Or so the Sudanese government

Or so the Sudanese government would have us believe:

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Under fire from the United Nations
over continued violence in Darfur, Sudan's government on Tuesday
accused rebels of trying to increase international pressure on
Khartoum. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report to the
Security Council on Monday the Sudan government had made no progress
since last month in stopping attacks on civilians or punishing those
behind atrocities in Darfur. But Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa
Osman Ismail pointed the finger at rebels operating in the troubled
region. "They want to give a message to the international community that
the situation is deteriorating and that the international community
should continue putting pressure on the government of Sudan," Ismail
told reporters in Khartoum.{...}

{my emphasis}
This could mean all sorts of things that have the potential to be
weighty and serious, but I'm ignoring those for the time being because,
damn, is that the biggest line of bullshit you've ever heard, or what?
I shouldn't be surprised: the Sudanese government is about as
delusional as your average Bellevue patient, but it never ceases to
amaze me what the Sudanese Foreign Minister will throw out there to
defend his government. The spin is amazing.
Ismail's no Baghdad Bob, because there's always a hint of International
Community Approved Truth (TM) to whatever he says, yet anyone with a
lick of sense can see the the situation for themselves. Still he gets
up there, time after time, and spews the same stuff. Carville could
learn a thing or two from this guy.

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