No genocide charge for Bashir, just as I said

The International Criminal Court has just issued an arrest warrant for the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

But the judges decided, by a majority of two to one, that there was insufficient evidence to support a charge of genocide.

That was what I predicted here last September. But I do not claim any particular foresight.

Everyone said at the time that genocide charges were not justified. Everyone, that is, except Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the prosecutor.

Posted at March 4, 2009 01:26 PM