KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A defiant Sudanese president rallied Arab supporters in Darfur Wednesday by saying no war crimes court or the U.N. Security Council can touch even “an eyelash” on him despite an international order for his arrest. Speaking to thousands at a rally near the southern Darfur town of Nyala, Omar al-Bashir denounced the West for allegedly seeking to “create chaos in Sudan” and trying to split Darfur from the rest of the country. His remarks reflected his confidence amid support from the Arab League, whose chief Amr Moussa said this week that the 22-nation group will not act on the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant when al-Bashir flies to an Arab summit in Qatar at the end of the month.
Sudan leader: No war crimes court can touch me
By The Associated Press
March 17, 2009