Victory Has Many Faces

Dr Inas Mohamed Ahmed
Everyone agrees that it is the right of every state to defend itself, its interests, its people, and its territory against any aggression or rebellion. This right is not a privilege, a gift, or a reward; it is a fundamental principle of international law, from which stem several other principles, including the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of states and the principle of respect for state sovereignty.
Therefore, anyone who violates a state’s sovereignty and acts outside the law is deemed a “rebel” who has placed themselves beyond the law and legitimacy, and must be deterred in order to preserve the unity, security, and stability of the state and to prevent chaos. International law has accordingly regulated the measures applicable to international armed conflicts and distinguished them from those applicable to non-international armed conflicts.
The international community always seeks to maintain international peace and security in order to protect human lives and curb the spread of chaos. Yet in the case of Sudan, there has been a noticeable coldness in the way the international community and its global and regional organisations have approached the issue, as though what is happening in Sudan would not affect its neighbours or its wider region.
It is mistaken to think that chaos will not spill over into the region as a result of the war in Sudan. As the proverb goes, “He who holds a burning stick must be burned by it.” This is exactly what is likely to happen in a region that is fragile in terms of security and weak in politics, unable to withstand the aftershocks of the war in Sudan.
Peace in Sudan will not be achieved except through the defeat and total eradication of the terrorist militia and its allies, and by bringing perpetrators of war crimes to justice.
The world around us is well aware of the cruelty of war, of the death and destruction it leaves behind, and of the suffering of the Sudanese people as a whole. International and national media alike have not failed to report on the humanitarian violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity, breaches of international law, and disregard for UN Security Council resolutions on lifting the siege of El-Fashir. Yet the world remains silent about a siege that has lasted sixteen months — and still continues.
The United States, the United Nations, and its agencies have a wide range of measures and actions they could take against the terrorist militia and against the “mini-state of evil” — the arm of Zionism in Africa — but instead they procrastinate, hiding behind the “Quartet,” contenting themselves with issuing bland and feeble condemnations. They know full well that to stop the war, the militia must be treated as a racist, extremist terrorist organisation; that there must be an explicit international condemnation of its actions; and that its leaders, financiers, and suppliers of money, mercenaries, and weapons must be held legally accountable for sustaining the war against the Sudanese people.
In the midst of this international negligence towards Sudan and the suffering of our people in El-Fashir, and after nearly six months of halted supplies, the Sudanese Armed Forces have broken the siege of El-Fashir. A successful airdrop of food aid and military equipment was carried out in a wholly Sudanese operation — a major military and intelligence achievement and a great victory. The Sixth Infantry Division and the Joint Force in El-Fashir rejoiced, as did the citizens of the besieged city, celebrating this noble triumph, which proved to the entire world that the Sudanese Armed Forces are capable of breaking the siege at any moment, without needing anyone else — internal or external — leaving the rebel militia in shock, fear, and despair.
The Sixth Division, the Joint Force, and supporting troops in Darfur have shattered the militia’s hardened power base there and drained its energy. The execution of an airdrop operation by the Armed Forces over El-Fashir also means that the army has overcome the jamming technology imposed by the militia, marking a battlefield development and a breakthrough in the isolation that the criminal militia had enforced on the city.
This bold and precise operation by the Sudanese Armed Forces demonstrates that victory has many faces — and that victory is near, God willing.

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