Court Martial Lawyer - The Court martial of General Omar Al Bashir
Written by Emma Okocha
(Traffic to the Vanguard Kirikiri Canal is jammed….. the sky is lit in crimson colours. The sirens announce the arrival of the Libyan delegation preceded by the parachute dropping of Gaddafi’s female bodyguards.
Wow! there is no sexier spectacle, and very few women can tempt to that level of orgasm. Especially, when these security details parade the place in battle gear camouflages, taunting their dazzled audience with some delicate trigger caresses of the awesome AK-47 rifles, slung across their pointed breasts.
Covered, veiled or open, the Arab green-eyed model, has always mystified from the ages, hypothesising enemy Generals on the Mediterranean, to change alliances and affect the outcomes of wars. Uncovered or veiled, she is the meeting pot that unifies the rugged strength of the mother continent with the incandescent beauty of the Far East.
Finally, the Chairman of the African Union, Col. Muamar Gaddafi alights, and under his custody, is the man on the wanted list of the International Criminal Court over his atrocities in Darfur, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces. The GOC parade is distracted and the Adjutant is called to order).
Col. Adamu Naira Abubakar: Adjutant, maintain disciple and stop gazing at those women! Will you carry on with the case file on the table….the prosecution of the Butcher of Darfur!
Major Olabisi Olakankita: This is an International Court martial involving the defendant, General Al-Bashir. The prosecution understands that you were recently indicted by the International Court at the Hague for committing heinous crimes against the people of Darfur; and you as the Commander- in-Chief instigated the Janjaweed…
General Bashir: I cannot stand trial before you or any other officer below the rank of a four star General.
General One Leg Atamuna: Col, Adjutant, Major 419 Oboh Utueke, you may all fall out. The accused is right. We must follow the military traditions and adhere to due process. This is a high profile trial. The defendant is not only a General commanding, he is a sitting head of government. By our military conventions and codes, he has a right to be tried by his peers. By the letters of my recent promotion, I’m qualified to lead this Court martial As it is also usual with our own traditions in the Vanguard Kirikiri Canal, we have no provisions for Attorneys, and the verdict here is final. No appeals.
Proceed Admiral Resource Control, Kia Kia Omo-regie.
W01 Okon Bassey: The Darfur killer is giving us orders in our headquarters. Army don spoil.
Admiral Kia-Kia Omo-regie: W01, you must fall out with the rest of the officers. This is not the King of the Jews episode. This is an international trial and the verdict of this tribunal would impact on Africa, Sudan relations with its neighbours; Europe, the US, Asia and the world in general. I shall therefore, proceed from where the International Court at the Hague stopped. General, do you have an Opening Statement?
General Bashir: Recently, the International Court at the Hague after a Kangaroo hearing, indicted me and held me responsible for the genocide going on in Darfur. In my absence, and without hearing my own side of the case, I was proclaimed the Butcher of Darfur. With that indictment, the fabric holding the Sudanese society was broken to pieces. That was the worst disclaimer any court could extend to my government and my people after the unprecedented compromises we made to bring the horrendous, and the longest African war in Southern Sudan to an end.
I have therefore suspended very pressing state functions, have ignored the imperialistic courts at the Hague to come to the Vanguard Canal. The GOC Court’s reputation is burning like bush fire and the Sudanese people and government are looking forward to receiving an unbiased verdict. General Bashir is not the Butcher of Darfur. And I have come here with a prominent African to prove my case beyond reasonable doubt.
Col. Gaddafi: I’m the Chairman of the AU. This man is innocent. If you convict him, Sudan the largest African country will be Congo, without Mobutu Sese Seko. African Democracies need very strong leaders.
Admiral KK Omo-regie: We have some US Congressional representatives from the Hill. Congressmen Frank Wolfe (R), Charles Rangel and Donald Payne (D) … while, the Honourable members will testify against the Al-Bashir the US Embassy sends their Highest considerations…
Congressman Wolfe: (Walking across to the table and making eye contact with the General) I was the first Congressman to land Darfur at the outbreak of the massacres. On the advice of the GOC we circumvented Khartoum and arrived Ndjamena, before finding our way into Darfur. (Handing over his documentary exhibits to the Tribunal and still fixing his eyes on the Butcher). The Virginian Congressman thundered; Almost fifteen years ago, the world watched as more than 800,000 Tutsis were murdered in Rwanda. When the killings finally ended, world leaders apologised for failing to intervene and vowed ‘’Never Again.’’ During our trip, we visited five refugee camps; Au Shouk; Tawilah; Krinding; Sisi; and Mornay- all sprawling tent cities jam-packed with thousands of displaced families and fast breeding grounds for diseases. The villages have been burnt down, women raped and there were no men! We watched the barbarous men …the Arab Janjaweed sitting astride camels and horses just a short distance from the camps. The Janjaweed kill men, abduct children and even dump animal carcasses and corpses into wells. Their mandate which has the support of the government is to exterminate the black Muslim African population.
General Atamuna: Congressman where is your evidence?
Congressman Wolfe: (Setting up a giant monitor across the Parade Ground…. The US Congressman showed in his incriminating video, entitled ‘’The Janjaweed in Action’’…) This is the shocking revelation of the century; the raiding of the villages, the shooting from Soviet -made Antonov planes, which is supplied by the Sudanese government. Then the heroic sacrifices of Doctors without Borders and their desert daily battles to save this endangered black humanity from extinction. This is our blood evidence. The Sudan government is the Janjaweed!!
(Everybody, including officers and men surged forward to approach the Court martial, even the perpetrators of this visible genocide were so much engrossed to the monitor and did not notice the GOC’s entry ….and without waiting for his ceremonial beckon he ordered the tribunal to come to attention.)
The GOC: The Presidents of the Theocracies of Libya and Sudan, Congressional Delegates from Capitol Hill, Officers and Men of the Vanguard Canal Combat Regiment;
Before those surging masses invade the Canal, and take justice to the streets, we must make a very quick pronouncement. President Omar Al-Bashir like Mobutu before him is a strong leader of his people. It is to his credit that his tenure brought stability to his oil exporting country. In 1997, he was able to sign a ceasefire accord with the Anya Anya Secessionists, and again to his credit, the longest African civil war was brought to an end. However, the Anya Anya upsurge is a different case before this Tribunal.
General, you were invited to appear before the International Court at The Hague to defend your charge.
General, this Court martial has established a Prima Facie case against you and your government’s involvement to ‘Auschwishen’ the black Muslims of Darfur. We believe the scientific testimony of the US Congressmen and those of the Doctors without Borders.
Genocide, whether in Asaba, Rwanda or Darfur is a crime against humanity. In German, it means to wipe out, in the Zulu language, Genocide is called ‘Mfecane’ meaning the grinding; your Arabic translation of Genocide says it all; ‘Ckateal Jamay’, meaning, to kill off a whole group, which the Amharic Ethiopians call ‘Zr Matfat,’ meaning to exterminate a whole race.
General, you have committed ‘Mfecane,’ and ‘Auschwishened’ on your black, helpless people of Darfur.
Admiral, hand over the General for similar treatment. An eye for an eye, so says the Holy Book
The Court Martial is dismissed.
Michael Waddington is a court martial lawyer – court martial attorney that defends military personnel worldwide as well as deployed civilian contractors subject to the UCMJ. He defends Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and civilian contractor court martial cases. He has successfully defended military personnel as a court martial lawyer Army Navy Marine & Air Force court martials in Germany, England, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Yokota, and throughout the United States. military-defense-lawyer-recentcases.htm.
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