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[image: email]Email<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=enviar_email_articulo&id_article=50072> [image: print]Print<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=50072> [image: pdf]Save<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=spipdf&spipdf=spipdf_article&id_article=50072&nom_fichier=article_50072> [image: separation] [image: increase] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article50072#> [image: decrease] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article50072#> [image: separation] [image: separation] ------------------------------ February 24, 2014 (JUBA) - The spokesperson for the South Sudan army (SPLA) claimed on Monday that its had forces killed nearly 200 rebels who launched attacks on government positions in Gadiang, about 90km north of the Jonglei state capital, Bor, on Sunday. *South Sudan army spokesperson Phillip Aguer (AP/Getty)* "Forces of [former vice-president] Riek Machar were repulsed, leaving behind them 173 [rebels] killed," Philip Aguer told*Sudan Tribune* by phone, adding that the army lost 10 soldiers while 16 were wounded. However, rebel spokesperson Lul Ruai Koang disputed the army's account of events, claiming figures released by their opponents were exaggerated. "We did not lose that number of servicemen in our side," he said, without providing further details on casualties, adding that government forces had instigated the attack. Earlier claims that rebel forces were in control of Gadiang could not be independently verified by*Sudan Tribune* due to the remoteness of the area. Philip Thon Leek, a lawmaker representing Duk County in the South Sudan assembly, blamed the rebels for "turning their anger on villagers after being defeated by government forces" on Sunday. "They are destroying buildings, schools and [Duk] county headquarters," Leek said in an interview on Monday, adding that two civilians were killed during Sunday's attack. "They torched houses of the local residents. They (rebels) were intentionally trying to reinforce their front in Gadiang, which was dismantled yesterday. And I think when they heard that, they bent their anger on the local people in Duk County," the MP said. According to the lawmaker, at least 43,000 villagers were forced out of their homes in Mareng, Ager and Payuel *payams* (districts) as fighting continued on Monday. (ST) -- 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/CAJb14op%2BzZAkfEiYBCCuP8%2BQB2_mnjJJ%3DxxWJ4PPx1zU-2OLvg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
