Sudan's president spews anti-Semitism

[Behind the Aegis]

Sudan's President Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir claimed Tuesday that reports in western newspapers of hundreds of thousands dead in his country's brutal civil war are all part of an Israeli-led worldwide conspiracy.

In a rambling video-link interview from Khartoum, in which he connected with journalists based in eight different countries, al-Bashir also claimed fatality levels in Darfur were "less than 9,000," instead of a figure of upwards of 400,000 quoted in much of the media, and accepted by the United Nations.

Al-Bashir asserted that all talk of a serious conflict - and accusations that his Government has supported, trained and armed the brutal Arab Janjaweed militia, which has displaced, raped and robbed an estimated 2.5 million people in Darfur - were a western conspiracy engineered by Israel to divert attention from the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories.

He also blamed Chad for financing and sponsoring the rebels, and denied any responsibility for supporting the Janjaweed.

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[stepnw1f]

1. Quick... Drop a Bomb!!!!! (nt)

[seriousstan]

2. Leave them alone, it is a civil war. Let them fight it out.

[fujiyama]

3. What do you expect

from a government responsible for genocide?

Of course, many DUers won't care because Israel isn't involved.

[Karenina]

4. Sudan's President Against Israel

is the headline of the link.

Why has the "editorial" subject line not been locked?

[BayCityProgressive]

5. of course

everyone automatically assumes that the original poster wants the country bombed. If this was something posted about the Israeli/Palestinian situation this would be filled with posts. It really surprises me how people just brush off anti-semetism as no big deal on this site.

[Karenina]

6. Talk to me when you have "skin in the game"

on BOTH sides of the fence, Dreckschwein.

[Alexander]

7. Disgusting

No wonder Sudan is in such a mess, with leadership like that.

:mad:

[Moderator]

8. Locking

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