Sudan says US, UK talk up Darfur to hide Iraq ‘failure’ - Sadly they may have a point

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C07%5C23%5Cstory_23-7-2007_pg4_3

<snip>“Bush and Brown exaggerate what’s happening in Darfur to hide the exactions carried out in Iraq and their two countries’ failure to contain the situation,” Beshir said late Saturday during a rare visit to the war-torn western region. During a speech in Darfur’s main city of Al-Fasher to representatives of the thousands displaced by fighting, Beshir challenged Bush and Brown, two of his strongest critics, to address large crowds of Iraqis in Baghdad as he did to Darfuris. “No American or British official dares announce a visit to Iraq until it’s already over,” he said, and also criticised unnamed humanitarian organisations working in Darfur. afp