I'm constantly impressed that we are a civilisation that can look down from space and see this kind of barbarism.
It's a libertarian paradise.
Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands
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Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands
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China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, (EDIT: the UK, indirectly) and Egypt have each also supplied weapons into this conflict [1]. Presumably due to Sudan’s position on the Red Sea. (China and the UAE seem to be alone in supplying the RSF, though.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023%E2%80...
The other complication is the surprising contributions of various African countries. Ethiopia had supported the RSF until 2024, and Kenya hosted an RSF conference in Feb 2025. Haftar in Libya supported RSF before the war, but may have changed positions as his Russian backers turned against the RSF in 2024. The RSF also has some ties to rebels in South Sudan as well as in Chad. Chad in particular gave shelter to the R…
I don’t think there was, or is, a lot of stomach to more serious intervention in Sudan. Libya and Haiti went sideways.
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It's worth noting there are islamists on both side. Anyone who characterizes this as purely religious or ethnic has a bridge to sell. This conflict would have died years ago if it weren't for foreign actors putting their hands up Sudan's ass
The number of violent conflicts initiated by various islamist groups is insane [1]. There is something wrong here that goes beyond funding. It's possible to acknowledge that without being islamophobic. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict...
The heatmap may as well represent a map of recently decolonized areas with unresolved political issues, and just so happens that many of these places have significant Muslim populations.
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> The UAE has crafted itself as a new Switzerland And whenever someone is talking fondly about UAE that's all you need to know about that person
The comment merely said UAE has become strategically influential in finance, transport (cargo shipping (#5 in world), world's busiest international passenger airport), tourism. Nothing about being fond. 5% GDP growth in non-oil. More diversified than Saudi. #2 globally for being "easy to do business in and with". Top-10 in Global Soft Power Index since 2023 [0], rose from #18 in 2020. Dubai has become a global influe…
I never said anything about the OP, just merely adding to his point on what has UAE become
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> The UAE has crafted itself as a new Switzerland And whenever someone is talking fondly about UAE that's all you need to know about that person
Perhaps, but that comment did not speak fondly about UAE. One might say your own comment tells everyone all they need to know about you.
> Perhaps, but that comment did not speak fondly about UAE.
Where did I say I'm referring to OP? I'm merely adding to his point on what UAE is today
Re: Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands
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It's not a conflict, it's a genocide
Yes ofc. The RSF is just the rebranded Janjaweed which were legally classified as having committed genocide. But they never faced any international consequences and here they are committing genocide once again. It's also a major conflict though as the SAF is the major oppositional force fighting against the RSF. SAF was the military that took control after a democratic revolution pushed out the dictator Omar al-Bashi…
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/28/u...
says it was not supplied by US/UK but rather UAE.
UK|US weapons via an intermediary has been an ongoing handwashing pretence for many decades.
eg: Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia
~ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/07/long-read-brit...
discusses some of that history back to the 1970s. It has gone on far longer than that.
Both the US and UK governments are aware of where their weapons are destined for, both pretend to have no knowledge or control.
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RSF are described as anti-islamist on Wikipedia. Is that wrong?