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Sudan’s jihadi, genocidal president hails Obama’s overtures to the Islamic world

Apr 14, 2009 11:20 am By Raymond Ibrahim

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“Our hands remain held out to those who call for peace and justice”

You know something is amiss when a criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court thinks your president is just a swell guy who can be cajoled…

“Sudan’s Bashir hails Obama’s overture to Islamic world,” by Alastair Sharp for Reuters, April 13:

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s leader welcomed on Monday “positive signs” sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Islamic world, striking a more conciliatory tone toward Washington, seen as an enemy of Khartoum in the past.

“We, our brothers and sisters, are seekers of peace and stability and we do not want our country to live under the shadows of swords and tension,” President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said at the opening of the eighth session of parliament.

Don’t forget — or play taqiyya too much — Bashir: your prophet already declared that “the gates of paradise are under the shadows of swords.” In other words, violence and strife are the name of the game if you want to enter Islamic paradise.

“Our hands remain held out to those who call for peace and justice in accordance with the standards of fairness and dignity,” he added, echoing a phrase used by Obama in his inauguration address.

“We even welcome the positive signs sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Islamic world on more than one occasion.”

Washington has had tense relations with the Islamist government of Bashir, who came to power in Africa’s largest country in a 1989 coup.

The United States imposed economic sanctions on Sudan in 1997 and labeled it a “state sponsor of terrorism.”

Ties were strained further by the conflict in Darfur, which both Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush have called genocide, a description Sudan’s government rejects.

Bashir also used his speech Monday to defend a decision to expel 13 foreign aid agencies from Darfur last month after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes in Sudan’s western region.

He said the decision was made “for the sake of protecting the sovereignty, security and independence of our country.”

Bashir’s comments came after a visit to Sudan this month by Obama’s special envoy to the country, Scott Gration, who met officials from the government, rebel groups and international organizations, promising to “look, learn and listen.”

Gration, who is expected to return to Sudan within months, said he was looking for friendship and cooperation from the Sudanese government but he did sound one note of criticism.

Only “one note of criticism”? Arguably there’s 200,000 notes of criticism — one for each of those killed in Sudan’s genocide.

After visiting a refugee camp in Darfur, he said he was concerned the region was on the brink of a deeper humanitarian crisis following the expulsion of the aid agencies.

Gration’s predecessor Richard Williamson, appointed by Bush, suspended talks on normalizing relations with Sudan last year, saying northern and southern Sudanese leaders were not serious about reconciling after a decades-long civil war.

International experts say at least 200,000 people have been killed and more than 2.7 million driven from their homes in almost six years of ethnic and politically driven fighting in Darfur. Khartoum says 10,000 people have died.

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