TURKEY: Double standards and faces ...
Darfur genocide ...
The Slaughterer
Happy Islamists ...
Shimon Peres is a liar!
“On July 14, 2008, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, alleged that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir bore individual criminal responsibility for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since 2003 in Darfur. The prosecutor accused al-Bashir of having ‘masterminded and implemented’ a plan to destroy the three main ethnic groups, the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa, with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation. An arrest warrant, supported by NATO, the Genocide Intervention Network and Amnesty International, was issued on March 4, 2009, indicting al-Bashir on five counts of crimes against humanity (murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture and rape) and two counts of war crimes (pillaging and intentionally directing attacks against civilians). The court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him for genocide. However, one of the three judges wrote a dissenting opinion arguing that there were ‘reasonable grounds to believe that al-Bashir had committed the crime of genocide.’
“Although Sudan is not a state party to the Rome Statute establishing the ICC, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1593 in 2005 required Sudan to cooperate with the ICC. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state ever indicted by the ICC.
“Meanwhile, the initial ICC charges against al-Bashir, which included seven counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, were issued in March 2009 but did not include genocide counts. On appeal, the lower court was found by appellate judge Erkki Kourula to have erred in law and was ordered to reexamine the evidence for genocide. On Feb. 10, 2010, the judges at the ICC held that the Pre-Trial Chamber had improperly dismissed the genocide charges against al-Bashir and ordered a ‘reconsideration.’ On July 12, 2010, the Pre-Trial Chamber applied the standard of evidence stated by the appellate court and held that there was sufficient evidence to issue a second arrest warrant for the crime of genocide. A second arrest warrant for President al-Bashir was later issued with three added counts of genocide. The new warrant included the court's conclusion that:
‘There are reasonable grounds to believe that (Omar al-Bashir) acted with specific intent to destroy in part the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups in the troubled Darfur region.’
“The ICC released a further statement saying that al-Bashir's charges now include ‘genocide by killing, genocide by causing serious bodily or mental harm and genocide by deliberately inflicting on each target group conditions of life calculated to bring about the group's physical destruction’ in three separate counts.”
(end of encyclopaedia knowledge)
But throughout that process Mr. al-Bashir must have had something to say. Let’s recall what he had to say in public speeches:
“Whoever has visited Darfur, met officials and discovered their ethnicities and tribes… will know that all of these things are lies.”
“It is not in the Sudanese culture or people of Darfur to rape. It doesn’t exist. We don’t have it.”
“Everything is fabricated and made up.”
“No one has more compassion for their people than we do in Sudan.”
“We have a competent and qualified judicial system.”
“In Darfur the real murderers are those who are aided by Europe and others.”
“The ethnic conflict between Darfur’s Arabs and Africans is the work of Satan!”
(end of al-Bashir quotes)
Now, let’s recall what the Turkish bigwigs had to say:
“Darfur is going through its most stable period.” (Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu).
“Muslims don’t commit genocide… I went to Darfur myself and saw no genocide there.” (Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan).
(end of Turkish bigwigs’ quotes)
Mr. Erdoğan’s esteemed wife, Emine Hanımefendi, was correct to tell a Palestinian newspaper that:
“God, he (Israeli President Shimon Peres) is a liar, someone must stop him… How is it possible that Israelis lie like that… I was crying (at Davos)… I said it was because that man, Peres, is a liar.”
(end of Mrs. Erdoğan’s quote)
I am utterly delighted that Mrs. Erdoğan does not have to cry anymore. No Peres around, no liars…
BURAK BEKDİL
''Hurriyetdailynews''
22-7- 2010
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