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Will Khartoum finally drop President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir, charged on 14 July with ten counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity? That is what Khartoum did to Hassan Abdullah el Turabi in 1999-2000 when it faced heavy foreign pressure. Then, Turabi was far more important to the ruling National Congress (NC, aka National Islamic Front) and its ideology and policy than President Omer is today....

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Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir, Hassan Abdullah el Turabi, Tanzanian, Jakaya Kikwete, Bernard Membe, France, United States, Britain, China, Russia, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun, Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel Rahman, Ali, Kusheib, Janjaweed

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