Word: bashir
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...supremacist Janjaweed militia, with support from Sudanese troops, against the farmer population of Darfur, who are mostly black Africans. In four years of fighting in this eastern, semi-desert region of Sudan, 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced. Last November, Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir finally agreed to a three-phase U.N. plan to strengthen the overstretched, 7,000-strong African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Darfur. Then, after five months of stalling, the Sudanese President gave the go-ahead in April for the second phase of the peace plan: a "heavy support package," with...
...Bush noted, international attempts to pressure the Sudanese government have long foundered on Bashir's intransigence. "President Bashir's actions over the past few weeks follow a long pattern of promising cooperation while finding new methods for obstruction," the President said. "The result is that the dire security situation on the ground in Darfur has not changed." The question is how sanctions by the U.S. government against a few Sudanese companies with whom America already does no business will persuade Bashir to relent...
They are very different scenarios. [Omar] al-Bashir could be compared to Saddam Hussein as far as the treatment of his own people. But I think that is where a lot of the similarities stop...
...Last April I attended the Save Darfur rally in D.C. and was excited to hear you speak. However, I was troubled by your statement that we shouldn't support a regime change in Sudan. How do envision ending the violence in Sudan without president President Omar al-Bashir losing power? -Carly Pildis in Boston I don't have a road map, but one of the things I think is very important is prayer, awareness and being a part of foundations that promote it. They talk about regime change, but they also talk about oil and s___. They...
Last April I attended the Save Darfur rally in D.C. and was excited to hear you speak. However, I was troubled by your statement that we shouldn't support a regime change in Sudan. How do envision ending the violence in Sudan without president President Omar al-Bashir losing power? -Carly Pildis in BostonI don't have a road map, but one of the things I think is very important is prayer, awareness and being a part of foundations that promote it. They talk about regime change, but they also talk about oil and s---. They say it is regime...