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(AFP-Pater Martell Photo)] July 15, 2016 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s First Vice President, Riek Machar, said the fighting that erupted between his bodyguards and President Salva Kiir’s forces at the J1 Palace or State House on Monday, 8 July, in the national capital, Juba, was calculated to kill him. Machar in his first public statement to the *BBC Focus* on Africa on Friday after abandoning his base in the outskirts of Juba early this week said he is “around Juba” but would neither disclose his location nor return to the town to meet President Kiir until the security issues were addressed. He was responding to the call by President Kiir to meet him. Machar however said he feared for the lives of his officials and for himself after the incident, adding he was also worried about the safety of his ministers currently inside Juba. “We have a pending meeting, he as president and me as vice president. And also if it were a normal situation, we would meet, but the incident that took place on the 8th [July] in the State House is a very despicable incident, where there was a shootout, and a dog fight, when we were in a meeting,” Machar told the *BBC*. “To me that was a calculated plan to kill me,” he said. Machar’s comments confirmed earlier statements from his spokesperson, James Gatdet Dak, who said shortly after the fighting erupted at the palace that the attack on “Machar’s bodyguards” was intended to “harm” or “arrest” him. The media official said he suspected that the plan was to scare Machar away from the palace compound and then get killed in crossfire if he tried to leave the palace so that the perpetrators would deny knowledge of how he died. However, Machar decided to remain in the palace until he was escorted by a combination of his force and those loyal to President Kiir. But on Sunday, his military base and residential area was attacked and his house bombed, resulting to relocation of the base. The First Vice President who also leads an opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) said he was willing to return back to Juba but after a third force is deployed in the capital to take charge and ensure safety and no return to violent confrontations. He said he could not trust President Kiir’s assurance to protect him and his officials. “That is why the IGAD Council of Ministers decided that there should be an intervention force, third force, that be deployed in Juba and Juba be demilitarized,” he said. The opposition leader also condemned the Friday’s arrest and beating of his party’s secretary general, Dhieu Mathok Diing, who is also minister of Energy and Dams. Machar said he immediately called President Kiir after receiving the news that his minister was beaten at Crown Hotel, adding that President Kiir denied knowledge of what had happened. The transitional government of national unity, Machar said, is “fragmented and split”, adding that there was need to address security issues in Juba and return the situation to normalcy. He said he was waiting for the outcome of a proposed meeting in Juba of the chiefs of defence forces from the region on how to tackle the security of Juba. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence - No inappropriate or offensive language - No racism, tribalism or sectarianism - No inappropriate or derogatory remarks - No deviation from the topic of the article - No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible comments Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article59629#forum> - 16 July 02:18, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g That is exactly what JCE had planned and passed its implementation to Jieng soldiers under Malong. These idiots are standing firm to destroy South Sudan and her citizens of different ethnic background. Look at Malakal, Wau and now Juba non-dinkas are perishing under dinka with resources of the nation. Intellectuals are eliminated for telling the truth. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350578> - 16 July 04:25, by Khent Assuming that the accusation is true..it’s just too bad that the idiots in Juba failed in their task. It amuses me to no end reading Riek speak of "despicable acts" when his life (as well as the lives of his officials) is on the line, but had absolutely no moral qualms with brutally murdering tens of thousands of unarmed civilians on an ethnically contingent basis... repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350585> - 16 July 04:38, by Khent ..He consciously and systematically manipulated and whipped up a tribal militia into a frenzy and unleash them on unarmed civilians on a false prospectus; this truly despicable act resulted in the deaths of almost 30 000 civilians and the collapse of our military campaign in Juba just as we were on the verge of triumph. Riek’s alliance with Khartoum reversed almost a decade of military gains... repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350587> - 16 July 04:47, by Khent ..and put us in a situation in which we were faced with oblivion. As a result of Riek’s truly despicable alliance with Khartoum, the Ignaz took complete control of the oilfileds - a change in fortunes that enabled them to purchase billions of dollars in advanced and absolutely devastating platforms and munitions; this benefitted Khartoum tremendously and intensified the war... repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350588> - 16 July 04:58, by Khent ..and it was the tribal consituents (Dinka & Nuba) that were not part of the pro Khartoum militia network that paid the price in hundreds of thousands of lives. The Nuer lost thousands of lives when the Dinka so very momentarily diverted their efforts from fighting Khartoum and directed it to burning down Nuer Counties in Jonglei in retaliation. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350589> - 16 July 05:07, by Khent ..Riek must be sniffing, snorting or injecting something if he thinks that all that he has done has been forgotten or forgiven. The blood debt must be paid. The price? His worthless life. He deserves death a thousand times over and every breath that he draws is in act of theft and an insult. He’ll die just like the children that his forces roasted alive in front of their parents... repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350590> - 16 July 05:19, by Khent ..and the elderly women whose throats were slit like goats. Salva Kiir should be removed from government for his terrible crimes. And to those that blindly support Riek... you are scratching at old wounds that will create a war potentially far worse than this. We will exercise all demons if Riek ever makes moves for the Presidency. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350591> - 16 July 02:32, by barbayo 8/7/2016 that last for Raik Nachar in palace , you will not sit in palace again , your spoke person James Gedet Dak and David Reeu Magaat made you to out from system you mark my word from now, repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350579> - 16 July 02:41, by barbayo Bring SPLA-IO forces again is not big deal let them come with some one like David Reeu who caused incident in J1 to be among them and James Gadet Dak is now in Kenya repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350580> - 16 July 02:48, by barbayo Dr Machar request government of South Sudan to operate his office in British embassy or UN camp due to fear for his life cos he says some Nuer IO want to kill him repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350583> - 16 July 04:22, by Malakal county Simon Barbayo/slave You’re a such laughing stock bro, but I don’t blame you since it’s part of Dinka culture to fabricated lies...... Anyway, We all know it’s was an assassination plan but thanks God the devil failed its dirty work against God peaceful loving person!!!! repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350584> - 16 July 04:31, by Malakal county Simon Keep trying to kill Dr Machar for no apparent reason but let’s me assured you that the day you killed him, South make sure Sudan will never be a peaceful country and will make sure Dinkas are chase out in this nation for good!!!! repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350586> - 16 July 05:23, by Khent Malakal county Simon "No apparent reason"? The man is a traitor that butchered tens of thousands of civilians in the 90s. Don’t issue these ridiculous threats unless you people are willing to lose a million people and pay a blood debt for the crimes you committed in your alliance with Khartoum. Only one Nuer needs to die - Riek... repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350592> - 16 July 05:32, by Khent I don’t understand how you can claim that Riek’s death would somehow better inspire you people to more effectively perform on the battlefield when you also claim that the Dinka unleashed a war on the entire Nuer tribe... which you so absurdly claim resulted in the deaths of 30 to 100, 000 Nuer civilians in Juba... repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350593> - 16 July 05:38, by Khent ..This must mean that the lives of the 100 000 Nuer people that were apparently murdered is not as significant or as valuable as Riek’s life. That’s perverse and quite bizarre. Question: Considering that you people have dozens of charlatans that claim to be prophets (and you believe them) are you not more versed in the art of deception than the Dinka? repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350594> - 16 July 05:43, by Khent You also claim to be patriots but only returned in 2006 after having served Khartoum for almost two decades. Some of your traitorous sons like Matip established their alliance with Khartoum in the 80s. You don’t know what you’re asking for with these threats, idiot. repondre message <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=59629&id_forum=350595> - 16 July 05:52, by Force 1 If those allegations were true; then why would Riek be alive today to spread all those baseless allegations? Shouldn’t he be dead by now the same way as his bodyguards that were all killed at J1? Who would be the dumbest one to think any of that is true in any way shape or form? 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