South Sudan claims capture of rebel stronghold town
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August 6, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudanese government forces Sunday have
reportedly captured the rebel stronghold town of Pagak on the
Ethiopian border, after armed opposition forces (SPLA-IO) loyal for
former Vice-President Riek Machar allegedly fled the area.
Different sources told Sudan Tribune that the government troops have
retaken the Pagak which is located near the border with Ethiopian.
"The Governor of Maiwut State Bol Ruach Rom will issue a statement
Monday" as the army is clearing the area from any rebel presence, said
a well-informed official who refused to be identified because he is
not authorised to speak to the press.
Also, the spokesperson of the SPLA-IO led by the First Vice-President
Taban Deng Gai accused the Machar-led rebels of setting fires in Pagak
before withdrawing its combatants from the area.
"Brigadier Gen. Kuok Dang (of SPLA-IO Machar received an order from)
Gen. Dhiling Keak to destroy ammunition stores, causing havoc
situation in the area while evacuating the town,". said Col. Dickson
Gatluak Jock.
The rebel group, he added, is "responsible for the damage that appears
to have been done after they deserted the border town of Pagak without
any confrontation".
"About 3 stores full of artilleries shells are now intentionally set
on fire and the rebels under Riek Machar are solely responsible for
any loss of life and collateral damage caused by mortar shells," he
stressed.
The SPLA-IO spokesperson William Gatjiath Deng was not reachable for
comment on the claims. However, another rebel source said the "forces
of government are at 3-4 kilometres away from Pagak town".
Last month, the head of United Nations Mission in South Sudan
(UNMISS), David Shearer said there was "heavy fighting" and an
"extremely worrying" situation around the town of Pagak, in the Upper
Nile region, forcing civilians and aid workers to flee.
At least 25 aid workers, said Shearer, were forced to relocate from
Pagak and its surrounding areas due to increased insecurity.
(ST)
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6 August 23:29, by Mr President 2037
Chelsea lost arsenal, SPLA-IO lost to SSPDF, Kiir called to Pagak
for first time. Mr. President 2037 is celebrating with folks!
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6 August 23:32, by lino
That is funny Mr.Prsionman 2037! Do you want a company?!!!
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7 August 08:33, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Nothing bring peace in the Republic of South Sudan in the
capturing of Pagak.
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6 August 23:29, by lino
Is the war ended in South Sudan now?! I hope no civilian will die
getting shot by a bullet or hunger after today!!!
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7 August 01:34, by South South
lion,
Talk about Pagak and talk about people who set fired on their
on weapons, that’s is the story we have here.
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7 August 01:58, by Newsudan
now is it SSDPF or SPLA, Kiir Mayardit should clearly come
out,are we Ugandans or South Sudanese. confusing soldiers battle cry,
of SPLA oyee!
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7 August 05:24, by lino
Haha, Ya Southerner. You crowned me the King of Jungle/
Lion!!! Welcome to Pagak. I heard IO forces are going to Warrap!!!
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7 August 09:32, by South South
Yeah linoism!!!! You are running out of good ideas,
try to recapture first, Malakal, Bentu, Bor, Kadok, Maiwut, Pagak, and
all Upper Nile then move to Warrap. You look like a very small child.
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7 August 02:31, by john locke
Funny thing is we have heard this before from kiirs soldiers. I
doubt that captured pagak.. wait to hear the news.. haha
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7 August 03:40, by Nairobimitot
Those Rebels are so dumped and stupid. Pagak is your land, Why are
you burning ammunition which can kill the civil population. Wishfully,
the government is going to take over, and the civilians will be called
to live their normal life. It has been a long time coming to bring
peace and stability to Pagak and Maiwut. The capture of Pagak by SSPDF
is a relieved to South Sudanese at a whole because now the economy of
the country is going to get better including fuel subsidies.
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7 August 06:55, by dinkdong
You have proved yourself "stupider." How would you do it if
you were to leave and you got no mean of carrying your ammunitions,
leave them in good condition so that your enemy will turn them on you?
Think about it bubble head.
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7 August 03:57, by john locke
You are stupider than you seem. Do you really think the people
trust the government of kiir? Look how long weve been at war.. nothing
but hinger and death.. kiir will never capture our strong hold. Just
wait and see what happens. This country wont see peace until kiir is
dead
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7 August 04:28, by Nairobimitot
John Locke
The capture of Pagak by the government soldiers is terrible
news for you. If you do not like the government, at the end of this
war, you are going to fight among yourselves because the guns that are
taken to the border areas by your IO Youth are going to be used to
cattle raiding by your rebels leaders. And that will cause a headache
for you. You are now will have many problems which will happen in the
future, and these problems are going to bring a lot of pain to you.
You better join the government now before it is too late.
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7 August 10:01, by Free at Last Viva!
Nairobimitot,
Tell us, is it the government soldiers or SPLA-Taban that
you claim are capturing Pagak? Be clear people: is it Kiir or Taban
that is fighting the SPLA-IO in Pagak?
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7 August 04:46, by john akeen
Good news SSPDF, thank you for recycling those trash out of
Pagak and I just want to say that you’re a true people’s national army
of the country, but still not over yet, the next thing is to recycle
all of those trash out from every corner because they sting so bad,
our people are dying everyday because of their nasty small, please
SSPDF clean every corner so that way your people wound sick again
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7 August 04:33, by Akeen Mangarthon
Congratulations to government forces. We believe you will soon
check and clear the eastern equatoria forests and central equatoria.
Greater Upper Nile has been cleared from rebels. The priority should
be areas near Nimule-Juba road to stop sporadic attack by rebels
against commercial vehicles on the roads.
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7 August 04:52, by john locke
The same people celebrating this fake news were the same ones who
celebrated when it was first falsely announced that pagak was under
siege.. kiirs government is great at lying. You should know this by
now.. what will you do if it is another lie?
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7 August 05:06, by Akeen Mangarthon
John Locke
Please delete your name on this post to avoid plagiarism. It
is simply indicating high level of your criminality to use the name of
famous philosopher of the law of nature.
Secondly, we are not guessing here. You must withdraw from
commenting on ST tactically as your group always says when they are
defeated.
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7 August 05:13, by john locke
We where never defeated and we never withdrew.. kiirs army did not
take pagak.. explain why you guys lied the other 2-3 times about
taking pagak?.. why now would anyone believe you.. continue to falsely
claim the fall of pagak for moral.. haha
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7 August 05:57, by Kuch
Everybody knows that there has never been serious armed
rebellion for sometime now but some misguided miscreants with no
vision at all. Anyway thank to our troops & the Nuer elders who now
realize that this aimless is a lose-lose to everyone. National
Dialogue & quest for peace will be the only surest win-win for
everyone. There is no another way out of this>>>
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7 August 06:08, by Kuch
But another vexing agenda that will create yet another
mess is being surreptitiously builded up by a New Zealander criminal
criminal called David Shearer of UNIMISS. The criminal is flooding our
country with his UN so-called troops & mercenaries invading our
country on disguise of his damn so-called *protection of civilians*
and our fools in Juba will wake up again like spooked birds after the
damn UN create yet another mess in our country>>>
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7 August 06:19, by Kuch
One really wonders aloud as to why the UN is so much
interested in deployment of its mercenaries into our country when the
armed rebellion has since been suppressed? The answer is: The UN is
the one that wants to fight the government of South Sudan & the South
Sudanese people to effect their ’regime change’ business in our
country since their regime change business through their Riek Machar
puppet/stooge has been frustrated>>>
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7 August 06:30, by Kuch
Fellows, this David Shearer criminal is being used
by some evils in the US, the UK & some of their other criminals in
between in our as their *21s century colonial governor Gordon*
disguised on their *damn UN outfit* but this David Shearer fool will
killed & send back to New Zealand in a coffin to show his evils in the
US, the UK & their UN the absolute contempt we have towards the white
Americans, English people, the cloned so-called Arabs & any evil on
earth that thinks he/she can stand over necks>>>
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7 August 06:42, by Kuch
We keep informing our fools in Juba that what
the evil corporate America, the UK, their UN, their sleazy NGOs & some
of their criminals are desperately shopping for in our country &
against our people is not going to end very well. The evil corporate
America, the UK, their UN, their NGOs & some of their evils in between
love affair with our country & people has gone too far. And it must be
stop>>>
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7 August 07:13, by Kuch
Some of our fools in Juba are always
reminded time & time again the evil corporate America, the UK, France
& some criminals in New York always their damn so-called peacekeeping
business scams as their Neocolonialist occupation forces of third
world countries with resources & plunder their resources for their own
industries over other countries & people. And these evils do still
have their foolish admirers in our country>>>
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7 August 06:08, by john akeen
Why are you people responding to this loser name John Locke,
don’t you know that that guy is stupid, specially you read his
comments you should know atomically that he is dumb and loser at same
time, so please don’t waste your time on stupid people
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7 August 06:38, by Akeen Mangarthon
John Akeen
I concur with you. One cannot waste time to respond to
John Locked-minded.
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7 August 06:07, by john locke
Kuch, stop. For one no nuer elder except those bribed by kior or
taban would agree with kiirs agenda. Two the io as a movement has been
defeating kiirs military for sometime now. Last but not least the
dialogue is a fake agenda, just like kiirs fake cease fire. Kiir is a
horriable liar surrounded by even worse liars. Just like theyve
claimed the fall of pagak before. This administration is full of
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7 August 06:30, by Nairobimitot
John Locke, if I were you, I would stop commenting. What
dialogue are you talking about? The Dialogue has been achieved by the
capturing of Pagak in case you do not know that. If the government
deliver services shortly to Pagak, who is going to stay in the
refugees Camp in very dangerous conditions. Are you the rebels going
to stop the refugees from coming back to Pagak to their homes? That
will not work well with you because they will fight you? Listen
carefully, from now on start from today; you officially become a
cattle raider, and a terrorist and the cattle you will be raiding is
your own families along the border areas between South Sudan and
Ethiopia. Stop it, if you have a small brain. And if you you have a
problem in your head, seek help in the hospital near you so that the
doctor takes a look at what is going on in your head.
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7 August 06:34, by john locke
Nairobi, stop. Like ove said before, pagak is nowhere near being
taken. There will be a river of blood before we let kiirs army take
it. Believe me. How many times has youre kiir and taban lied about
taking it? This same government kills innocent people. Or is that a
lie? People where just protesting kiir in jubas poc camp. Or is that a
lie.
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7 August 06:45, by Akeen Mangarthon
You should have understand from Hon.Michael Makuei Lueth that
the people in the POCs are rebels. How come they stay in Juba market
at the day time doing their normal business as mere citizens and
return to POCs camp in the evening talking against government.
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7 August 07:18, by Malakal county Simon
Will Taban food fighters capturing pagak make him a
legitimate IO leader?? Or will the war end if he Taban capture Pagak??
This are the question we need to ask ourselves forks!!!!
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7 August 08:11, by Nairobimitot
To John Locke
We are celebrating the capture of Pagak from confused rebels.
But since you are very confused and does not know what to do, we are
inviting you to come to celebrate with us the capturing of Pagak. We
ask you and your group of rebels to join the party.
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7 August 08:18, by Newsudan
Riek io rebels talk big but when it come to action there is a
problem, Pagak fall to SPLA forces fullstop.SPLA is capable.
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7 August 07:17, by john locke
You actually believe a word said by lueth? Haha. You are stupider
than i thought. Lueth is the biggest liar of that administration. The
people protesting are the innocent civilians that fled their homes.
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7 August 07:21, by Lenin Bull
GOD bless South Sudan. GOD bless the people’s army the SPLA.
Nyagats are flushed out in Pagak where evil plans were being concocked
by Sudan/Bashir and their backers in the West. Riek is defeated badly
again by SPLA after 3 and half years( 2013 -2017). Riek and Lam Akol
poolishly turned their guns and PHDs against their own brothers and
sisters and comrades in the SPLA/SPLM in 1991.
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7 August 08:03, by john akeen
The famous South Sudanese PHD holders they have fall to educate
the people of there nation after the father of the country Dr. John
grang de mobiordit, even the mother of the country mama Rebecca Grang
de Mobiordit had fall to educate the nation of the country about love
and peace among her children and the first son of the country Mobior
Grang had fall to follow his father footsteps>
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7 August 08:14, by john akeen
now you will be finish soon and I now our troops and our
president Kiir Mayardit and 2 vice President Taban Deng Gai and James
Wany Iga will never go to sleep until they make sure there is no trash
and bad smells had recycled
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7 August 08:27, by john akeen
I mean until all of those trash and bad smells had
recycled from ever corner. SSPDF please our strong army make sure you
clean those sting or bad smells trash from States the smells really
bad and your people are getting sick everyday and dying everyday
because of those trashes of Riek
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7 August 08:05, by Nairobimitot
Congratulations to SSPDF and SPLA for capturing your historical
towns both Maiwut and Pagak. Congratulations the government of the
people of South Sudan. The suffering of our population is almost over,
but few people are working day and night to bring down the country,
tearing the country apart and those groups of individuals their time
is over. The fighting shall not happen again in those areas. We wish
the government the best of luck to win back its people and its
country. There should be a strong foundation of Unity this time
around.
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7 August 08:13, by Joseph Canada
Now its true that Nuer and Dinka have the same mentality. They
Love food and sell their own blood for food. Shame. Look at both spoke
persons for Kiir’s army and Taban. Traitors who will burn in hell for
the longest time.
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7 August 08:36, by Nairobimitot
Joseph Canada
Joseph Canada, do not say things that you cannot implement and do.
Where were you during the liberation struggle? Were you in Khartoum
betraying your people? The same people who are in power and the
government today were the same individuals who fought the war in the
liberation struggle. So, stop your nonsense, you are the one who has
betrayed the government. That will not work well with you. Come and
join the government so you can improve your state government.
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7 August 08:56, by Lenin Bull
Let the Nuer propagandists stop once and forever that empty threat
of Nuer bravery over or the Dinka or the so call Nuer-Dinka all-out
war. It has been tried twice now and it never worked/not succeeded
except only unwanted deaths and destruction on innocents combatants
and civilians and properties.
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7 August 09:02, by Lenin Bull
Dr.John Garang restrained the SPLA/SPLM from applying its mighty
power on Nuer arguing that the Nuer nation is being used cleverly by
Sudan Arab to distract our great liberation struggle from its noble
objectives of liberating the country and African people from Arab
misrule and religious fanaticism. Hence the SPLA ignored Nuer menace
then
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7 August 09:07, by Lenin Bull
President Salva Kiir restrained the national army in 2013-up today
from using its full force on Nyagat. IO people should appreciate
President Salva Kiir for protecting them. If it was King Paul Malong,
or Michael Makuei, Or Kuol Manyang Juuk, this national treachery would
have been dealt a death blow since July 2016.
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7 August 09:29, by Mike Charlie MC
Early warning on Government troop ,,, not to persuade to other
location ,,,, otherwise they ended up with big lost ,,, still Pagak
will be free from pro government force in couple of day Damn !!!!
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7 August 09:57, by Free at Last Viva!
This is very funny. These Crown Hotel guys are very hasty in
reporting uncooked news: look at them quoted. "Brigadier Gen. Kuok
Dang (of SPLA-IO Machar received an order from) Gen. Dhiling Keak to
destroy ammunition stores, causing havoc situation in the area while
evacuating the town,". said Col. Dickson Gatluak Jock.
Pagak is not captured and will never be captured. No ammunitions
set on fire..
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7 August 10:50, by Malakal county Simon
Jaangs/slaves
Keep celebrating empty news as usual but make sure this
generation will perish because than individual!!!!
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7 August 10:54, by Malakal county Simon
We need to think big, and even if pagak is capture today,
will that’s silence the guns and bring sustainable peace in South
Sudan??
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7 August 10:57, by Malakal county Simon
Keep celebrating the empty news as usual because South
Sudan is bigger than individual..
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