Mia Farrow offers to take place of ailing rebel leader in Darfur

buttmunch · August 7th, 2007, 12:39 PM

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Mia Farrow has a daring plan to win the freedom of an ailing rebel leader from war-ravaged Darfur - she wants to take his place.

The activist actress offered to trade places with Suleiman Jamous, who needs a stomach operation but has been confined to a base in the troubled African desert nation of Sudan for more than a year.

"I am therefore offering ... to exchange my freedom for his," said Farrow in a letter to Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. "[I know] he will apply his energies toward creating the just and lasting peace."

Farrow, 62, is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and has visited Darfur twice.

She was traveling in Africa and couldn't be reached for comment on her unusual proposal.

Jamous, a leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army, was originally airlifted from Darfur to the UN base in nearby Kadugli for medical treatment in June 2006.

But the leader needs a stomach biopsy, which cannot be performed at the camp, and believes he will be seized by government forces as soon as he leaves.

"Before his seizure, Mr. Jamous played a crucial role in seeking reconciliation," Farrow said.

There was no immediate response from the Sudan.

The Khartoum government has warned Jamous would be arrested if he leaves, but insisted it was open to talks on his release.

Farrow lived for years with filmmaker Woody Allen and has 14 biological and adopted children.

She and Allen bitterly split after he started dating her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom he eventually married.
Mia's plea to Sudan: Free rebel & take me

OK, before I get to her lunacy, can I point out that she and Woody Allen never lived together and that they, in fact, famously waved to each other from their respective flats on Central Park West and East?

Now, about her lunacy...it would be interesting to see this offer taken up.

HWBL · August 7th, 2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by buttmunch

OK, before I get to her lunacy, can I point out that she and Woody Allen never lived together and that they, in fact, famously waved to each other from their respective flats on Central Park West and East?

Now, about her lunacy...it would be interesting to see this offer taken up.

^ Thank you! ITA Yes, somebody take up her offer, I'm sure they'll regret it.

pacific breeze · August 7th, 2007, 03:10 PM

Well...does anybody have any BETTER ideas on how to end this mess? Because without political will, nothing else seems to be working.

Lily · August 7th, 2007, 04:05 PM

Great. Now she's going to give Angelina ideas.

Dorahacky · August 7th, 2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Lily

Great. Now she's going to give Angelina ideas.

God, I hope so! Anything to get her off the public radar for a few minutes.

potato_chips · August 7th, 2007, 08:20 PM

She wants to control that place?! WTF, she can't even control little Woody!

darksithbunny · August 7th, 2007, 08:32 PM

I guess her kids can fend for themselves?

sputnik · August 8th, 2007, 05:35 AM

she's a moron. good intentions, maybe, but a flaky moron nonetheless. she reminds me of the girlfriend in woody allen's 'bananas' - the activist chick that in reality has no clue. white, liberal, east coast guilt and a need for attention...

buttmunch · August 8th, 2007, 06:34 AM

^^Oh christ, now I have to go watch Bananas again. I love early Woody Allen.

buttmunch · August 8th, 2007, 10:31 AM

^^^She'd only do it if she could be filmed dancing with the locals. Remember when she went to pick out baby David and 'got into the groove' for the cameras?