Militia chief scorns slaughter charge (Sudan)

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Janjaweed leader hits back at accusation of ethnic cleansing in western Sudan

Janjaweed is not a name, it is a curse. To the militia's victims the Arabic word has come to mean devil on horseback, but the chief "devil" accused of bringing devastation to Sudan sits not on horseback but in a plush armchair in his family residence in Khartoum.

Dressed in a crisp white robe and prayer cap, Musa Hilal patted his nephew's head and offered sweet pastries.

"The rebels stayed near civilians and war has its consequences, bullets fly," Mr Hilal, 43, said in his first interview with a British newspaper.

He is alleged to be the most senior field commander of the Janjaweed, the Arab militia whose campaign of murder and rape has driven more than a million black African villagers from their homes in the western region of Darfur.

Militia chief scorns slaughter charge....

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1. Washington Post covers Musa Hilal today

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58171-2004Jul17.html

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2. Burn in hell, asshole

"The rebels stayed near civilians and war has its consequences, bullets fly"

Umm, fuck you?