Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Genocide - Serbia and Sudan

Double Standard for Muslim Butchers? : Dry Bones cartoon.
Double Standard? Obviously.
Here are the two stories now being reported.:

FIRST:
Radovan Karadzic arrives at UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague

"Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has arrived at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

Dr Karadzic landed at Rotterdam airport in the Netherlands shortly after 0600 GMT and was transferred to the court complex where he faces trial on charges of genocide." -more

SECOND:
Sudanese president to visit Turkey next August

July 25, 2008 (ANKARA) — "Sudan’s President, Omer Hassan al-Bashir is expected in Ankara next month to participate in a Turkey-African Union summit, it would be the first time he attends such gathering since this indictment by an international prosecutor.

On July 14, the International Criminal Court Prosecutor requested the pre-trial Chamber to issue an arrest warrant for the Sudanese president on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The judges are expected to make a decision on whether to issue a warrant for Bashir’s arrest in October or November.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced today the participation of al-Bashir in the Turkey-African Union Cooperation Summit scheduled to begin on August 18. He is one of the 20 head of state and government who confirmed the invitation addressed by Ankara.

"According to the information we have, the Sudanese president has confirmed he will be attending". -more

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