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O 311335Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4374
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0074
INFO RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY

UNCLAS KHARTOUM 002098 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/SPG AND IO 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PREL KPKO PHUM MOPS UN SU
SUBJECT:  BASHIR REITERATES OPPOSITION TO DARFUR UN PKO 
 
 
¶1.  Summary:  Following the August 26-29 visit of A/S Frazer to 
Khartoum, President al Bashir and other NCP leaders have reiterated 
publicly the policy of rejection of UN peacekeeping forces for 
Darfur.  The NCP organized an August 30 march in Khartoum to 
demonstrate opposition to the UN resolution.  Government run 
television and radio gave prominent coverage to the comments on the 
rejection of UN peacekeepers.  End Summary. 
 
¶2.  Sudan TV, in its 10 p.m. news on August 30, showed footage of 
President Bashir addressing the National Youth Conference. 
Repeating his government's rejection of international intervention, 
he stated, "We are ready to face international forces even if they 
enter Khartoum; we reject the British draft resolution." 
 
¶3.  The same broadcast showed footage of Vice President Ali Osman 
Taha inaugurating educational facilities in North Kordofan.  Taha 
used the opportunity to deliver a speech stressing the importance of 
rebuilding the social fabric of Darfur and the need for unity to 
counter any foreign intervention. 
 
¶4.  Sudan TV news on August 30 also featured footage of the march in 
Khartoum organized by the NCP to dramatize and support the 
Government's rejection of UN peacekeepers for Darfur.  Speaker of 
the National Assembly, Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir, was shown submitting 
a memo to the Deputy Director of the UN office.  Protesters were 
shown carrying banners with slogans including: "No to Foreign 
Intervention", "Security Council or Council of War?", and "We will 
not be humiliated; We will not Obey the Americans." 
 
¶5.  In a radio broadcast on August 29, Omdurman Republic of Sudan 
Radio included clips of President Bashir speaking at the General 
Sudanese Workers Trade Unions Federation.  Bashir termed the 
Anglo-American resolution as a call for a new occupation of Sudan, 
adding the country was being targeted for its stability, security, 
and resources. 
 
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