No waltz for Bashir; or, warrant out for Sudan superkiller
See Reuters UK, President of Sudan, UPDATE 1-China seeks suspension of case against Bashir,
China urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to suspend the the [sic] International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant pursuing Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir over suspected war crimes in Darfur. …
The warrant is the first issued against a sitting head of state by the Hague-based court, which stopped short of including a count of genocide over a conflict that U.N. officials say has killed as many as 300,000 people since 2003.
It indicted Bashir on seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which include murder, rape and torture. The three-judge panel said it had insufficient grounds for genocide. …
Chinese companies are major investors in Sudan’s oil, and the country has also sent peacekeepers to Darfur. …
“Insufficient grounds”? Hm.
Well, seven counts are better than none… And let’s hope Obama helps end genocide and other superproblems worldwide!!