From the Times Online:Top Sudanese officials will soon face war crimes charges after the international prosecutor declared the “whole state apparatus” responsible for a campaign of rape and pillage in Darfur.
In a strongly worded speech, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in the Hague, told the UN Security Council yesterday he would publicly name the alleged perpetrators when he seeks arrest warrants next month.
“The evidence shows that the commission of such crimes on such a scale, over a period of five years, and throughout Darfur, has required the sustained mobilisation of the entire Sudanese state apparatus,” he said.
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News On Sudan From Other Sources:
Sudanese minister Ahmad Harun accused of war crimes -- Telegraph
All of Darfur 'a crime scene,' UN Security Council is told -- International Herald Tribune
Sudan accused of Darfur cover up -- CNN
Pressure grows for Darfur war crime suspects -- AFP
Sudan bars U.S. firms from Darfur contracts -- MSNBC
My Comment: The court in The Hague is starting to show that it will not be selective in who they will pursue for war crimes. This action is late ..... but thankfully it is now going in the right direction. The wars and ethnic cleansing in Darfur will continue, but the men who propagate this crime now know that there will be a day in which they will be held accountable for their actions.
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