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| July 14, 2008 |
ICC calls for arrest of Al Bashir
Ocampo: "His motive was power, control, but his intent was to commit genocide."Bashir is accused of: 3 counts of genocide; 5 counts of crimes against humanity; and 2 counts of war crimes committed in Darfur.
He is accused of masterminding and implementing a plan to partially wipe out ethnic groups (Fur , Masalit, Zaghawa ) that were producing the rebels that were challenging his rule in Khartoum..
"This was no counterinsurgency", Ocampo says, "The alibi of the president was 'a counter insurgency'. His intent was genocide."
This is the first time a sitting head of state has been accused of genocide.
UN currently has evacuation plans in place, in case aid workers or peacekeepers are again attacked.