Aid Workers in Sudan: WATCH YO BACKZ

So rumor has it (and by "rumor" I mean "Reuters" lol) that the International Criminal Court is fixing to issue an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, Mr. Omar al-Bashir himself!! They never issue warrants for sitting heads-of-state, so this is kind of wild.

Why the warrant? Because the UN thinks al-Bashir commited acts of genocide, killing about 300,000 people and displacing a solid 2.5 million. But down in Khartoum, they say it's NOT genocide, just regular old killing -- and besides, it's only been a measley 10,000 deaths! Which is hardly anything, when you look at it from just the right nihilistic viewpoint lol.

And when the Sudanese envoy to the UN got the news of the new ICC warrant, he said, "Lalalala I can't hear you! What are you saying? HAHA I can't hear anything! Lalalala!!"
(I'm paraphrasing lol)

Anyway, it's kind of bad news to be a UN worker or humanitarian aid-type person in Sudan right now. I mean, things are always a little dicey. But especially now, because the warrant might spark violent protests, or even perhaps some violent retaliation orchestrated by the government. Who knows!

Sometimes these ICC warrants stir up trouble. Their number one most wanted guy is Uganda's Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, who has been attacking northern Uganda (and parts of the DR Congo and southern Sudan) for nearly two decades. He has abducted something like 30,000 kids and turned them into child soldiers and sex slaves... and his stated goal is taking over Uganda and ruling the country according to the Ten Commandments. (Some commandments more than others, I suppose.) Well, Kony and the Ugandan government were sitting down for peace talks. But when the ICC issued their warrant, it kind of choked things up. Kony has said he won't reach a peaceful agreement while the warrant is still out on him. The Ugandan government doesn't have much control over the ICC, so they are a little stuck.

So the ICC is kind of a gray area. A little good, a little bad. Just like people. Just like life.

Or did I just blow your mind??