SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Independent - Bloated bodies in the Nile show Sudan protesters were right to fear the arrival of Saudi and UAE money
Robert Fisk argues that the dozens of waterlogged bodies being dragged from the Nile should focus attention on Emirati and “especially” Saudi support for the Sudanese “pseudo-transitional military government.”
Fisk highlights Saudi motivations for ensuring that the Sudanese revolution fails, citing a Saudi tendency to resolve political problems by “cruel death,” reflected by the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and “slaughter” in Yemen.
Fisk then goes to note Saudi-Emirati support for Abdulfattah Al Sisi’s coup in Egypt as an indicator of the keenness to suppress democracy in the region, as well as Himedti and Al Burhan’s role in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
Fisk concludes by attributing US President Trump administration lack of a “serious policy statement on the massive upheaval in Sudan,” to how Trump’s “perverse view of the world regards the Saudi crown prince as a trusted ally.”