LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections
By James Gatdet Dak
March 17, 2010 (JUBA) – The Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are planning to carry out attacks in Southern Sudan during the April elections, says the spokesman of the Southern Sudan army.
Speaking to the UN-sponsored Miraya FM radio based in Juba, Kuol accused the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) of supporting the LRA to destabilize Southern Sudan.
He said the SPLA forces are ready to repel such attacks and provide security to the people during the elections.
Kuol also echoed the recent statement by the Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni that LRA forces are based in Darfur region.
He added that LRA forces have already been spotted in areas of Western Bahr el Ghazal state in their preparation for the attacks.
Earlier Sudan Armed Forces denied the claim that the LRA forces are based in Darfur, describing it as “baseless.”
LRA’s leader, Joseph Kony, had been supported by SAF during the war time and his forces were established or roaming in the three states of Eastern, Central and Western Equatoria before the signing of the CPA that ended the North-South civil war in 2005.
In 2006, the Government of Southern Sudan and Uganda agreed on the initiative to talk peace with the rebels in an effort to end the more than twenty years of conflict which began in 1986.
After two years of successful Southern Sudan-mediated talks in Juba that resulted to relative peace in northern Uganda, nearly two million people displaced by the conflict in northern Uganda were able to leave IDP camps and returned to their villages.
However, after concluding the talks by signing several protocols between Uganda government and the rebels including the timetable for implementation of the agreement, Joseph Kony in the last minute refused to sign the compiled Final Peace Agreement document with President Museveni, citing ICC’s arrest warrant for his indictment as an obstacle.
Southern Sudan’s Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar, who was the Chief Mediator in the negotiations between the two parties had to shuttle between Juba and Sudan-DR Congo border looking for Joseph Kony in the wild jungles of thick forests in that region to find him for face-to-face talks in order to convince him to sign, but to no avail.
Kony has since then instead continued with the cross-border international rebellion which affects Southern Sudan, DR Congo, Central Africa Republic and the native country, Uganda.
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John Sebit
LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections
LRA’s Kony is objectiveless, Bashir his friend too, therefore less not bother ourselves with thier baseless plan on election prcess.
Am very optimistic that Kony will not do anything on the election day, perhape if his colleage in ICCs demand failed, which will be after the election results.
Thus SPLA need to play key role in security maitaince if Bashir failed.
David_N
LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections
JEM’s Zaghawa clans must hunted down this “Primitive Ape” for $1. million a head.
Again, African Freedom Eagles from Niger also rewarded in same Awards!
Let’s hunted down this Monkey!
It is African Game for safari now in Darfur, all Darfuri must participated in this game!
Head of Primitive Ape will be 2 million ahead.
And send the Casket to Al-Bashier would rewarded 3 millions.
The Primitive Monkey Hunting Game now begins in Darfur…
Lorolokin
LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections
This time around the LRA togegether with their collaborators the SAF will learn a strong good lession from Arrow boys (AR).
we are tired of Kuol Deng Kuol as he always speak lauder than act.
Kinkak
Malakal
LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections
This ape need to be taken seriously. He has supporters in the North as well as the South of the Sudan, therefore the SPLA leadership need not to be naive about dealing with him precisly. His threat is immenent and indeed he is capable of destabilizing the South with the help from his malitia minded gangs in the South and North.
babadit
LRA plans attacks in South Sudan to disrupt elections
I told you in my comment yesterday that, kony and his men are already in Darfur, but now kony himself is in Khartoum in the former resident of Osama Bin Laden near khartoum youth Hostel (marcast sha’bab)
the NCP/INF have been giving all supports to kony in order to distrupt SPLA/M war and after the CPA was signed too
Bashir Must have to take the resposibility for all those killed by the LRA in northern uganda and southern sudan, and this should added on him as crimes committed ginst humanity