DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE TO BE BOYCOTTED BY THE WORLD’S MOST RACIST NATIONS. http://lataan.blogspot.com/2009/03/durban-review-conference-to-be.html United States Congress (Washington, DC) Uganda: Record Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on Lord's Resistance Army MR. FEINGOLD: Mr. President, I rise today to express my grave concern at the continuing massacres, kidnappings and terror orchestrated by the Lord’s Resistance Army, the LRA, in northeastern Congo and southern Sudan Just over two months ago, the Ugandan, Congolese and South Sudanese militaries launched a joint offensive against the LRA’s primary bases in northeastern Congo. Serious concerns have been raised about the planning and implementation of this operation. Since the military strike began, the LRA has been able to carry out a series of new massacres in Congo and Sudan, leaving over 900 people dead. That is a killing rate that, according to the Genocide Intervention Network, exceeds that in Darfur or even in Somalia. Hundreds of new children have been abducted and new communities have been devastated and displaced. It’s tragically clear that insufficient attention and resources were devoted to ensuring the protection of civilians during the operation. Meanwhile, the LRA’s leader Joseph Kony and his commanders escaped the initial aerial assault and have continued to evade the militaries. Thus far, this operation has resulted in the worst-case scenario: it has failed to stop the LRA, while spurring the rebels to intensify their attacks against civilians.(senator amdits that southern sudan is the problem) The Weekly Observer (Kampala) Sudan: Bashir Indictment is Colonial Conspiracy The main instrument for neo-control in the ICC is selective justice. It decides whom to indict and whom not to indict. Those who fail to succumb to Western neo-colonial control will be targeted for indictment. Those who play the role of "good boys" will be spared. They have the capacity to fan violence in any country and cause bloodshed. Once they get one group to take up arms and fight the government in power, the Western-based humanitarian organisations come in with relief for the war victims. Being at the grassroots in the war zone, the politically oriented humanitarian organisations will accuse which ever side they don't like of involvement in violence and crimes against humanity. At the end of the day, if you don't succumb to Western neo-colonial control, they will get a way of hooking you and stage-managing you as a war criminal. They will then get the ICC to issue a warrant of arrest.http://allafrica.com/stories/200903120727.html Shabait.com (Asmara) Eritrea: High-Level Delegation Delivers President's Message to Sudanese Leader The message that mainly focuses on the accusation by the so-called International Criminal Court against President Omar Hassan Al-Beshir of Sudan reasserted the firm and lasting support of the people and Government of Eritrea. It also contains an invitation for the Sudanese leader to pay an official visit to Eritrea.http://allafrica.com/stories/200903110213.html