The foreign ministers of Germany, Jordan, and the UK on Saturday jointly called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, describing the humanitarian crisis as “desperate” and “apocalyptic.” This follows the reports of the capture of El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and increasing civilian casualties there.
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zeezee@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Rich coming from the UK/EU that had no issues selling weapons to the UAE (and indirectly the RSF) until oopsies suddenly they’re doing massacres so the gov has to wag their finger and go “bad insurgents you weren’t supposed to murder masses with the weapons of mass murder we sent you”
British-manufactured Militec small-arms target systems and Cummings engines for armoured personnel carriers have literally been recovered from RSF combat zones in Sudan. Not to mention BAE and Leonardo have been doing massive deals with the UAE for years - typhoon jets, helicopters, missiles, the whole deal.
But sure, now they want a ceasefire. After years of arming the UAE knowing full well where those weapons were going. So even if they were to stop right now (spoilers they’re still arming the other big genocidal state two years into a genocide) there’s still so much already shipped there.
And let’s be real I’m sure the defense contractors’ bleeding hearts will see the new genocidal campaign and are gonna stop salivating and say no to the infinite money glitch…
mrdown@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The level of hypocrisy of the west is mindblowing