The Defeated Syndicate!! (1/2)

As I See 

Adel El-Baz

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Who are they, why were they defeated, and how? The defeated can be divided into three categories, all of whom fell due to greed, stupidity, and ignorance! How so? Let’s see.

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The first category is the “Janjaweed,” led by the Dagalo family. Their defeat was massive and fatal because they embodied greed, stupidity, and ignorance. This group accumulated vast amounts of wealth—trillions of Sudanese pounds in banks, ownership of three banks, dozens of companies, numerous gold mines across the country, and billions of dollars in Gulf accounts.

These mobs, in just ten years, amassed wealth greater than that of the entire Al-Barir family, in addition to the wealth of the Awlad Mahjoub family with their massive agricultural projects and factories, as well as the Daoud family with all their assets.

Imagine that the wealth of the Dagalo family in just a decade surpassed that of large families that have been part of the Sudanese economy for over 60 years, building their fortunes over generations! The wealth they accumulated is unmatched, equaling the combined assets of several national businessmen who worked in industry, agriculture, and trade for decades.

The Janjaweed didn’t stop there; they completely destroyed the wealth of these three families—factories, farms, homes—everything! Hard luck, Saud Al-Barir, Wagdi, and Osama. It might take you 50 years to recover from the destruction these savages caused. But you’re still young, and you can rebuild, right? After all, money “doesn’t matter whether it comes or goes”!

On another note, alongside their immense wealth, the Janjaweed were given an unprecedented rise in status. From desert shepherds, they suddenly became vice presidents—just like that, in this lawless land of the two Niles.

But these savages were not content with what fate had granted them. They rejected the blessings of God, who bestows wealth upon whomever He wills. “And We gave them treasures, the keys of which would burden a band of strong men.” Yet, they greedily sought to seize all of Sudan’s wealth and power for themselves.

They thought it would be easy—just a matter of hours before they captured General Burhan and declared their own state of Atawa, believing power was simply lying in the streets, waiting to be picked up.

Their wicked ambitions convinced them that capturing the army headquarters meant taking full control of the government. Clearly, they had never heard of Hashim Al-Atta’s failed coup!

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But let’s assume they had succeeded in capturing the army headquarters and either arresting or even martyring General Burhan. What would they have done about the 22 military divisions spread across the country? Did they truly believe these divisions would surrender and pledge allegiance to the Dagalo family?

The militia knew the entire army was against them and would never submit. No weapons inside the capital would be surrendered, and the divisions outside the capital would rise in open rebellion. No matter how much they schemed, the militia could never deceive or convince any division of the army to support their blatant coup.

But let’s go further and assume they managed to deceive all the divisions and buy off dozens of commanders. Could they really govern a country where the people still chant:
“No militia can rule a state!”
“The army to the barracks, the Janjaweed must be dissolved!”

Would it have been difficult to expose the coup and its civilian cover? The Janjaweed and their puppet civilians are nowhere near as clever as Turabi, who disguised his coup so well that he even fooled Egyptian intelligence!

Sooner or later, the streets would rise against the coup, no matter how much it wrapped itself in false slogans of freedom and democracy.

And so, greed, stupidity, and ignorance led the militia to their current state—cursed, hunted, and displaced. Their fortunes have vanished, their mines have stopped, their power and influence have crumbled, and they are left regretting all their actions.

To be continued…