"Sudanese rebels face war crimes court" by Associated Press | June 18, 2010
AMSTERDAM — Two men charged with war crimes in the deadly 2007 attack against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur told an international court yesterday that they are revolutionaries and ready to face justice.
Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus appeared at the International Criminal Court a day after they arrived in the Netherlands and voluntarily surrendered to the court in The Hague. Prosecutors say 12 peacekeepers were killed and eight wounded in the attack, which prompted the African Union to suspend its Darfur mission.
If it goes to trial, the case would be the first to test international law that says attacking noncombatant peace forces is a war crime.
So WHEN is ISRAEL going to BROUGHT into the DOCK?
The men were accused of commanding a 1,000-strong rebel force that on Sept. 29, 2007, launched an assault on an African Union base in the troubled region of western Sudan. The attackers looted the camp.
No doubt in my mind they were working for western intelligence.
Related: U.S. Calls Off Sudanese Insurgents
We cut 'em loose, huh?
A court clerk read charges of war crimes for murder, attacking peacekeepers, and plunder.
“I am a revolutionary,’’ Banda said when asked to confirm his identity and profession....
You are also going to be a convict.
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