[SUDANTRIBUNE] Musa Hilal, a prominent tribal leader and head of the Revolutionary Awakening Council, narrowly escaped an liquidation attempt on Monday.
A gunman opened fire on Hilal while he was meeting with local dignitaries in the town of Umm Sant, North Darfur. Hilal’s private guards intervened, injuring and arresting the attacker.
Hilal is a controversial figure. In February, he publicly opposed the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. He accused the RSF of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. abuses in Darfur.
According to Hilal’s son, Fathi Musa Hilal, the attacker’s motive remains unclear. "While my father was meeting with local leaders, an armed man approached and opened fire," Fathi told Sudan Tribune.
"He missed his target and was apprehended by the guards. We are still investigating his motives and any potential affiliations."
Fathi did not directly blame any group for the attack but hinted at involvement by forces aligned with the RSF. He also revealed that Hilal met with representatives of the attacker’s tribe, urging them to avoid conflict with the state.
Hilal’s relationship with the former Sudanese regime had been strained. Following that, the RSF arrested him in November 2017. In 2018, he faced charges of undermining the government, inciting war, and tribal conflict.
He was released in March 2021, but authorities have restricted his travel to Darfur, a region largely controlled by the RSF. Hilal defied returned to Darfur in April 2023, calling for an end to the ongoing violence.
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The reason is obvious Musa Hilal, age 63, is leader of the Mahamid element of the so-called Arab Rizaqat Confederation. The Rizaqat are historically the nomadic cattle herders who have fought with African tribals from North Darfur to the northern Bahr al-Ghazal area of South Sudan. If they are eliminated [which is unlikely but hoped for] a new Muslim state will be created in Darfur, one free of Arab influence.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Sudanese army forces launched a multi-pronged offensive to retake control of al-Jazirah state, a military source revealed on Friday.
The source, a senior officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, said troops advanced from al-Khayari towards Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions east of al-Jazirah. Limited operations are also underway on the western and southern fronts, near al-Manaqil and Sennar, respectively.
According to the source, army forces captured Wad Faqisha and Hafira villages on Thursday without encountering RSF resistance. Local sources reported intermittent festivities east of Wad Madani, near the road connecting al-Jazirah and Gedaref, on Friday. These festivities likely involved advanced reconnaissance units from both sides.
On the western al-Manaqil front, where a large army contingent is stationed, the army’s Special Action Forces released a video showcasing a raid targeting an RSF position in a village. Another video showed an army unit conducting a sweep operation in Doha village, west of Sennar. This village, along with others in the area, recently suffered civilian casualties during alleged looting raids by the RSF.
The army’s Air Force also bombed RSF positions in Shabarqa, east of Wad Madani. This forced the RSF to displace residents from their homes, using them as makeshift barracks and cover for vehicles from Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s.
These military movements come as part of a broader operation to regain control of al-Jazirah. Recent visits by army leadership to bordering states included pronouncements of an operation to "liberate" Wad Madani from RSF control.
The RSF seized Wad Madani in December 2023 and then expanded southward towards Sennar. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... they failed to capture the western al-Manaqil and al-Qurashi localities, where army forces remain entrenched.
[RADIOTAMAZUJ.ORG] The decision by Sudanese authorities to detain Former Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok who now heads of the leadership body of the Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces, also known as Tagadum, along with others, has ignited widespread criticism and denunciation.
The Sudanese Attorney General's office issued arrest warrants for Hamdok and other leaders of the civil democratic forces, calling on them to surrender to the nearest cop shoppe.
The Attorney General's decision was based on a complaint filed by the National Committee for War Crimes and Violations by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which lodged a case in a court in Port Sudan under articles related to waging war against the state, incitement, collaboration, and undermining the constitutional system.
Among the prominent figures detained are Yassir Arman, Khalid Omar, Siddiq Alsadiq, Mariam al-Mahdi, and journalist Shauki Abdelazim.
Almoez Hadara, a member of the Freedom and Change Forces' legal body, criticized the move, describing it as malicious. He questioned the nature and composition of the National Committee, and its claim to national status, and questioned who granted it the authority to file complaints and prosecute.
According to Hadara, under the Law of Criminal Procedure, no one has the right to form a committee for prosecution.
"The Attorney General has become a tool just as the National Congress Party used it to eliminate political opponents, using it also against its members who disagreed with it, under the pretext of legalizing violations," he charged. "I believe that the decision to file the complaint came in response to Islamist groups and others on social media, and in response to recent remarks by Yassir al-Atta regarding the prosecution’s actions."
A Sudanese political analyst, Essam-Eldeen Khadir, told Radio Tamazuj that he believes the detention memo issued by the Prosecutor General's office under the Port Sudan government is not surprising. He contends that the move is legally worthless but politically harmful.
"This move came to block the resumption of the Jeddah negotiations scheduled to resume on 28 April, as announced by the American envoy to Sudan," Khadir stated. "The government does not have control; hence, its decisions are confused and inconsistent."
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The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum suspended its operations (to include visa, passport, and other routine consular services) on April 22, 2023. Why Foggy Bottom feels compelled to get involved now in the Sudan is inexplicable.
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^ Failed to see all of the coming with the communist takeover of Rhodesia did they. 35-45 years of geo-political trends escaped the WOKE minded bastids did it ?
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Skidmark: The USA broke off diplomatic relations with the Sudan for decades, and the world did not come to an end. What bribes can it now offer to end the present conflict, one that pits one side supported by Gulf Arabs and the other by Iran?
IRBM range to much of Africa's trouble spots.
Near equatorial space industry launch points.
A gateway to equatorial Africa resources for India.
A long list.
This is a local conflict with global economic impact. Don't limit yourself.
[An Nahar] Swiss International Air Lines said Friday it had turned back a flight in mid-air heading from Zurich to Beirut because the security situation in Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity™, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade... had become "difficult to assess."
The flight, with 138 passengers and five crew on board, did not have permission to land back in Zurich overnight Thursday so was instead diverted to Vienna, SWISS said.
"In view of the latest developments in the Middle East... the situation in Lebanon last night was difficult to assess," a front man told AFP.
"In order to gain time and to be able to properly assess the situation, they decided to take this step out of an abundance of caution."
In Vienna, passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
"We hope for the understanding of the passengers concerned and did our utmost to get them to their destination as quickly as possible," the front man said.
Following a review, SWISS decided to maintain its flight program to Beirut and Tel Aviv, but said it would monitor developments "very closely."
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[DefenseNews] The Danish government has fired the chief of defense after he reportedly failed to disclose several malfunctions aboard the frigate Iver Huitfeldt during its deployment to the Red Sea.
“With the challenges we are facing, a new chief of defense is needed,” Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said during a press briefing on April 3, according to local media.
The minister was referring to the emergence of claims, initially made by the Danish news website Olfi, regarding critical weapon and mission systems issues on the frigate, that appear to have been unreported and ignored for a significant period of time.
The minister added that with the dismissal of the Flemming Lentfer, Maj. Gen. Michael Wiggers Hyldgaard will take over the role for the time being. The officer currently leads the country’s special operations command.
Lund Poulsen said he was unaware of the ship’s defects until these reports were published.
The frigate was initially scheduled for deployment to the Red Sea as part of the U.S.-led Operation Prosperity Guardian until mid-April. However, Denmark’s Defence Ministry announced March 26 that the ship was already sailing back home.
Among the reported faulty equipment was the ship’s active phased array radar, which is manufactured by Thales Nederland.
“Thales has been informed about FMI’s [the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation’s] preliminary investigation of available data from Iver Huitfeldt’s systems from the incident in question during a combat situation in the Red Sea,” the defense company said, according to Danish broadcaster DR. “[It] does not indicate a problem related to the APAR radar.”
Danish defense leaders also have another problem on their hands following an April 4 incident aboard the frigate Niels Juel, a sister ship of the Iver Huitfeldt.
Denmark currently has three Iver Huitfeldt-class and two Absalon-class frigates in service. Each is subject to docking every five years. The area around the Korsør naval base, where the Niels Juel was docked, was closed to air and marine traffic after the ship was unable to deactivate the booster of a Harpoon missile during what the ministry described as a “mandatory test.”
While the warhead was unaffected, officials feared a scenario in which the missile would accidently launch into a target area around 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) above the water level in a southern direction from the frigate’s location.
As of Thursday afternoon, authorities were still investigating the situation.
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The head of Denmark's defense has been dismissed from service for covering up a serious incident with a warship.
The Danish Navy frigate HDMS "Iver Huitfeldt" urgently returns to base from the Red Sea. There are rumors that the Houthis finally got into it. The official version is different, but not much better.
They write that the ship, which took part in the operation to ensure the safety of navigation in the Red Sea, was unable to repel the Houthi UAV attack, because the air defense system generated an error during the attack, and some of the ammunition turned out to be defective.
The ship was urgently recalled for maintenance, but the chief of staff decided to keep silent about the incident, for which he was fired. Here are the “guys in slippers”...
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History recalled: "During the German invasion of Denmark in 1940, the Danish resistance was limited due to the swift and overwhelming nature of the attack. ...
Surrender Diplomatically: Denmark’s government chose not to engage in prolonged military conflict. Instead, they surrendered to the German forces within hours of the invasion. This decision aimed to minimize casualties and protect civilians."
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In 2002 Adm Vernon Clark watched the Danish Navy do a modular deck gun replacement, wanted to copy their versatility, and started the ball rolling that led to the LCS program. Littoral Combat Ship (Aka Little Crappy Ship)
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship
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[GEO.TV] The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has received the forensic report of the powder found in mysterious letters sent to the judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court ...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations... , sources told Geo News.
At least four judges of the SC, eight of the Islamabad High Court and six of the Lahore High Court received letters, creating fear in the judiciary. The latest judge to receive the threatening letter was LHC's Justice Ali Baqar Najafi.
The CTD lodged two FIRs against unknown people and launched an inquiry into the matter.
The sources disclosed that arsenic mixed in white powder was found in the letters. They further revealed that the powder contained 10% arsenic, adding that a higher ratio of the material can be "very poisonous" and harmful to the human body and can affect the nervous system upon inhalation.
So does that mean 10% is dangerous or not?
The Sherlocks have obtained the videos of the CCTV cameras installed near the letterboxes in the sub-divisional post office Satellite Town, Rawalpindi.
The sources shared that the suspects in the videos are being identified with the help of Nadra.
Earlier, the judges of the IHC including the chief justice received the letters containing the white powder which was believed to be anthrax.
Later, CJP Qazi Faez Isa and three other SC judges including Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, and Justice Aminuddin received similar letters.
After this, five LHC judges were sent letters while Justice Baqar Najvi received a similar letter today.
Amid calls to probe the matter mount, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has promised the government would probe the matter of threat letters received by judges with suspicious powder, with a sense of responsibility to uncover the reality.
Addressing the federal cabinet, the prime minister observed that the sensitive matter should not be given a political colour.
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Prob assuming the judges will just sniff the white powder.
[An Nahar] An Israeli strike on the southern border town of Aita al-Shaab killed two people and injured one Friday, the National News Agency said, while another strike on Kfarkela injured one person.
One Israeli soldier and three Lebanese civilians were earlier maimed in overnight cross-border fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army.
The three Lebanese civilians were maimed in an overnight strike on the southern border town of Kfarhamam in the Arqoob region while the Israeli army said Friday that one soldier was maimed in a Hezbollah overnight attack on Metula.
Hezbollah said it attacked soldiers and military vehicles in the Malkia post and another military vehicle in Metula.
Later on Friday, Israeli warplanes raided Kfarkela, Tayr Harfa, Aita al-Shaab, the outskirts of Shebaa and houses in Zalloutieh and Yarin, while Hezbollah targeted the Hadb Yaroun post, a group of soldiers in Manara, and surveillance equipment in the Zar'it barracks.
An Israeli tank also shelled Kfarkela and al-Khiam.
On Thursday Hezbollah carried out five attacks on posts in northern Israel and the occupied Kfarshouba Hills and Shebaa Farms near Kfarhamam.
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire since Paleostinian krazed killer group Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, carried out an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, triggering war in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... The cross-border hostilities have killed at least 349 people in Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...In 2006 unknown persons blew up Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the car he was traveling in, the road he was traveling on, and a few innocent bystanders of no account whatsoever. The person or persons unknow weren't Hezbollah, you can bet on that. Really. Even though there was an international tribunal that said it was them... , mostly Hezbollah fighters, but also at least 68 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
The fighting has displaced tens of thousands of people in southern Lebanon and in northern Israel, where the military says 10 soldiers and eight civilians have been killed.
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[An Nahar] State Security chief Maj. Gen. Tony Saliba has been charged by State Commissioner to Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki in the case of the detainee Dany al-Rashid’s escape from prison, judicial sources said.
The sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper that Saliba has been charged with the misdemeanors of abuse of power and misuse of influence.
Al-Rashid had beat feet from his State Security prison in Beirut on March 27 before heading to Syria where he was eventually re-arrested by Lebanese and Syrian security agents.
According to media reports, al-Rashid was once an adviser to Saliba and the director of ex-minister Salim Jreissati’s office. He was reportedly enjoying a favorable treatment in the State Security prison -- including breaks to see his family and have dinner outside. He only decided to escape upon learning that he would be moved to an Internal Security Forces prison based on a judicial order, the reports say.
Seven other people, including al-Rashid, have been charged in the prison escape case.
Al-Rashid had been enjugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in connection with the attempted murder of the engineer Abdallah Hanna in Zahle.
Following the charges against Saliba, intensive contacts were held between the Shiite Duo and the Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... in order to "contain the fallout from these charges," Nidaa al-Watan reported, noting that Saliba is close to the FPM while Akiki is close to Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri ...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... .
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[Regnum] The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) destroyed two bases of militants who left the al-Tanf zone on Syrian territory. The deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria (CPVS), Major General Yuri Popov, told reporters about this on April 5.
The terrorists took refuge in hard-to-reach areas of the Al-Amur (Homs province) and Al-Bishri (Deir ez-Zor province) mountain ranges.
On April 3, Popov also informed about the destruction of two militant bases in these areas.
As Regnum reported, on March 2, it became known that the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a militant camp near the village of Kubbasin in the Syrian province of Aleppo. It contained at least 25 terrorists involved in shelling of Syrian government forces.
On March 30, Yuri Popov said that reconnaissance and sabotage activity by militants was being recorded in the Idlib de-escalation zone. Thus, on March 29, Syrian troops repulsed attacks by illegal armed groups in the Urum es-Sughra area. Prior to this, at least six terrorists were eliminated near the village of Kafer Nebel in Idlib province.
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...the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity™, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade...
...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations...
Hezbollah
...In 2006 unknown persons blew up Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the car he was traveling in, the road he was traveling on, and a few innocent bystanders of no account whatsoever. The person or persons unknow weren't Hezbollah, you can bet on that. Really. Even though there was an international tribunal that said it was them...
...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
