On April 18, 2007, a United Nations report accused Sudan of disguising its military planes and helicopters as UN aircraft and using them to attack villages in Darfur. Further evidence that the tactic of false flags is alive and well.

The confidential report says that military aircraft were painted white - a colour usually reserved for the UN - and used to ferry arms to the janjawid militia, for reconnaissance flights and bombing missions.
The 44-page document, prepared by a panel of experts and circulated to UN Security Council members, accuses the authorities in Khartoum of flagrant breaches of international law and calls for tougher sanctions.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned the Sudanese authorities that American and British officials at the UN Security Council would begin consultations on a new resolution against Sudan if it did not stop its violations in the war-torn province. "What is happening is unacceptable. It is appalling," he said. "The international community will not allow the scandal that is Darfur to continue."
President Bush said that President Omar al-Bashir had one last chance to comply with existing UN demands that he halt the violence in Darfur, disarm the janjaweed militia and facilitate the deployment of UN and African Union peacekeepers. "The time for promises is over, President Bashir must act," he said. "If President Bashir does not meet his obligations, the United States will act."

The concerted diplomatic offensive was prompted in part by the leak of the UN report, which covers the period from August 2006 to March 2007, when it claims both the Sudanese authorities and Darfur rebel groups had ignored ceasefires and UN resolutions.
By far the most serious charges are made against Khartoum, which is alleged to have launched a series of bloody offensives against civilians in Darfur, where 200,000 people have been killed since 2003. The Government is also accused of shipping arms and fighters into the province, which is subject to an international arms ban. It has further failed to enforce a travel ban or freeze the assets of suspected war criminals.

The report's most astonishing revelation was the use by the Sudanese armed forces of white-painted military aircraft in Darfur. On March 7, a photograph was taken of an Antonov AN26 aircraft on the military apron of al-Fasher airport, the Darfuri regional capital. Guarded by soldiers and with bombs piled alongside, the plane was painted white and has the initials "UN" stencilled on its upper left wing. Another Sudanese military aircraft was disguised in the same manner. The report said that white Antonovs were used to bombard Darfur villages on at least three occasions in January 2007.
A similar ploy was employed to conceal the identity of three Mi171 military helicopters which were painted white. The report said that from a distance the aircraft could be mistaken for similar helicopters operated by the UN and peacekeepers.