What is the real difference between Basher Al Assad of Syria and Al Bashir of Sudan ??
Why does our regime support Al Bashir in his international crisis where as it does not stand with Basher ??
I feel that our official media is cheering for the international Al Hariri tribunal where as Mubarak goes around the globe to save Al Bashir from the ICC arrest warrant. Al Bashir is more guilty than Basher Al Assad ,in the end the assassination of Al Hariri is a big intelligence operation where as in the case of Al Bashir we are speaking about genocides, Al Assad is not in a deep trouble like Al Bashir
Do not get me wrong ; both Al Bashir and Basher are dictators who deserve to be punished in a public square but I am surprised from how we support Al Bashir when he jeopardized our national security .Yes he jeopardized and is jeopardizing our national security , may be this is from the reasons why the Egyptian regime is standing with Al Bashir , in fact I hope that this is the only reason we stand with Al Bashir !!
I feel that our official media is cheering for the international Al Hariri tribunal where as Mubarak goes around the globe to save Al Bashir from the ICC arrest warrant. Al Bashir is more guilty than Basher Al Assad ,in the end the assassination of Al Hariri is a big intelligence operation where as in the case of Al Bashir we are speaking about genocides, Al Assad is not in a deep trouble like Al Bashir
Do not get me wrong ; both Al Bashir and Basher are dictators who deserve to be punished in a public square but I am surprised from how we support Al Bashir when he jeopardized our national security .Yes he jeopardized and is jeopardizing our national security , may be this is from the reasons why the Egyptian regime is standing with Al Bashir , in fact I hope that this is the only reason we stand with Al Bashir !!
Mubarak did not care much about Al Hariri except when Syria became in the black list of America. I remember how the Mubarak regime treated the 14th March group before receiving them in the presidential palace.
BY the way Omar Soliman is doing a good job in Sudan,our relations with Sudan are improved from several years ago. I hope that our relations with Syria will be improved in the same way.
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Al Bashir's regime definitely commited a lot of crimes in Sudan against all Sudanese people, but after a lot of research, reading, and hearing interesting accounts from several Darfurians I can say that the description of what's happening in Darfur as genocide is a faulty sensationalization of the problem just as the war between the Southern rebels and the government in Khartoum was falsely described as a war between the "muslim north" and the "christian south".
ReplyDeleteThe number of victims in Darfur has fluctuated greatly between 2,000,000 to 300,000 to 200,000 to 100,000 and my question has always been who is counting these numbers and is there even a census of the number of people living in Darfur???
Why isn't anybody saying anything about the crisis of desertification that has dried up lake Chad compleltely and affected the livelihood of the people in Darfur??? could that possibly be a reason for why people started to kill each other in Darfur???
Why isn't anybody making a connection between al Turabi and some of the rebel groups in Darfur who until al Turabi was removed from power were part of this very government they are now accusing of genocide????
Why are some countries so interested in what's happening in Darfur while other countries such as Rwanda and Congo have been suffering from more intense conflicts in which millions have been killed?? In fact why did Darfur gain so much attention in such little time in comparison to how long it took for the civil war in the south to get a fraction of such attention???
In my opinion, which could be wrong, the rebels in Darfur took advantage of the deteriorating living conditions for the people in Darfur which forced many to fight over diminishing resources, the lack of security and control over the region, and the rise of the zaghawa tribe in Chad to the presidency with their dreams of a bigger empire and control in addition to the fact that the rebels wanted more power like what happened with their southern counterparts which was probably encouraged by Al-turabi who is mad at al Bashir and is dying to remain visible to make this look as an "ethnic cleansing"
Finally, although I would love to see al Bashir and his corrupt government go...I don't see the ICC court order at all fair...Sudan is a signatory to the treaty and should not be forced to comply with something they are not a part of. I am also not a fan of the shameful and imposing role many countries particularly US and France have been trying to play in Sudan
I hope my comment is not too long :)
Re: desertification of Lake Chad. There are those out here working on that. There is a non-human source of this problem actively fighting us. Lake Chad isn't just drying up, it is being sucked dry by Typha Australis (cattail, bulrush..). The eradication and control of this weed would help the people in every country in Africa. And every bit of it can be used for fuel. It is readily charred into charcoal, or brewed into ethanol. When grown in clean water and soil, it is also excellent food. It has the habit of cleaning water and soil of pollutants, so not just any can be eaten. This is an enormous resource going to waste and strangling the people of Africa. The charcoal crisis in Chad can be solved by clearing its Typha. Guess what's hiding underneath! Topsoil that must be removed to restore stream beds, and can be used to reclaim desert land. Look into this plant. See how much trouble it causes, and how useful it could be.
ReplyDelete@Dena, your comment is not long but rather informative and opened my eyes on another part of the conflict the water and desertification.
ReplyDeleteFor sure the naming of what is happening in Darfur differs according to the international will. And also for sure it is a sources conflict in the first place,Darfur is full of Oil and Uranium and many people want to control it
Water is just another part of the cocktail tragedy I am afraid
@Steve, thanks for explaining more the desertification of Lake Chad