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Hague court issues warrant for Sudan's Bashir
Wed Mar 4, 2009 9:43am EST
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
The warrant is the first issued by the Hague-based court against a sitting head of state since it was set up in 2002. The move could spark more turmoil in Sudan and the surrounding region.
The court said it did not find sufficient grounds to include the count of genocide in Bashir's arrest warrant, but indicted Bashir on seven counts for war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder, forcible displacement and other crimes.
"Omar al-Bashir's official capacity as sitting head of state does not exclude his criminal responsibility, nor does it grant him immunity against prosecution before the ICC," court spokeswoman Laurence Blairon told a news conference.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Khartoum to protest against the arrest warrant.
"It is a flawed decision," said Sudanese presidential spokesman Mahjoub Fadul. "We do not recognize it, nor the court that issued it and we do not care about it at all."
Tension also mounted in Darfur, where U.N. officials said hundreds of Sudanese government troops paraded through the regional capital El Fasher in a show of strength.
The court's move could hurt prospects for peace in Sudan and pit Western powers against backers of the Khartoum government.
"The United States believes those who have committed atrocities should be brought to justice," U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said of the ICC decision during a trip by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Jerusalem.
Bashir has dismissed the allegations made by the ICC, the world's first permanent court for prosecuting war crimes, as part of a Western conspiracy.
China, the African Union and the Arab League suggest an indictment could destabilize the region, worsen the Darfur conflict and threaten a troubled peace deal between north Sudan and the semi-autonomous south -- potentially rich in oil.
INCREASING VIOLENCE
U.N. officials say as many as 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region since 2003, while Khartoum says 10,000 have died.
A further 2.7 million people are estimated to have been uprooted by the conflict, which began when mostly non-Arab rebels took up arms against the government.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has accused Bashir of orchestrating a campaign of genocide in Darfur. Continued...
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