Warrap State Dismisses Reports Of Heavy Rebel Attack The Deputy Governor of Warrap state Hon. Akech Tong Aleu on Friday dismissed media report of heavy rebel attack on the state. 22 February 2014
By James Deng Dimo *KUACJOK, 21 Feb 2014 [Gurtong] - *Media report emerged that Warrap state was under heavy rebel attack and his state was asking for the national government intervention. "What happened in Warrap state on Tuesday was armed men suspected to be Nuer from Unity state attacked the cattle camp in Akob Payam of Tonj north county but our forces at their border managed to rescue all looted cattle and they repelled the attackers without any big condition," Aleu said. "Our forces have killed 70 of the attackers and captured 75 new AK47 rifles and on our side, we lost 7 people and 5 were wounded. It was not a heavy fighting as put by the Sudantribune with some pictures of burning villages saying Warrap was under heavy attack and that we are asking the national government intervention. "This not true the media should not take its own interest by saying what it has not seen and the on ground people did not say," the deputy governor warned. According to him, their forces were always on the alert to respond to any attack on its community at the border, saying the attack did not warrant calling for juba government's intervention. The deputy governor lashed out at the international community for not understanding what happened in South Sudan. He said the international community does not believe there was a coup attempt but rather believes it is a tribal conflict. "There was no any tribal war that had been alarming in the country before Dr. Riek and his group planned for this failed coup. Warrap state hosts over 13,000 internally displaced persons mainly the Nuer and Dinka of Pareing of Unity state, if this was a tribal conflict, why should Warrap be protecting these Nuer people?" "This is not a tribal conflict between Nuer and Dinka. It is a failed coup attempt and later spread into civil war which meant the Nuer people who fled Unity state over the rebel fights with the national government are save in Warrap state." The deputy governor said there is no point of referring this army struggle under Dr. Riek Machar to a tribal conflict. He said the people of Warrap state are committed to protecting lives of innocent IDPs who fled the rebels in Unity state," Aleu said. The Warrap state government has sent out an assessment team to Twic County to assess the humanitarian situation there so that partners and the state government can start to send in aid assistance to the IDPs. Meanwhile the deputy governor mentioned that the state mobilization committee on security has mobilized 6,000 young men to join the national army from Warrap state. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> , Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opE_xFZRM9Ci7fZXT_GCt0nJbhwwX-2c7hNhxjTQp02TA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
