{"id":52664,"date":"2025-08-10T19:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=52664"},"modified":"2025-08-10T19:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:14:09","slug":"the-ominous-stray-between-the-fangs-of-dogs-and-the-guns-of-militias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/the-ominous-stray-between-the-fangs-of-dogs-and-the-guns-of-militias\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ominous Stray\u2026 Between the Fangs of Dogs and the Guns of Militias"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

1<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the story?
\nThe story takes place in a village in North Darfur called Um Jerhman. In one of its militia outposts, a man named Khamis Mohamed Ahmed, the commander of that outpost, issued an order: kill every stray and \u201csuspicious\u201d dog in the area\u2014or face a fine of one billion Sudanese pounds, and the dog will still be killed.<\/p>\n

This commander\u2019s post caught my attention for several reasons. First, the phrase \u201cstray and suspicious\u201d dogs suggests animals without owners, roaming the streets aimlessly and frightening residents. That much makes sense. But the order didn\u2019t stop there\u2014it also demanded that people kill their own dogs. What do citizens\u2019 own pets have to do with \u201cstray and suspicious\u201d dogs? There\u2019s a difference between owned dogs, stray dogs, and, as we\u2019ll see, mercenary dogs.<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

The second point:
\nWhat strikes me is that the militia hasn\u2019t yet finished its primary task\u2014killing people of all kinds, colors, and faiths. That work is still ongoing. So why divert resources now to hunt stray dogs? True, they\u2019ve told residents to kill the dogs themselves using their ammunition or spears, but if they don\u2019t, the militia will take care of it.<\/p>\n

But the militia still has a surplus of human targets. After all, they\u2019ve killed over 150,000 people so far, yet millions remain in the country, many trapped in towns and villages under siege. Why rush to deal with stray dogs when they could continue exterminating humans, as they did in Um Sumaymah just days ago?<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Why target the strays?
\nPerhaps because these dogs sometimes attack people in their homes or on the streets\u2014though they can\u2019t loot or steal anything beyond leftover food. So the worst they can do is scare some residents.<\/p>\n

Now tell me, my friend, what has the militia been doing for the past two years? Have they not committed far more horrifying acts than any stray dog could imagine? Which is more deserving of destruction: the militia or the stray dogs of Um Jerhman?<\/p>\n

No pack of dogs could massacre the way the militia did in Geneina, Wad al-Noora, or the Zamzam camp near El Fasher. But a single \u201ctechnical\u201d armed with a DShK can flatten an entire village\u2014and they\u2019ve done it, killing civilians, pets, and strays alike before looting and leaving.<\/p>\n

So, who is truly more \u201cstray\u201d and \u201csuspicious\u201d\u2014the militia or the dogs of Um Jerhman? Which is worse: barking and biting, or slaughtering people under the pretext of \u201cfighting rebels\u201d? And if the fine for a \u201cstray and suspicious\u201d dog is one billion pounds, what\u2019s the penalty for those who have murdered, looted, raped, and pillaged?<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Where did these dogs come from?
\nThe people of Um Jerhman know their own dogs\u2014loyal animals that guard sheep and help in hunting. They are neither stray nor suspicious. So where did these \u201cstray and suspicious\u201d dogs come from?<\/p>\n

Surely, they must be \u201cmercenary dogs,\u201d brought in by international dog dealers\u2014just as Colombian mercenaries were brought to their deaths near El Fasher. The Colombians were no less \u201cstray and suspicious,\u201d but at least people knew who brought them in. No one knows who imported these canine mercenaries to Um Jerhman.<\/p>\n

In fact, such \u201cstray mercenary dogs\u201d didn\u2019t just appear in Um Jerhman\u2014they\u2019ve been around since the start of the war in Khartoum, preying on the state and its citizens. Back then, militias controlling the capital didn\u2019t kill or even shoo them away\u2014instead, they opened the city\u2019s gates and let them feast.<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

And if the strays attacked?
\nIf these \u201csuspicious strays\u201d gathered at Um Jerhman\u2019s outskirts and charged in, the most they could do is bark, bite, or frighten people. Meanwhile, militias for the past two years haven\u2019t just barked and bitten\u2014they\u2019ve killed and annihilated entire ethnic groups, like the Masalit in the west and the people of Wad al-Noora in the center.<\/p>\n

So again, who is truly more dangerous\u2014the militias or the dogs?<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

And what about the political \u201cdogs\u201d?
\nWhy doesn\u2019t the outpost commander also deal with the \u201cstray and suspicious\u201d political parties that bark at their own homeland day and night, tearing at its flesh? Why not ask the militia leader beside him to silence them? The truth is, the militia chief enjoys their barking\u2014it drowns out the cries of victims across the country. That\u2019s why these \u201cstray barking parties\u201d are never fined or punished. In fact, they are rewarded with millions so they can feed off that instead of scavenging scraps from the streets.<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

The bitter irony
\nThe militia orders the killing of Um Jerhman\u2019s \u201cstray suspicious\u201d dogs\u2014while importing thousands of \u201cstray suspicious mercenary dogs\u201d to kill people in Omdurman, El Fasher, and Kordofan.<\/p>\n

If justice truly had a hand here, it would first apprehend those importing \u201cstray suspicious\u201d killers from overseas to slaughter humans and destroy towns\u2014before chasing down harmless village dogs whose only crime is barking and wandering.<\/p>\n

But in wartime, the scales are upside down: barking becomes a crime, and killing is \u201cjustice\u201d applauded by those eager to justify it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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