Sudan - Militia Leader Describes Campaign Against Africans as Self-Defense

In Sudan, 'a Big Sheik' Roams Free
Militia Leader Describes Campaign  Against Africans as Self-Defense
Musa Hilal sauntered into the lobby of a downtown hotel. Jittery eyes followed the statuesque, copper-skinned man as he settled into an armchair. He had recently been accused by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and others of leading the marauding militia that has plunged the Darfur region of western Sudan into the world's most desperate humanitarian crisis.
But Hilal has a different story. In a rare interview last week, he said the crisis had been exaggerated and offered to give a tour of the vast region where he had spent most of his life.[more] Pictured above: Musa Hilal

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