Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Iran Directly supplying weapons to Sudan

This isn't a surprise.

Why don't we block the Strait of Hormuz to Iranian shipping? International Herald Tribune

Iran and Russia joined China and nine other states as direct weapons suppliers for Sudan after a U.N. embargo was imposed in 2004, a human rights group said in a report published on Tuesday.

China's position as Khartoum's top arms supplier is well known and has long been criticized by human rights activists and Western governments. Other suspected weapons suppliers, such as Iran, are rarely mentioned.

In a report dismissed by Sudan, the New York- and Washington-based activist group Human Rights First said it used public databases to compile data on weapons transfers to Sudan.

That country was hit with a U.N. arms embargo to keep weapons out of its western Darfur region, where Khartoum has been accused of genocide by the United States and the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

More than that... I mean, I seem to recall even as far back as the early to mid 90's the Mullahcracy of Iran had several thousand troops stationed in Sudan.

As for blockading the Strait of Hormuz; I believe we can do one better. Namely, through massive continued and unrelenting aerial bombardment, attack concentrations of the IRGC and the Basiji (the ideological armies that are the main props of the regime) as well as any and all military installations. This would empower the Iranian people themselves to bring down the regime.