Speaking at the opening session of the international "Mercy for All Creatures" conference in Khartoum, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir told the international conference that Western plots against Sudan have been ongoing since the land was occupied by the British, and that lust for Darfur's treasures is feeding the current crisis.

Al-Bashir said that the West was shoving its nose into Islam's affairs, punishing those who doubt the Nazi Holocaust while giving legitimacy to insulting the Prophet Muhammad, and calling it freedom of expression.

He added that the unholy alliance between the extreme Christian right and global Judaism was setting the Darfur conflict on fire.

Source: Al-Sahafa, Sudan, November 14, 2007