George Clooney Arrested in Front of Sudanese Embassy

Well, it doesn’t happen every day, but today George Clooney was handcuffed, arrested and put into a police van, along with several other demonstrators, including members of the House of Representatives, in front of the Sudanese embassy in Washington.
Clooney, who has been active in trying to pressure the Sudanese government to allow food and medical supplies to be delivered to the people being persecuted by the Khartoum regime.
He also demanded that the Sudanese allow humanitarian aid workers through to the people who are suffering, before what Clooney described as “the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.”
His presence was meant to emphasize the “war crimes” of the Sudanese government against its own people in the south of the country.
Clooney added that the demonstrators were simply asking that the Khartoum regime stop starving, raping and killing its own citizens - women and children included.
George Clooney was in Sudan earlier this year, going in without government approval, to assess the situation in the south of the country. While there, he contracted malaria.
The area is the site of a civil war, including aerial bombardments, between the Khartoun regime military and the local inhabitants who want to be allowed to join the new nation of South Sudan, which gained its independence last July.
President Obama had a meeting with Clooney earlier this week, during which Clooney asked the President to pressure the Chinese president to use its influence with Sudan to stop the war crimes. China is the only country actively supporting the Khartoum regime, according to Clooney, because it receives petroleum from Khartoum and does not want to jeopardize the Sudanese source.
George Clooney testified before the American Senate this week, outlining the problems confronted by the 250,000 people who are in the middle of the civil war between Khartoum and South Sudan.
Mr. Clooney, often cited as being interested in a future as a politician, seems to be preparing a file to show his interest in the problem areas of the world.
Let’s hope his presence and voice will help the Sudanese who are being so badly mistreated by the Khartoum regime.