Ahmed Mohammed, the Texas teen who was suspended last month for bringing a homemade clock to school that looked suspiciously like a bomb, met with the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir yesterday while touring the country with his family:
#Sudan news agency quotes @IStandWithAhmed as saying that he is "overjoyed" to be meeting w/ prez #Bashir. Sez looks fwd 2 meet him again
— Wasil Ali – واصل علي (@wasilalitaha) October 14, 2015
الرئيس السوداني عمر البشير يلتقي الطالب احمد محمد الحسن الذي وصل الى الخرطوم هذا الاسبوع برفقة اسرته #السودان pic.twitter.com/Vey6La23hk
— Wasil Ali – واصل علي (@wasilalitaha) October 14, 2015
PHOTO (2): meeting btwn @IStandWithAhmed & #Sudan prez #Bashir in #Khartoum today pic.twitter.com/SQchKzVqWt
— Wasil Ali – واصل علي (@wasilalitaha) October 14, 2015
All smiles!
Ahmed’s father allegedly complained to Bashir about his arrest in Texas:
The father of @IStandWithAhmed said #Bashir is well known for prizing distinguished sons of #Sudan. Sez his son has many inventions…cont
— Wasil Ali – واصل علي (@wasilalitaha) October 14, 2015
That he is adamant about attributing to #Sudan expressing dismay at @IStandWithAhmed arrest at @IrvingISD by the police
— Wasil Ali – واصل علي (@wasilalitaha) October 14, 2015
Bashir, of course, is wanted by the ICC on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for his actions in Darfur:
Kid with clock meets Sudan's president Bashir, an ICC war criminal, over a few cold ones. Meeting Obama next? https://t.co/b36wb2DSHq
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) October 15, 2015
Remember George Clooney protesting the genocide in Darfur, Sudan? Clock boy Ahmed just met the dictator/war criminal https://t.co/KD9rEStxEg
— Matthew (@MatthewJBrenner) October 15, 2015
tweeted by Deputy Editor of Sudan Tribune- American teen meets in #Sudan w/ mass killer #Bashir indicted #ICC pic.twitter.com/ALDbtaqzcG
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) October 14, 2015
Ahmed shared more pictures of his visit “home”:
I am coming home, tell the world I am coming home #sudan pic.twitter.com/DEO0acpYtN
— Ahmed Mohamed (@IStandWithAhmed) October 13, 2015
Sudan Airport #FUN #SUDAN #truck https://t.co/OErV4JUZr1
— Ahmed Mohamed (@IStandWithAhmed) October 13, 2015
It Comes Naturally #Sudan, and it takes my breathe Away pic.twitter.com/Lxq1PC1vSK
— Ahmed Mohamed (@IStandWithAhmed) October 14, 2015
Now let’s see if his kissing up to a genocidal dictator does anything to cut into Ahmed’s celebrity here in the U.S.
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