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"Everybody knows the Americans and British are scheming against the Sudan," al-Bashir said at a rally to muster support for his opposition to the proposed deployment.
"We shall not be the first country to be recolonized in Africa. ... We are free and shall not be enslaved," al-Bashir told about 2,000 workers belonging to a federation of unions.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_re_af/sudan_1
(More than 200,000 people have died in Darfur since 2003 when ethnic African tribes revolted against the Arab-led Khartoum government. Sudan's government is accused of unleashing Arab militiamen known as janjaweed who have been blamed for widespread atrocities. [Are they “just” Arab?])
PS - One stumbling block to a quick adoption has been China…
PPS – Have these people learned NOTHING from CNN and CBS about journalistic access?
…the case of imprisoned Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Paul Salopek arrested in Darfur on Aug. 6 and accused of spying. Bedry said al-Bashir would consider the case from "a humanitarian standpoint."
Salopek, who was in Sudan on assignment for National Geographic magazine, his driver and interpreter were arrested by pro-government forces. He was charged Saturday with espionage, passing information illegally, writing "false news" and entering the African country without a visa.
"We shall not be the first country to be recolonized in Africa. ... We are free and shall not be enslaved," al-Bashir told about 2,000 workers belonging to a federation of unions.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060830/ap_on_re_af/sudan_1
(More than 200,000 people have died in Darfur since 2003 when ethnic African tribes revolted against the Arab-led Khartoum government. Sudan's government is accused of unleashing Arab militiamen known as janjaweed who have been blamed for widespread atrocities. [Are they “just” Arab?])
PS - One stumbling block to a quick adoption has been China…
PPS – Have these people learned NOTHING from CNN and CBS about journalistic access?
…the case of imprisoned Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Paul Salopek arrested in Darfur on Aug. 6 and accused of spying. Bedry said al-Bashir would consider the case from "a humanitarian standpoint."
Salopek, who was in Sudan on assignment for National Geographic magazine, his driver and interpreter were arrested by pro-government forces. He was charged Saturday with espionage, passing information illegally, writing "false news" and entering the African country without a visa.
