{"id":48189,"date":"2025-05-10T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=48189"},"modified":"2025-05-10T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:45:14","slug":"oil-and-electricity-in-exchange-for-surrender-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/oil-and-electricity-in-exchange-for-surrender-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil and Electricity in Exchange for Surrender!! (2\/2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I see<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adil El-Baz<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

When anti-aircraft guns lit up the skies of Port Sudan last night against enemy drones, the heavens resounded with the cheers of men and the ululations of women. This people is truly astonishing. The more they are scorched by the fire of petty tyrants, the more united and resilient they become. And whenever those tyrants try to break them, they only grow stronger, chanting \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d and rejoicing\u2014because this nation is mightier and greater than the enemy could have imagined!
\n2.<\/p>\n

The brilliant Dr. Amjad Farid wrote an article yesterday that will remain timeless: \u201cSudan, Anthem of the Unyielding and the Unsubmissive.\u201d In it, he wrote:
\n\u201cWe shall walk the paths of love for this land to the very end. Your drones, your rockets, your legions of mercenaries, and your conspiracies will not break us. Your agents will not defeat us. We shall not yield to the logic of brute force, nor cower before your tyranny. Our flag will remain high and proud in our skies. Our freedom is worth any sacrifice. Our love for this land burns brightly in our hearts, and we shall pass it down, generation after generation.\u201d
\n3.<\/p>\n

In the previous part of this article, we saw how the UAE, through its militias, rushed to destroy oil wells and pipelines, followed by oil refineries and finally the strategic oil storage facilities in Port Sudan. They also targeted power stations and transformers. At the end of that article, I asked: Why is the UAE doing all this now?
\nThe simple answer is that the UAE seeks to destroy Sudan completely by targeting its most vital industries. It also aims to hinder the movement of the regular armed forces toward Darfur by cutting off fuel supplies to the 13 military convoys currently heading west. These are all goals within the broader campaign of revenge\u2014what I call the \u201cAl-Daftardar Campaign\u201d\u2014led by the rulers of Abu Dhabi through their \u201cBashi-Bazouk\u201d mercenaries.
\nBut in my view, the true objective is to force the Sudanese people into surrender\u2014to create facts on the ground that will pressure the army to go into negotiations from a position of weakness. There, they hope to impose terms, the least of which would be a return to the status quo before April 15, 2023. That would mean reintegrating the Janjaweed and their allies into the political and military arena\u2014just as outlined in the disgraceful and farcical Manama Agreement.
\nIf they succeed in imposing such terms, they would once again control the country\u2019s economic resources and complete the implementation of the Western-Zionist project in Sudan\u2014a project started by former British Ambassador Irfan Siddiq and poorly continued by the UAE\u2019s puppet, Hamdok.
\nThe ultimate goal of this drone campaign is to enforce surrender. That is their dream. But they are deluded. Why?
\n4.<\/p>\n

Because they failed to force surrender even during the darkest times\u2014when the army was besieged in all its bases, its leadership detained in less than a square kilometer, thousands of homes and the entire capital under occupation, and five states beyond government control. At that time, the army lacked weapons, ammunition, and fighters. Yet the UAE, whether through combat or negotiation, couldn\u2019t force surrender.
\nSo how do they expect to succeed now, when their militias have been expelled from five states and are being pursued across the farthest corners of Kordofan and Darfur, with army convoys now knocking on the very doors of their strongholds?
\n5.<\/p>\n

The UAE also failed to force political surrender, despite buying off most leaders of neighboring countries and African organizations during the era of Moussa Faki\u2014may God curse him. They tried again through IGAD\u2019s corrupt president, Ruto, who called for an immediate ceasefire while the militias were still occupying the capital.
\nDespite spending their dirty money on the worthless remnants of \u201cTaqqadum,\u201d \u201cSamoood,\u201d \u201cTa\u2019sis,\u201d and all that pitiful lot\u2014cheaper than junk in Dagalo\u2019s markets\u2014they still failed.
\n6.<\/p>\n

The UAE and Britain tried once more through the AU\u2019s expanded mechanism, then through pressure in the UN Security Council, then the Geneva Conference, and finally the London Conference, which collapsed in disgrace when Egypt and Saudi Arabia refused to equate the army with the militias\u2014and when the UAE refused to condemn foreign interference clearly referring to itself.
\n7.<\/p>\n

Again: If the UAE failed to force surrender both militarily and politically when the army and people were at their weakest, how can it succeed now\u2014with a victorious and advancing army, and an awakened and united people?
\nTheir project to impose surrender has failed on all fronts. And how can it now succeed just because drones are targeting energy sources, oil depots, and power stations?
\n8.<\/p>\n

What the drone attacks in Port Sudan truly accomplished is stripping the UAE of the mask it wore while waging its war on Sudan. It has exposed itself as it embarks on a new phase of its aggression.
\nThere is value in this: it revealed the ugly face of UAE rulers waging war on a people who never harmed them\u2014indeed, a people who helped build their nation (betrayal is their hallmark).
\nThe UAE\u2019s assault has also shown the true threat to Arab and regional security. It\u2019s they who are destabilizing the Red Sea by widening the circle of conflict and meddling in African countries, dragging them into wars\u2014from Libya to Somalia, Sudan to the Congo.
\n9.<\/p>\n

Many fear the UAE may try to strike Port Sudan\u2019s port with drones. But in my opinion, that would be foolish. The UAE benefits greatly from the Red Sea through its trade ties with East Africa (notably Djibouti and Berbera), as well as oil commerce. It also has military bases along the Red Sea coast: Mayun near Bab el-Mandeb, Berbera in Somaliland, and Barani in Egypt.
\nIt invests in three Red Sea ports (Aden, Djibouti, Berbera), and the sea provides strategic leverage in the Horn of Africa, supporting maritime security and trade routes.
\nAny attempt to bomb the ports would threaten regional security and trade, harming the UAE\u2019s own interests and presence. It would also drag other actors into the war.
\nBut what if the UAE, in its current madness, goes ahead and bombs Port Sudan\u2019s port? Are there alternatives for Sudan\u2014and what are the challenges?
\n10.<\/p>\n

Sudan has many alternatives to obtain fuel through the Red Sea, even without strategic depots. It can rely on the Bashayer Port, and also draw on South Sudanese oil, which currently flows under U.S. protection\u2014the UAE would not dare target the Bashayer terminal near Suakin.
\nSudan can also use Assab Port in Eritrea. Eritrea, in its noble stance, has been quietly aiding Sudan in unimaginable ways. The Sudanese people will one day learn about the friendly hands that helped them.
\nFurthermore, Sudan can use its open borders with Chad and Libya to supply oil to military convoys in Darfur and Kordofan.
\nAs for electricity, even if power stations and transformers are hit, Sudanese won\u2019t surrender. They have lived for centuries without electricity\u2014and will continue to live as long as the sun shines, rivers flow beneath them, and rain pours from the heavens.
\n\u201cAnd if you should count the favor of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.\u201d (Qur\u2019an)
\nAnd He is Dominant over His affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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