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Re: جون ليث (John Leuth) القائم بالأعمال بسفارة السودان بواشنطون و خلافه مع جون قرنق (Re: Kostawi)
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070608/news_1m8b2briefs.html
SAN DIEGO: About 30 people protested yesterday's appearance of Sudan's ambassador to the United States, who has riled human rights watchers with comments that genocide was not happening in Darfur.
“This guy is so far removed from reality it's amazing,” said Aaron Coleman, who stood outside the Shelter Island hotel where John Ukec Leuth Ukec spoke.
Ukec, in yesterday's speech before the San Diego World Affairs Council, defended his recent statements that came after the United States announced it was placing new economic sanctions on Sudan.
The U.S. and international watchdog groups claim the Sudanese government is backing a militia that has caused 400,000 deaths and as many as 2 million people to flee Darfur.
Ukec said his government is working toward a peaceful solution and that sanctions hurt ordinary people. “We know better than people from the outside,” Ukec said.
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