October 03, 2007

Carter Loses His Cool In Darfur

In a moment uncharacteristic for the notorious nice guy, former President Jimmy Carter lost his temper with a Sudanese security official during a visit to the Darfur region on Tuesday.

On his way to visit a tribal elder in the city of Kabkabiya, Carter was suddenly blocked by a guard, who would only give the name Omar. "You can't go. It's not on the program!" Omar told Carter, who angrily replied: "We're going to anyway!"

AP reports that Carter entered the town to meet with refugees who were "too frightened to attend a scheduled meeting at a nearby compound."

British billionaire Richard Branson and Graca Machel, rights campaigner and wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, were accompanying the former president, and "tried to ease his frustration" while "his Secret Service detail urged him to get into a car and leave."

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