“Intelligence on the Front Line”

By Rashid Abdel Rahim

In an address to one of the massive crowds that took to the streets yesterday in support of the army, the speaker sent a greeting to the Sudanese intelligence service—placing her finger squarely on an important shift in the Sudanese mindset.

Throughout our history, affiliation with the intelligence services was something shameful, something people denied and considered an insult.

Across our entire political history, the Sudanese left—and its offshoots, now styling themselves as “Sumood”—have consistently called for dismantling all national protection and cohesion institutions: from Nimeiri’s security apparatus to the present day.

While some argue that such institutions merely protect regimes, the war has revealed their true and noble face: protecting the Sudanese people and safeguarding their security.

The main reason behind the current war was the dismantling of these protective structures during the rule of the Forces of Freedom and Change. To this shameful record must be added their support for the rebellion—by enabling the Rapid Support Forces to retain and expand their power for ten years, while the government colluded in bolstering and empowering them until they were able to encircle and dominate all state institutions.

The rebellion expanded freely, its intelligence networks operating unchallenged in neighbourhoods, institutions, and even within the armed forces.

The left’s persistent calls to dismantle the state’s security organs enabled the rebellion to grow and prepare for war while enjoying unrestricted mobility, whereas national institutions were burdened with constraints.

Those same calls opened the door for the rebels to bring in mercenaries and foreign fighters from neighbouring African countries and settle them inside Sudan.

Even more dangerous is that Sudan’s open space allowed several foreign states to operate freely in support of these criminal groups.

Our fortresses remain under threat from within: the rebellion and the oppositional left have planted their cadres inside government institutions, supplying information to the enemy and obstructing every effort aimed at strengthening state institutions. As a result, numerous legal, productive, and civil service projects have stalled.

Sumood and its affiliates are pursuing a dual strategy—supporting the enemy while fragmenting the state—thus representing the greatest threat to the country.

The crowds yesterday carried vast and powerful messages. Foremost among them is that Sudan has freed itself from what the left—and later the rebellion—had long implanted within us.

The most important message from yesterday’s masses is that the Sudanese people have now comprehended all the methods and mechanisms of aggression against them. The malicious attempts to distance citizens from their national institutions have been exposed and have lost their effectiveness.

The Sudanese public now supports anyone who contributes to their security and advancement—be they sports teams, artists and musicians, or national civil institutions of all kinds.

Support is no longer selective or diminished. The bond between the people, the army, the intelligence services, and the police has become firmly established.

Yesterday’s mass mobilisation affirms that national solidarity is the force that will secure victory—over the armed rebellion represented by the Rapid Support Forces, and over its political and media wing represented by Sumood and all its slogans.

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