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AFP News Briefs ListICC prosecutor seeks warrants in third Darfur probe
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked judges Thursday to issue arrest warrants for rebel commanders blamed for killing African 12 peacekeepers and wounding eight in Sudan's Darfur region in September.
"I will not let such attacks go unpunished," prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said in a statement after presenting evidence in the new case to judges of the ICC in The Hague.
"There are reasonable grounds to believe that these rebel commanders bear criminal responsibility ... for murder, intentionally directing attacks against personnel and objects involved in a peacekeeping mission and pillaging."
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South African soldiers serving with the United Nations in Darfur stand atop their armoured personnel carrier in the north of the troubled region. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges to issue arrest warrants for rebel commanders blamed for killing African 12 peacekeepers and wounding eight in Darfur in September.
© 2007 AFP Stuart Price
