Sudan’s Bashir condemns US over sanctions
June 30, 2007 (LONDON) — Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Saturday condemned the United States for pursuing sanctions against his country over Darfur, the BBC quoted Sudan TV as reporting.
“We are amazed why USA is continuing with sanctions after a time when we agreed with the U.N. on the heavy support package,” he said.
Sudan agreed on June 12 to a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force of more than 20,000 troops and police, but many diplomats doubt Khartoum will keep its word.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week accused the Khartoum government of repeatedly breaking its promises to end the violence in the remote western region of Darfur.
Rice also said Sudan must face “consequences” — code for new U.N. sanctions — if it failed to allow the force in.
“Will these sanctions return the displaced and refugees to their villages? Will these sanctions help in providing services to the people?” Bashir asked during a live media conference.
He said the aim of the sanctions was to weaken the economy.
An international meeting in Paris, which included major aid donors, the Group of Eight industrialised nations and Sudan’s ally, China, ended on Monday with few concrete steps on how to end the conflict in Darfur.
International experts estimate 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been driven into miserable camps during more than four years of violence in the region bordering Chad.
Washington calls the rape, murder and looting in Darfur genocide, a term Khartoum rejects. Bashir puts the death toll at only 9,000.
(Reuters)
JOHN CHOL
Sudan’s Bashir condemns US over sanctions
It is not a surprise that when the head of the family indulge himself in heavy drinking that his home will fall apart.Children will start fishing for food in neighbours’ house and conflict become the order of the day among family members.
President Bashir is no exception of a drunkard father that have lost control over his family.The Son and daughters of the great Sudan have fled their countyr-sudan for refuge in various parts of the world particularly in the USA.They have become all sorts of abuses as unculutured,dogs,slaves and element of torturing in other countries.When will your people stop exploring the world, Bashir?
Not only this but also the fact that USA and the world contributes huge money every month to help in needy IDPs/refugees in which Sudan host a big number is another factor among others that made USA to continuing with sanction.can we learnt a lesson of economic sanction from this?
Everybody else apart from the US government knows that the sudan government is always good in making agreement but very poor and slow in implementing the agreement.
Dear Mr.president,you have indeed invited international shame to our country administratively.This is because you have no capabilities of administering your internal issues.At the moment the whole world politcs is on Darfur.Why Sudan Darfur and not other Country?The world is so tired of remitting help to Sudan.
Sudan is a mature country that need not to be govern by outsiders but by the natives.You should not neglect and discriminate your own people as they are already matured citizens.They are capable of betraying you to the world if you deny their rghts.
Days have gone when dictatorship was the major mode of governance in Sudan.
Hey,wake up and learn from others on how control internal issues otherwise Sudan has lost its dignity in your government.
John Chol Deng:a Sudanese war victim in Sudan