George Clooney spies on a dictator in real life
Or when reality catches up with fiction. We know the American actor is very involved in humanitarian actions, especially in Darfur and Haiti. A dedication so certain that all means are good to achieve its ends. This is indeed what George Clooney reveals in an interview with the "Guardian", then relayed by the French version of "Vanity Fair". We also learn that the actor is using his Nespresso advertising cachets to spy on Sudanese dictator Omar El-Bechir.
He claims to have financed a satellite over the northern and southern borders of Sudan to monitor the Sudanese leader indicted in 2009 and 2010 by the International Criminal Court (ICC) with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. for acts committed during the civil war in Darfur, which claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.
THE WRATH OF THE DICTATOR
Since his indictments, the Sudanese president has been under an international arrest warrant and does not seem to like the actor's actions. Anger that amuses George Clooney. “I want this war criminal to be as exposed as I am. I think it's fair, ”the actor explained. And to continue: "Omar El-Béchir published a press release explaining that I am spying on him and that he would like to see a camera follow me everywhere and well I want to answer him: 'welcome to my life Mr. war criminal'" .
