S. Sudan army general warns rebels over attacks
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January 6, 2015 (ARUA) - A senior South Sudan army general was warned
rebels loyal to former vice-president to desist from military attacks
and pursue peaceful ways of ending the ongoing conflict.
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Soldiers from the South Sudanese army (SPLA) jump off the back of a
truck while on patrol in the capital, Juba, following the December
2013 outbreak of violence (Photo: Reuters)
Brig. Gen. Phar Jiek, an army commander in Western Bhar-el-Gazal
state, said the current government is more equipped than it was
before.
"The guns we have purchases this time were never used during the Arab
war,” he said, cautioning the rebels against military options.
Jiek described the ongoing conflict as incomparable to the over two
decade civil war fought between north and south Sudan, in which
estimated two million people were killed and four million displaced.
"We have power to bring fighters from anywhere in the world who can
defend government because we are mandated to protect the
constitutional right of the nation," he told Sudan Tribune by phone.
Meanwhile, the senior army official, downplayed reports that the
rebels had acquired sophisticated weapons to fight government.
“It will not threaten our strength towards fighting anti-government
[forces],” Jiek said, adding, "If the rebels acquired new weapons from
friends, it does not mean we do not have friends who can supply us.”
The conflicts in South Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people
and displaced nearly 1.8 million people into neighboring Uganda,
Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia since it broke out over a year ago.
Peace talks between government and armed opposition group have stalled
over the role of the president and prime minister in the proposed
transitional government.
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7 January 10:16, by wang
Empty threatens….why Freedom Fighters chased you from 37Km away to
Bentui Town yesterday if you have these kinds of weapons….
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7 January 10:39, by Ayuen deng
Brother the issue is not who is chasing who?But what war are
we fighting?if it’s a bout power struggle then why is it not through
voting then killing ourselves.Am worried that Nuer Will finished the
elders will not intervince because Riek chair is equivalent to the
pernicious life of Nuer youth.
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7 January 14:17, by Thokidine
look Ayuen Deng @ what ur bribed Nuer said, "we have the
power to bring any body in the world to protect this country" why
bring anybody when u are claiming to have defeated the I.O?
A war is war, u can never finish any tribe that posses no
guns leave alone tribe with guns, look German have not finished Jews
so will Dinka on Nuer. prepare for the tough time. pray hard for ur
saviorUG not to leave
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7 January 15:29, by jijury
The weapons you bought were never use before look at
this Nuer money lover? Keep this in mind weapons don’t shoot
themselves People shoot them. Your genocidal government’s plan to wipe
Nuer out from South Sudan will never happen no matter how many weapons
u brought. So far you have Rwanda rebels, Darfur Rebels, Blue Nile
Rebels and Ugandan Rebels and the entire SPLA forces but we still
defeat you
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