to hell mr Khaleel , you should also wait for your turn as far as your war crimes and forced recruitment of children as well as your past atrocities in the south. you a true idiot non-realistic folk.

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  • This is smart move from JEM, keep up fight people, and don’t be swayed or tied up by thinking over the safety of your comrades (POWs) who are in the prison in OMdurman. Their sacrifies will pay off very soon. Remember this song from Bob Marley which says quote "Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights. Don’t give up the fight yaa. We Africans will fight to get the necessary, and we know we shall win as we’re confidence in the victory". So, just be confidence and you will win no doubt.

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  • JEM warns Qatar against hosting Sudanese president for Arab summit 8 March 2009 06:21, by Ajang Aguer Pageer

    The only thing remaining for Al-Bashir before going to Qatar is to hand over power to somebody.As the situation unfolds,the unthinkable can happen:the presidential chopper may be intercepted by the international criminal police(interpol)before reaching Qatar and the president can be turned into a criminal in few hours after taking off from his palace.Another thing that might happen is that Al Bashir may decide not to come back to Sudan,instead,he might move to lawless states like Afghanistan(Taliban-Alqaeda controlled region) where the ICC jurisdition is not recognized.

    So it is upto the SPLM,opposition parties and the few rational NCP leaders to be vigillant and control the country as hopeless NIF leaders,supporters and/or the army may do ’anything’ in their disposal.

    I know the ICC move is bitter to some Sudanese,but that is what Al-Bashir deserves-he kills,so he has to be answer for his deeds.After all,they(NIF leaders) have been in power for the last 20 years to change their attitudes and characters,but they have been specilizing in creating conflicts and killing the people they claim to rule.Therefore,their reward is to be behind bars to stop more bloodshed!

    What is the point of fearing the court if you know you are not guilty?He should go and prove himself innocent and he will be back to Sudan!!!

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    • Dr Khalil may face a heavy punishment from God as anyone else who might have done something wrong publicly or secretely. But Khalil got teachers who taught him to kill his own brothers and sisters in southern Blue Nile/Kordofan and southern Sudan before he turned on his masters and teachers. Also, Khalil still have friends and colleagues in various NIF’s Factions.

      The question to be answered by NIF leaders and their supporters is that, would Dr Khalil go to Hell while his Masters, Teachers, Friends and Colleagues go to Paradise?

      If you fail to grab an answer, then Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Newspaper columnist Mr Tareq Al Hamed will get plenty of answers for you and you don’t need to worry just read his statement.

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      • Guys,

        We are God fearing nation. What does Bible tells us. Read the story of Saul who became a strong Christian famously known as Paul. Khalil was Saul then but now he is Paul period.

        Bashir is already paying for the bills of atrocities committed in Southern Sudan and Darfur so why the fuss?

        Khalil, please go ahead and be a Freedom fighter. Death of 20-30 brothers in KHT jails is not equivalent to freedom of over 8millions Darfurians. If will be killed then they are Freedom Martyrs and heroes. If you don;t want your half brother to die for Darfur course whom to you want to die? Please keep your eye on Darfur vision and doesn’t this wanted fugitive blackmail you of your half brother.

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  • Why do some Africans like to act stupid?I am supprised to read,hear JEM leader acting like an idiot.Does he think the arrest warrant now warrants him to wipe the stinky shit in his ass on the general population? Bashir is still the president of Sudan we all respect him and will always.you are just a flip flop like Turabi who changes position every single second just to keep eating.Al- muzabzabiins are never tolerated in any country and religion even in those countries that are using you as condom and will later dump you dirty. I was born during the war,grew in the war,does it mean I die in the war?NO.If Khalid is really a man and not stupid why is he not in Sudan,if he feared death and fled to France,Does he think the others are lifeless so deserve extintion. Bashir will always move freely,trouble will come,possibly world war 111,Remember most of the western modern slaves are Sudanese and they have had enough. No sudanese ever should side with killer Ibrahim instead we should unite to kill ibrahim and perpetrators. Western countries hate Africans regardless of religion,Arabs of country of origin and muslims from all over the world,just because all the above are united and progressive. If Russia hates America,why should anyone like America.I believe in Russia and Vladmir Putin as my KING. If Sudanese unite,we can end the Darfur war in two days and the Ibrahims will be history. Most of us in the west know their tricks,they destroyed 98% of Black homes just to make both Man and woman Slave. They use women as tools to victimise men and grab their incomes which is not given to the women though taken in the name of helping them so the women end up slutting ie why HIV/AIDS among the Blacks are highest in west especially canada,US and Australia. Its time civilisation take place,no more dealing with west,all dealings should be diverted to China and Russia cuz they are more at heart with peace in africa than any pretender,Remember let Obama victory not fool you. Western countries dont like us and are happy using us.if this warrant secretly means destabilizing sudan peace,then this calls for war Black verses white so we all get extint.if those NGOs are not benefitting why are they begging to stay in Sudan afterall there are Homeless people here in the west too.The need food and medical aid. AS an african American,I would prefer being Frican than American because killing for no reason is America’s tradition and are bound to hell. For those who dont have anything to say just zip it.Sudan is for Sudanese,any sudanese in the west should remember not to shit on the plate thatbelongs to and fed them. Any mistake in the west will always have you deported,I dont think they will deport you from illinois to Alaska but from USA to Sudan Regardless of how much you supported them during the destabilisation of the Sudan peace. Your Brothers there love you and will always not turn their back agains you,so dont turn against them as the west recognises only what you make and not you and can subject you to anything anytime. Iam saying all these not because I hate western countries,I hate the bad and ugly thing they are doing to the poor countries and its people.Anybody is guilty of opposing the West is the new concept. How many Blacks committed suicide here in the West? hundreds,whats done?Nothing.Now that theres peace and the futuless blacks are trying to go back home,the white man has embarked on destabilizing peace in Africa so the slaves will have no option but stay and more will be forced to come.Now that we are all civilized,no one bends over to the other.No way to easy submission. I finally i would like to pass an announcement that today I have issued an arrest warrant for Bush and Ehud olmert.whoever comes thier should have them arrested and brought to Sudan for trial.Judge Victim will be happy to preside while defendants:iraq,pakistan,palestine,Sudan,Sadam,congo,Rwanda,uganda,kenya etc sorry the list is long and endless are well prepared. Remember I dont hate white people except the way they treat and behave towards others an call on the same be done to them mercilessly. A reward of 40 Billion dollar awaits whoever will arrest Bush and deliver him to my dock.

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    • JEM warns Qatar against hosting Sudanese president for Arab summit 8 March 2009 12:07, by tayeb M. Alhassan

      MR. FARAJI ZAKARIA … YA SALAM!!!!.

      I hope they will know and understand that they will be used or misused to the last drop and then will be thrown in the garbage yard as they did with Ahmed Jabalbi of Iraq and his friends after Iraq invasion has been accomplished. Their humiliation definitely already started after seeing Abdul-Wahid in a news conference how shamelessly begging for support and still fabricating lies of mass rape and genocide.

      Cheap always go cheap if it is plated with gold.

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    • JEM warns Qatar against hosting Sudanese president for Arab summit 8 March 2009 12:32, by Lang Mijak DengChol.

      Fazaria,

      Don’t try to portray this politician and rebel leader, Dr. Khalil Ibrahim as an idiot when you sound politically as Omer Beshir’s puppet in this media. I can assure you that Dr. Khalil is proving to be the most prominent fighter fighting not only for Darfurian but all the marginalized Sudanese. It is a matter of time and soon JEM, SLA/M and SPLM/A plus Beja Movement would soon coordinate military strikes against your uncle ’s regime in Khartoum. Watch out because the clock is tickling against your uncle’s brutal regime. Don’t be fooled that Southerners or all other marginalized Sudanese are totally behind Omer Beshir as you are being misguided and misled by the sole and lone political position of Salva Kiir. Kiir is supporting Beshir but the truth is that any true SPLM/Aer is ultimately against Omer Beshir and we marginalized Sudanese including Dr. Khalil are backing up the ICC’s case. That is why Dr. Khalil ’s recent political campaign in the media is making him as the most prominent voice of the marginalized Sudanese after Salva Kiir keep betraying the interest of marginalized Sudanese. The day when the so-call fake Arabs in Northern Sudan used to exploit Africans to fight each other in the front lines in South Sudan is over and now the war is about to be fought in Khartoum. It was JEM that overrun Khartoum last year in a matter of hours but this time it would not be JEM that would involve in this imminent invasion and capture of Khartoum/Omdurman.

      Dear Southerners,

      It time now to stop fingerpointing to Darfurian as your former killers in South Sudan. In fact, Darfurian were against us but they have publicly apologized to late Dr. John Garang and the SPLA/M in general and so why still holding accountable for the previous mistake? If some of you are still questioning as to why Darfurian were against Southerners, then you also need to ask yourselves as to why some Southerners were in the SUdan Armed Forces and fought against the SPLA/M during those dark days. Iam also a freedom fighter and have fought in many fronts in Equatoria unlike most of you who just keep typing in the cyberspace without having tasted what this war was like and why it was fought strategically, politically and militarily with tactical maneuver. This mean that Darfurian are now our strategic forces against the common enemy and that is why we must support JEM and SLA/M and their political leaders simply because we are aiming to dismantle the same regime. Otherwise, disregarding my conscious advice to you out there would signify and justify the motives as to why the so-call Jallaba use indigenous Africans to kill Africans and that is how the maintain and reign in power in Sudan for so long without any true African reaching such a status in Sudan. Please let us learn to be reasonable and analytical when some politicians fight on our behalves in Sudan. Dr. Khalil Ibrahim sound to me as another Dr. John Garang alive if not a genuinous man than that. This what politics and I as a former fighter of the SPLA understand exactly as to why Dr. Khalil is rocking the boat politically like that. I hope he has challenged all the opposition party leaders in Sudan. We can not just sit, watch and worship the most wanted fugitive with respect, tribute and honor by muting our mouths. Shame to Kiir Mayardit for supporting him!! It is a nauseous gesture.

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      • It is natural for political adversaries to call each other with very foul names. So it is not such an amazing phenomenon to witness the exchanges of non cultured languages from both sides of the isle. Strong opposing opinions are being debated in the British House of Commons, or in the US Congress with very much different tone, even if feelings and references are drawn with much similar context without resorting to violence. But what we always need to remember is, had these Sudanese people of ours, people with such symmetrically opposing opinions meet face to face in the streets of Khartoum, Omdurman or Juba, one could imagine what level of bloodshed could occur.

        It is okay to disagree, but we need to know how and when. Otherwise it will end up consuming what we never dreamed of. We should not sacrifice the welfare the Nation for the sake of an individual even if he is our best friend, or we may think that he is one of our role models. Please think of other dysfunctional governments like Somalia … and others as a result of disagreement between different clans, which could have been solved with no much effort, had the Somalis knew the consequences of disagreement as opposed to their National interest.

        Assalaam Aleikum.

        Mohammad

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      • Deng Chol, You have exactly put it right, most of our people think that, it is easy for the South to fight alone with out allies. Dr. John have always described Darfur,South, Nuba Mts and Blue Nile as the most marginalised regions of the Sudan, these regions were excluded and discriminated in socio-economic and political fields by the Arabs elites that ruled the country to date. The bases of this neglect was that the people of these regions are Sudanes African and considered never equal to the Nile valley cliques( walet el belet) that rule Sudan. The South’s marginalisation manifests only the wider over all neglect of all these regions that Dr. John called marginalised. An alliance of all the marginalised Sudanese whether democratically or military in the case of the armed struggle provides more security to the Southern interest. A formidable organised political forces in this case,the SPLM and the others forces drawn all over the Sudan can shake the hegemony of the NIF survivalists. Therefore, it would be bad for us to insult our comrades in Darfur and shield the survivalist of NIF. We still need Darfur until 2011.

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    • Mr. Faraji Zakeria,

      I doubt you are really staying in USA because your English is a master piece of shits. What are you doing there for God sake? are you brushing teeth of white man’s dogs?

      Dr.Khalil was a lost boy but now he is found. He has learnt from his mistakes and turned out to be one of the great and courageous freedom fighters. You should know that from all resistance movements that were staged against Khartoum governments, no single movement dared to think of invading Khatoum, leave alone attacking it at broad day light!

      The problem with you people who are living in the west is your grudge against whites because they are well off than yourselves. But you need to realize that most of you went there with your ignorance and poor educational background, this is why many of you are working as dog-walkers, porters, and taxi drivers. Thus, try to fix your problems through hard working and dedication not by supporting an internationally indicted criminal.

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      • I agree, Faraji Zakaria is not an African American as he pretends to be. Neither his writings, nor his manners as exhibited can display the African American styles. Yes, we the African Americans community here in the USA were/are under so many oppressive systems. But, we do not back the fugitives that happened to be the enemy of his own people. This mentality of dumping accusations on others has blinded us enough not to see our own inconsistencies, and how much we contribute to remain of being our own enemies. But supporting such individual such as Omar Bashir on the ground of colonialism or what ever phrase will neither protect ‘in the best interest’ of the Sudanese people, nor help to teach other African Nations dictators from committing the same or even worst criminal acts on their Nations.

        Asaalam Aleikum, Mohammad.

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      • JEM warns Qatar against hosting Sudanese president for Arab summit 9 March 2009 07:44, by tayeb M. Alhassan

        to: Pils and others.

        Don’t expect everybody to support your ideas in this crutial stage.

        Comments in Sudan Tribune is not a show of linguistic muscles more than a discussion board to express positive or negative ideas. Staying in the US is not a bless if it works to act as a brain wash for the fundamental patriotic values towards mother countries which always ready to receive every deported one. In our controversial time it is unacceptable to say the truth and Mr. Zakaria has touched the denied forbidden hot point and it is the truth if be liked or not.

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