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8/ In a tweet pre-dating the war, a RSF soldier wrote about a "champion of Juhayna Chad line” (a reference to Rizeigat tribe), adding, “Long live the struggle of the Arab people." He included flags of 🇸🇩, Chad, Niger, Libya. In the comments he said, "We do not recognize borders." 
9/ As I wrote in another thread, this same account promotes a warrior culture and the cultural superiority of “the sons of the desert.” Assertions of cultural superiority of nomadic Arabs over their sedentary Sudanese brethren and non-Arabs are an implicit part of RSF propaganda.
10/ The TikTok account "6ahmed207" features a similar mix of cultural content and military propaganda. The user, a current or former RSF soldier, uses the hashtag “Arabs of Sudan and Chad” on many of his videos (#عرب_السودان_وتشاد). tiktok.com/@6ahmed207
🧵 Pan-Arabism and Chadian-Sudanese unionism within the Rapid Support Forces ranks.
The first four videos that I'll share were uploaded in the past three weeks by a Chadian RSF supporter and possible fighter (tiktok: zdan_27taoit). 1/n
The first four videos that I'll share were uploaded in the past three weeks by a Chadian RSF supporter and possible fighter (tiktok: zdan_27taoit). 1/n
It's a common practice on TikTok for users to share videos of themselves watching and reacting to other videos. Here the RSF supporter watches a speech by Gaddafi espousing pan-Arabism. /2
Gaddafi played a role in the history of Darfur by promoting an organization called the Arab Gathering, which historians have identified as a predecessor of the Janjaweed militias that became the RSF.
Below, a crudely edited montage of RSF slogans, Hemedti's voice, & music. /3
Below, a crudely edited montage of RSF slogans, Hemedti's voice, & music. /3
