"I tell you one fact. Janjaweed don't make decisions, the orders come from the government."
The BBC is treating this as a bombshell. And in a way it is. But on the other hand, the ex-janjaweed fighter - currently seeking asylum in England - tells us nothing we didn't know before. Here's the gist:
A man identified only as "Ali" told the BBC's Newsnight programme that Sudanese ministers gave express orders for the activities of his unit, which included rape and killing children...
"Ali" - who is now seeking asylum in Britain - said the men who had trained them were wearing the uniforms of the Sudanese military, adding that Interior Minister Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hussein was a "regular visitor".
The former fighter said the majority of the victims were civilians, mostly women, and also talked of "many rapes" committed by the Janjaweed.
"Whenever we go into a village and find resistance we kill everyone," he said, but denied that he personally killed or raped civilians.
You can watch the interview report here - though beware of the graphic footage. Key quotes are in a text format here. So could someone please explain why this man (Sudanese President General Omar Al-Bashir, in case you didn't recognize him) is not being charged with genocide and war crimes?
Oh, and look, here is Omar with his buddies Mahmoud and Ali! Talk about an axis of evil.
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