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This is apparently the article which caused security forces in Juba to confiscate the Juba Post. BEGIN Athor plans to attack Juba Juba Post Written by MILLE ANDREW OHURE Thursday, 31 March 2011 15:59 Malakal - The Spokesperson of the rebel South Sudan Democratic Movement (SSDM) Maj Gen Dok James Pouk has said that forces loyal to General Athor will launch heavy attack in Juba shortly before South Sudan hoist her national flag. Speaking to The Juba Post on phone from his base, Maj Gen Dok said the defection of Peter Gatdet with over 3000 soldiers including 570 officers from Unity state Division 4 to SSDM is a confirmation that the movement is growing. The rebel was reacting to a statement by the SPLA spokesperson Lt Col Philip Aguer that Gen Gatdet had defected to the rebel outfit alone. Maj Gen Dok added that politicians and men in uniform are defecting from the SPLM/A because the ruling party is not capable of satisfying the aspirations of the people. With the ongoing defections, Maj Gen Dok claimed, the SPLM will be surprised to find that it is an empty shell by July 2011. He claimed that the recent attack on Malakal town by Gen Olony was done through the directive of SSDM and similar attacks will be carried out in other major towns of southern Sudan before the independence of South Sudan. The rebel spokesperson further said that contrary to the claims by the SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum that the rebel movement is getting support from Khartoum, they are in fact receiving support from SPLA senior officers who plan to join the rebel military wing. He explained that SSDM is also getting support from some neighboring countries. The rebel officer wondered why the SPLM always blamed Khartoum government instead of finding a lasting solution to the conflict in southern Sudan. The inclination of SPLM is to indefinitely brand Khartoum as the major enemy of the south while pretending that a brother cannot turn against family members, he said. Maj Gen Dok bragged that southern Sudanese will believe in the movement once SPLM/A is expelled from southern Sudan. He was ‘emphatic’ that SSDM has intends to form a democratic system of government before the independence of the south. He turned a leaf of history and said that the concept of power sharing as articulated by the late Dr John Garang was not to be monopolized by the SPLM or any other party. Maj Gen Dok told the SPLM intellectuals the defection of SPLA forces to SSDM is not heading a call by George Athor but is due to the weaknesses of SPLM leadership. He added that SPLA was the liberator of southern Sudan during the struggle but he amazed that SPLM/A has prioritized on fighting the SSDM before settling the issues of Abyei, Blue Nile and Sothern Kordofan. We could not reach the SPLA spokesperson for comments by the time of going to press. http://jubapost.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1686:athor-plans-to-attack-juba-&catid=36:national-news&Itemid=34 END ______________________ John Ashworth Sudan Advisor Sudan Ecumenical Forum [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +249 919 695 362 (Sudan mobile) +27 82 853 3556 (South Africa mobile) +44 750 304 1790 (UK/international) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, John Ashworth is not the author of the content and the source is always cited. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sudan-john-ashworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
