The U.S. government has announced that it is strengthening security for its team in Sudan after an international prosecutor made a move into arresting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his actions set off concerns regarding dangerous repercussions.

On Monday, Washington unexpectedly ceased to offer its support to the attempts of the top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, a tribunal U.S. authorities contest for fear it might act against U.S. troops abroad for political motives. Since the court was founded in July 2002, Washington has been conducting a global campaign in order to sign resistance treaties with other countries.

Furthermore, the White House and the State Department said they were assessing prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s request on Monday concerning Bashir’s detention over suspected genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan’s conflict-torn region of Darfur. However, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that U.S. was undoubtedly standing firmly in support of liability “and we have been a leading voice in that regard.”

According to AFP, when Sean McCormack was asked whether the prosecutor’s actions could generate a strong reaction against UN and African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur, the State Department spokesman replied that it was not a hypothesis to exclude.

Moreover, press secretary Dana Perino said that U.S. President George W. Bush is very worried about growing hostility in Darfur and that the United States is analyzing means in order to improve peacekeeping attempts in the region.