Often Split, Arab Leaders Unite for Sudan’s Chief

[iandhr]

Source: NY TIMES

CAIRO — Arab leaders may be divided over which Palestinian faction to support and what to do about Iran’s rising influence, but they have found one cause to rally around: Protecting the president of Sudan from charges he orchestrated the rape, killing and widespread pillaging in Darfur.

Arab leaders gathered for their annual summit meeting in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, on Monday, hoping to patch over their many differences. But they had little trouble agreeing to an effusive embrace of Omar Hassan al- Bashir, the president of Sudan, who was indicted by the International Criminal Court earlier this month for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/world/africa/31arab.html?hp

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What schmucks

[acmavm]

1. Not unlike our neocons. Or the IDF. So many wars. So much dying.

[Sultana]

2. Fuck them all, fucking enablers

the Arab world and human rights are like oil and water.

Fuck You, Bashir (Ibn al sharmoota wa al kalb)

[ohio2007]

5. and yet they all hold seats at the UN human rights commission table

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3800841

[Odin2005]

3. Evil circling the wagons around it's own. FUCK THEM.

Al-Bashir deserves to hang for his crimes against humanity. He belongs in the same spot in Hell Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and Milosivic are in and Bush and Cheney will be in.

[Sultana]

12. Truth!

x(

But I want him to suffer great pain for long period of time.

[ohio2007]

4. Libya's Gadhafi storms out of Arab summit in Qatar ( and goes sight seeing )

snip

Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League session in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticising Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a "British product and American ally".


snip



"I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level," Gadhafi said before getting up and walking out of the hall.

A Libyan delegate said Gadhafi went to the Islamic museum in Doha for a tour.


snip

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Libyas-Gadhafi-storms-out-of-Arab-summit-in-Qatar/articleshow/4335750.cms

lucky for him he gave up his nuke wep quest



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/27/world/main614011.shtml



most sensible thing he ....... has ever done

[Alamuti Lotus]

6. full text of Qadhdhafi's remarks

"I say to my brother `Abdullah: six years and you have been fleeing, afraid of confrontation. And I want to reassure you that you should not be afraid, and I tell you after six years that it has been proven that it is you who have lies behind you and the grave ahead of you, and it is you who was created by the British and protected by America. And in respect to the nation I consider the personal problem between you and me to be over, and I am willing to visit you or you visit me. I am an internationalist leader and the dean of Arab rulers and and King of African Kings, and the Imam of Muslims, and my international stature does not permit me to descend to any other level. Thanks."
translation courtesy of the great Angry Arab

Thoroughly insane, but spot on at the same time. Very few people can pull that off well.

[burning rain]

8. Qadafi brings the inspired crazy like few others.

He's also claimed that his own feats are greater than Muhamamad's.

[ohio2007]

10. his "people" do a fine write up .

ever see his "all girl" personal security force ?

[Regret My New Name]

14. hmmmm

"I am an internationalist leader and the dean of Arab rulers and and King of African Kings, and the Imam of Muslims, and my international stature does not permit me to descend to any other level"

That totally sounds like something I would say...

[Alamuti Lotus]

7. yet they continue to support the occupation of Iraq & Palestine

Go figure. In context, the court ruling is indeed a joke -- applied fairly, the Royal Highness of Dumbfuckery ('that's our bush') and Tsar Putin would be first on the chopping block, but instead represent the chief among the celebrated. It is odd, I would think that Bashir's fight against 'Islamic terrorism' would be supported -- this is precisely what Bush & Bushama are doing in Iraq & Afghanistan, what Putin does in the Caucasus, as the Zionists in Palestine, etc etc..

[burning rain]

9. Sudan doesn't have any big beef with an Islamic neighbor...

and it commits crimes against humanity like a champ, so it's a great crowd-pleaser among most Arab states.

[Dorian Gray]

11. Wow....

of course they must protect their own. Dirty, rotten scumsucking assholes.

There are some other leaders who want to protect Bashir, too.

[No Elephants]

13. For this, I hope there is a Hell.