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'''Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir''' (born 1 January 1944) is the current [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Sudan President] of Sudan and the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Congress_%28Sudan%29 National Congress Party]. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier brigadier] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Sudan Sudanese army], led a group of officers in a bloodless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat military coup] that ousted the government of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sudan Prime Minister] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_al-Mahdi Sadiq al-Mahdi]. | '''Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir''' (born 1 January 1944) is the current [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Sudan President] of Sudan and the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Congress_%28Sudan%29 National Congress Party]. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier brigadier] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Sudan Sudanese army], led a group of officers in a bloodless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat military coup] that ousted the government of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sudan Prime Minister] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_al-Mahdi Sadiq al-Mahdi]. | ||
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"> | <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="line-height:1.5em;">He's a nigger. What did you expect.</span></p> | ||
==Villainy== | ==Villainy== | ||
Since February 2003, Bashir’s campaign of ethnic and religious persecution has killed at least 180,000 civilians in Darfur in western Sudan and driven 2 million people from their homes. The good news is that Bashir’s army and the Janjaweed militia that he supports have all but stopped burning down villages in Darfur. The bad news is why they’ve stopped: There are few villages left to burn. The attacks now are aimed at refugee camps. While the media have called these actions “a humanitarian tragedy,” Bashir himself has escaped major condemnation. In 2005, Bashir signed a peace agreement with the largest rebel group in non-Islamic southern Sudan and allowed its leader, John Garang, to become the nation’s vice president. But Garang died in July in a helicopter crash, and Bashir’s troops still occupy the south. | Since February 2003, Bashir’s campaign of ethnic and religious persecution has killed at least 180,000 civilians in Darfur in western Sudan and driven 2 million people from their homes. The good news is that Bashir’s army and the Janjaweed militia that he supports have all but stopped burning down villages in Darfur. The bad news is why they’ve stopped: There are few villages left to burn. The attacks now are aimed at refugee camps. While the media have called these actions “a humanitarian tragedy,” Bashir himself has escaped major condemnation. In 2005, Bashir signed a peace agreement with the largest rebel group in non-Islamic southern Sudan and allowed its leader, John Garang, to become the nation’s vice president. But Garang died in July in a helicopter crash, and Bashir’s troops still occupy the south. |