"Our hands remain held out to those who call for peace and justice"You know something is amiss when a criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court thinks your president is just a swell guy who can be cajoled...
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's leader welcomed on Monday "positive signs" sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Islamic world, striking a more conciliatory tone toward Washington, seen as an enemy of Khartoum in the past.
"We, our brothers and sisters, are seekers of peace and stability and we do not want our country to live under the shadows of swords and tension," President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said at the opening of the eighth session of parliament.
Don't forget -- or play taqiyya too much -- Bashir: your prophet already declared that "the gates of paradise are under the shadows of swords." In other words, violence and strife are the name of the game if you want to enter Islamic paradise.
"Our hands remain held out to those who call for peace and justice in accordance with the standards of fairness and dignity," he added, echoing a phrase used by Obama in his inauguration address.
"We even welcome the positive signs sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Islamic world on more than one occasion."
Washington has had tense relations with the Islamist government of Bashir, who came to power in Africa's largest country in a 1989 coup.
Our president is a muslim plain and simple.
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