Now, Bashir Goes to Cairo

Sudan's ‘Umar al-Bashir, after his Monday quick trip to Eritrea, has now gone to Cairo, holding talks with Husni Mubarak at Cairo airport. These are obviously not so much diplomatic journeys as symbols of defiance, and if he does go the Doha Summit next week that will be another. It also serves to diminish the power olf the International Criminal Court indictment by demonstrating that neither Arab nor African governments will touch him when he visits.