It says the tanks were sent to South Sudan. Are you sure they went to the Muslim butcher, and not to the Christian/animist freedom fighters in the south?
I don’t doubt that that may be the case. But the article isn’t really clear.
Kenyan government is split between its elected Christian Kikiyu President and its imposed Muslim Prime Minister, Obama’s terrorist cousin, the church burner.
Since I wasn't paying close attention, I can't offer much in the way of details, but what I do remember is this was a transaction that was started under Bush. The Obama administration was not aware of it and only discovered it by accident.
There is more to this story, and I'll be interested to see how it develops.
I've been reading more and you appear to be mostly right. The tanks were for the South, which is not under the control of Omar al-Bashir's Sudanese government. Southern Sudan apparently is only 20% christian, 10% muslim and 80% animal worshipers, for lack of a better term.
According to the leaked cables, the US State Department took the arms transfers seriously when they happened, as they involved a breach of an arms embargo.
The US Ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, threatened Kenya in December 2009 with "sweeping sanctions" if they transferred the 33 tanks and ammunition to Southern Sudan, according to the WikiLeaks cables.
However, this position "confused" the Kenyan government. The US was aware of previous, secret shipments under George W Bush, according to a Kenyan official quoted in the cables, but was strongly opposed to the latest delivery of tanks under President Barack Obama.
The MV Faina was released after five months when a $3.2m ransom was paid. The tanks, which were delivered to Mombasa and would have been transported to Southern Sudan overland were it not for the pirate attack, are reportedly still in the East African nation.
The timing of the revelation is potentially damaging as Southern Sudanese are scheduled to vote on their independence on January 9.