S. Sudan rebels accuse gov’t forces of using chemical weapons
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
February 1, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan’s armed opposition group,
(SPLM-IO) on Monday accused forces loyal to the Juba government of
allegedly using chemical weapons on their forces in Lanyi and Mundri
in East county of western equatoria state.
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A soldier from the South Sudanese army stands in front of a vehicle in
South Sudan’s Unity State on 12 January 2014 (AP)
Colonel Nyarji Roman, the deputy spokesperson in the office of the
SPLM-IO chairman told Sudan Tribune there was a heavy fighting between
government forces and opposition forces loyal to Riek Machar in Lanyi
and Mundri areas Sunday.
Nyarji said he had received a report from the ground that government
forces left their base in Lanyi and entered towards the SPLM-IO site
where the fighting took place.
The field commander of the SPLM-lO forces in Mundri East said his
forces managed to counter government forces in self-defense, from
entering the cantonment site and they pursued them up to their camp
before he ordered his forces to withdraw.
“On arriving to their camp in Lanyi the government started bombing
towards our forces with very unique weapon which has led our forces to
go blind and started vomiting seriously”, said the SPLM-IO force
commander.
“About forty of our forces went blind in a second due to the effect of
what we suspected to be a chemical weapon fired on us,” he added. "But
we are able to salvage them very fast by moving them to the site and
give them salt”.
The two warring SPLM factions in August last year signed a final peace
agreement to end the over two-year old conflict in South Sudan.
However, clashes between the two rivals have since then continued in
various parts of the country.
The opposition official accused president Salva Kiir government of
continuing to deploy its forces in all villages in Greater Mundri
contrary to the agreement.
He alleged that government forces were deployed in Tapari, Jambo,
Buagyi, Lanyi, and Lui in Mundri East and Okari, Kotobi, Adango,
Karika and Langowa in Mundri West County.
“The presence of those forces in the said locations were very
destructive to the local population as they were, burning houses,
arresting youths, rapping women and killing civilians” added Nyarji
Roman.
According to him, few weeks ago, in Lanyi – Mundri East, three women
were kidnapped by the (SPLA- Juba) Soldiers; the women kidnapped were
still under the custody as SPLA (Juba) Soldiers in their camp in Lanyi
till now.
“The conditions in which many of our people are now living in Mundri
are a negative of human dignity and a disgrace to the twentieth
century World”, said a mother of two, who preferred anonymity.
She added “But we believed in the facts that our real security and
freedom does not depend on the pressures and negativities of the
government forces in our area, but it depends on the unity of the
people of South Sudan and on our united discretion’’.
The Mundri resident described the situation in the area as very
frightening and requires the special attention from the regional bloc
(IGAD) and the international communities.
The two South Sudan warring factions were supposed to form a
transitional government by January 22, a deadline set by the Joint
Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) however failed to meet the
dead line.
During the 26th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) heads of
states and governments concluded on Sunday, UN Secretary-General Ban
ki Moon commended efforts by the African Union (AU) to bring peace and
stability to South Sudan.
However Ban said it was regrettable for the partners to miss the
deadline to form the transitional government of national Unity.
Ban urged the two warring factions to let the people of South Sudan
enjoy the fruits of independence.
(ST)
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2 February 07:41, by Thondet Manyang
Stop propagating! You don’t know how bitter the war is. No one has
ever and will ever think of using chemical weapons in South Sudan war,
fear is the chemical itself. People are here for peace implementation
and you are still attacking SPLA garrisons. You will feel it they are
living beings like you. Do you think you can butcher them like unarmed
civilians? Sorry! I said early that do bring war...
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2 February 07:50, by Thondet Manyang
Do not bring war near your family but you continue campaigning
for it. Now it has reach do what you can to dislogde the goverment and
replace it. You people are truly stupid. The places you mentioned are
for the government even places you claim to be yours. I hope there is
no separate independent locations within South Sudan. Taste it!! We
would have captured Khartoum if rebels were stronger>Gov.
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2 February 08:30, by Developer
Tell your uncle Kiir, the chemicals weapon chlorine gas
canister he has used on innocent people, times will comes and he will
be accountable for it.
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2 February 09:15, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Developer,
This comprises peace agreement would be cancelled, if Riek
Machar, still violating comprises peace agreement signed by president
Kiir.
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2 February 09:37, by Thondet Manyang
Developer,
I can’t understand your English brother. Can you shade
more lights on what you want to tell the public of which I am part of
them?
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2 February 15:08, by Developer
Cow dung Thondet Manyang,
It seems you are still under primary level that’s why
your reasoning capacity doesn’t make sense at all?You can’t compare
your credential with me that I over looked you still under cow dung
level. You are unfit to be a leader because you reason like cow.
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2 February 11:21, by okucu pa lotinokwan
It’s foolishness to support the two tribes by the
equatorian,the war between Nuer and Dinka were there before i was not
born but now im an old person at the age of 49years,why to join the
foolish people who cannot forgive one another
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2 February 08:30, by Force 1
Causing the government of using chemical weapons isn’t a prove
that the chemical weapons exist and were used against the rebels. To
be a propagandist you must have the brain to produce a reasonable
propaganda.
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2 February 09:03, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Riek Machar, rebels groups admitted today
that those who are fighting along Lanyi and Mundri, county against
the government are his groups.
Which meaning Riek Machar has already violated the permanent ceasefire.
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2 February 09:08, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Government would have to fight with this terror person till to defeat.
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2 February 09:45, by Uncle J
When at war means you can use whatever weapons to defeat enemy,
Kim Jong Un of North Korea ordered his military men to gun shoot down
his own uncle using anti-aircraft missile because his uncle was about
to topple him. Government is sick of western backing the rebels of
Riek Machar through peace compromises now the government has nothing
left to offer but resort to full war
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2 February 10:11, by Eyez
Aunty Jane or J
Don’t you have a heart or are you retarded, how can u condone
the use of chemical weapons on civilians. why not just declare full on
war with the IO or is it that you dirty Jienge have conspired to
cleanse Equatorians like you did with Nuer and others. Don’t hide
behind peace and keep killing women and kids, you people will pay one
day!
X
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2 February 11:08, by Uncle J
Mr Eyezcream,
Equatorians are being fooled by IO to collaborate with
them, who says joint the uprising when you people were like sleeping
dogs all the way back dating from 21 years of war against Arab. Anyway
read this article again and you will see the figures 40 rebels have
gone blind-those are not civilians, do not use civilians for cover up
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2 February 14:20, by Makuen Ci Nhomwan
@Mr. Eyezcream,
Thank you for your comment. those guys from western
Equartoria are fully crazy. why are they fighting again and the war is
over it is time for peace NOT WAR. they are thoughtless. they are
every where in some parts of the South Sudan whereby Dinka is and no
one used to kill them. we will start killing them now. they are good
for nothing. war is over tell them to stop killing.
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2 February 14:26, by Makuen Ci Nhomwan
@ Karlo 1
Those are their women and children let them kill them.
why their women did not not tell them to stop killing innocent
civiliian. you are joking. let them experience bliness. stupids
blinds. who told them to join absentminded arrowboys in the region.
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2 February 13:03, by Force 1
Eyez;
Those who ambushed soldiers in Yambio and Maridi streets
are not women and children. Just because you’re a in a civilians
uniform armed with ak47 and ambushed government wouldn’t make you
civilians, you can be targeted just like a rebel soldier. Didn’t I
tell you that liberation isn’t something easy; it cost lives?
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2 February 12:57, by Kalo
May be they used weapon call American Dog,Kalim alamrici, just
like Chemicals ,SAF used in Sk,BN and Darfur but we knew how to deal
with it,the only solution,let us stop this fighting which has no any
meaning.
Son of Nuba
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