Why Khartoum President Omer Al-Bashir is Indicted?
By Steve Paterno March 10, 2009 — The recent arrest warrant issued against Omer al-Bashir by The Hague based International Criminal Court (ICC) was not a surprise to anyone, including the members of Khartoum regime. For the last six years, the regime in Khartoum under the leadership of al-Bashir launched a successful brutal war in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, killing hundreds of thousands, displacing millions, and rapping staggering scores of women. The result of this scorched-earth campaign outraged the international community who in response referred the case to the ICC for investigation for possible crimes. Through its findings, the ICC indicted several members of the regime in Khartoum, sought out the arrest of some Darfur rebel commanders, and filed a case against al-Bashir. By late last year, news began to leak out that the ICC judges at the ICC Pre-trial Chamber 1 had indeed ruled in favor for an arrest warrant against al-Bashir. As the major news outlets started to pick up
