AP Reports Darfur Hospital Attack, Skips US Role In Arming Militias
GENEVA (AP) reports a horrifying attack on a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly killed 460 people. This brutal assault marks a new phase in Sudan's two-year war, with RSF fighters besieging el-Fasher. Yet, the AP's tight focus on the 'militia attack' conveniently sidesteps the documented history of foreign actors, including the US, supplying arms to
various factions in the region, often indirectly or through third parties. For decades, the US has provided significant military aid and training across Africa, ostensibly for counter-terrorism, but frequently destabilizing regions and arming groups that later turn into 'militias.' One might wonder when these meticulously detailed reports about horrific conflict also begin detailing the specific
countries, defense contractors, and geopolitical strategies that benefit from the very wars they cover. When does a 'militia' become a US-trained or supplied 'partner force' gone rogue? The answer, it seems, is always after the fact, and never with the same prominent byline.