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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday, September 5, 2004 General says 'conspteqy-le- l f her ta blame for AbwGhraib Minister: Sudan does not object to more monitors THE ii rebels wanted them. He was speaking to reporters during a visit to Brazzaville, Republic of ASSOCIATED PRESS SuKHARTOUM, Sudan dan does not object to the deployment of more foreign cease-fir- e monitors and protecDar-fu- r, tion troops in crisis-tor-n Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said Saturday. Ismail's comments followed LLN. calls for Sudan to allow more than 3,000 troops into conDarfur where a flict has killed an estimated 30,000 people and driven more than 1 million from their homes. Khartoum has not yet agreed to the UN. demands. The European Union kept up pressure on Sudan, renewing its threat to push for U.N. sanctions, including a possible oil boycott and cutting financial aid to the impoverished country, if the government does not act to end the fighting in Darfur. televi-- ; Ismail told state-ru- n sion on "increasing the observers and forces to protect , those observers, we do not have any objection to this in ,' principle.'' But the foreign minister stip-- ; ulated that his government would maintain the final say on which countries could provide ; more forces to monitor a rarely adhered to April 8 cease-fir- e deal between Sudanese authorities and two rebel groups, the ' Sudan liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Move--, ment. "This has to be done with the consent and approval of the Sudanese government, which should approve the countries from which those observers come and on individual basis." . . Congo. Pronk and U.N. Security Council ambassadors have said they expect the Security Council to continue discussing his report, which was compiled after visits by U.N. teams to Sudan to Darfur. In the coming , weeks, the Security Council is expected to draft a new resolution to keep up the pressure on the Khartoum government. A July 30 U.N. resolution called on the government to disarm the Janjaweed or face a - l possible diplomatic or economANTONY NJUGUNAReuters ic sanctions. But in his report, Pronk concluded that the time Displaced Sudanese women pray during dairy prayers in a for sanctions "had not yet armakeshift mosque in Abu Shouk camp in Darfur on Friday. rived and that we should give the government a few more a claim which Khartoum weeks." ' He added that Sudan is able to "agree on that with the That angered the United U.N. envoy Jan Pronk, in asStates which said there was African Union, in accordance evidence Sudajt's government with the expected resolution of sessing the situation in Darfur, was backing Arab militias in told the UN. Security Council the U.N. Security Council-Suda- n this week that thousands of Darfur. has been cool on alIn the Netherlands, Dutch lowing Western nations deploy monitors were needed in, forces to Darfur, but has been Darfur. UNi Secretary-Genera- l Foreign Minister Ben Bot, Kofi Annan has backed the call more open to troops and moniwhose country holds the EU for increased troops. tors being sent by the African presidency, said the situation in Union. The AU currently has Nigerian President Olusegun Darfur remains worrying. "We will continue to exert about 80 military observers in Obasanjo, current head of the African Union, reiterated SatDarfur protected by just over pressure on the Sudanese bloc is 300 soldiers. urday that the government to comply ... we The United Nations, which ready to send more protection certainly do not exclude sancdescribes the situation in forces and observers to Darfur tions," he said. Darfur as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, has called on the Sudanese government to do more to disarm Arab militias, known as the Janjaweed, blamed for attacking African villagers in Darfur. The United States accuses Sudanese authorities of backing the militia, th , r if Sudan's government and the Moharoed Osman and Maj. Geoffrey MiQer, r THt ASSOCIATED PRESS deputy commanaer fordeten- tion ooeraaaris in Iraq i '..BAGHDAD, Iraq The "It was conspiracy all akjng Afmy general who once ran Karpinski said "Sanchez and operations in Iraq said a Miller and lAery Fast had fallback plans and people to blaftie if f "conspiracy" among top US. ' : .commanders has left her to i anythingjcame ungated f blame for the abuses of Iraqi Fast, Wojdakowski, Sanchez, inmates at Abu Ghraib prison. as well as Karpinski are criticized in the Schlesinger report Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who commanded the Army's and a subsequent Army investi800th Military Police Brigade, gation led by Maj. Gen. George said she fears more senior Fay. Karpinski has denied Army generals may escape knowing about any mistreatment of prisoners until phopunishment, even though they issued or approved guidelines tographs were made public on the interrogation of Iraqi The Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled prisoners. for Thursday to considKarpinski said in an interview with The Associated er the Fay and Schlesinger rePress that she was unfairly citports and likely raising quesed by a report issued last month tions about which, if any, senior by an independent panel of nonmilitary officials should share blame for what happened at government experts headed by former defense secretary James Abu Ghraib. Fast and Miller declined to Schlesinger. The Schlesinger report blamed comment on the report or Karpinski for leadership failures Karpinski's allegations. that "helped set the conditions at Sanchez, Wojdakowski and the prison which led to the Pappas could not be reached abuses." She failed to ensure, that Karpinski said she was' snared in a Catch-2-2 situation. Iraqi prisoners were protected by the Geneva Conventions and Allowing the tougher methods failed to deal with ineffective of prisoner interrogation to go ahead as recommended by commanders below her. It recommended that she be relieved Miller and approved by of command and given a letter Sanchez landed her in trouble. of reprimand, which would But, she said if she had disreessentially end her career. garded those guidelines, she also would be in trouble. The panel also said discipl"Cant win," she said inary action "may be forthcoming" against Col. Thomas M. Karpinski complained that Pappas, commander of the Schlesinger's investigation gave her an only perfunctory opportuArmy's 205thMilitary Intellian interview of less than gence Brigade, which was asnity an hour to rebut the allegasigned to Abu Ghraib last year. That recommendation may tions and defend her leadership. allow top generals in Iraq to Karpinski also scoffed at the sidestep punishment, Karpinski Schlesinger report's finding said. Those she said might avoid that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and other , sharing responsibility are Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the fortop Pentagon officials can be mer land forces commander in faulted for failed leadership and oversight, even though the iraq; ms deputy, Maj. uen. waiter Wojdakowski; Maj. Gen. report's conclusion finds that Rumsfeld bears no direct Barbara Fast, the former head of military intelligence here; responsibility for the abuses. JimKranc AA3 I ft I wm Arab-dominate- d s. HaMMIM fl 1 I A 1 1 If if J If J I I "f 1 f I I k I fajVIXJl VI Labor Day Sale! Sunday & Monday, September 5th & 6th Only. 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