Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
By Ngor Arol Garang
April 1 2011, (WAU) –George Athor Deng Dut, a former senior military officer in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), turned rebel, said on Friday he remained committed to peaceful settlement of the conflict believed to have claimed over 300 lives and displaced countless others since he launched his rebellion on 30th of April 2010.
Speaking to Sudan Tribune on Friday from an undisclosed location by phone, Athor said he was not in Khartoum and that he remained committed to a peaceful settlement to the conflict.
“Our position to negotiate how to settle our reservations and issues which concerned our people has always been one of our desires and demands. We have never changed this position. We have never rejected any attempt for peaceful settlement. Our people need peace and so do we. We are ready for any peaceful settlement if the other people are ready to negotiate with us,” said Athor.
“I am not in Khartoum and have not gone to Khartoum. I am speaking to you from my base in south Sudan. Who said I am in Khartoum or I have gone to Khartoum? When did they say we met or saw me in Khartoum?” asked Athor.
Officials from GoSS, including the SPLM secretary general Pagan Amum last month accused Khartoum of supporting the rebellion in the south through proxy militias. He also claimed Athor flew to Khartoum after fleeing from his base. “I have never gone to Khartoum and I do not have any intention to go. What for?” asked Athor, an interview with Sudan Tribune on Friday.
Attempts made by Sudan Tribune to contact spokesman of the SPLA failed.
Atem Biar, a member of the SPLM in Juba said the request for a peaceful settlement by Athor is another trick to regroup his forces for other atrocities.
“Claims that he is committed to peaceful settlement are mere media tricks. He just wants to use period of negotiations to regroup his forces for other atrocities. No way. The government will not buy these claims. If he needs peace, he has to lay down arms and surrender without making any condition,” said Biar.
Athor was one of the senior independent zonal commanders close to late John Garang, chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and commander chief of the SPLA, until his death in 2005, during more than two decades of conflict between north and South Sudan. He rebelled after losing the gubernatorial race for Jonglei state.
Following Garang’s death, the leadership council of the movement swiftly moved to name Salva Kiir Mayardit as an immediate successor. Recognising the loyalty and dedication of Athor in his contributions during the war, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, from Major General and named Deputy SPLA Chief of Staff for Political and Moral Orientation, a position he held until when he rebelled in 2010.
Armed groups loyal to him since launching his rebellion clashed on several occasions with forces belonging to the SPLA. In October, the South Sudan President issued an executive order pardoning Athor and his forces.
The decree was also extended to leaders of the other armed groups but gave conditions demanding the laying down arms before assimilation into the SPLA takes place. Athor made reservations requesting South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit, to slightly modify the decree in a way it would cover fate of his armed groups and political supporters.
In December 2010, just a month into the January vote on self determination for the people of South Sudan, president Kiir formed a peace and reconciliation committee including two bishops from Roman Catholic and Episcopal Church of Sudan and army Generals. This was amid calls for peace and reconciliation for the successful conduct of the referendum, as was emphasised by the South Sudanese Political Parties’ Conference held at Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba, Central Equatoria State, in October 2010.
The committee was primarily tasked with finding ways to end conflict in the area. They met General Athor in one of his hideout bases in his home county of Khorflus, Jonglei state and held talks with him.
Chairman of the committee, Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul, described the negotiations and their meeting with General Athor, in one of the interviews with journalists, shortly after arrival from Malakal at Juba International Airports, as successful and encouraging.
On 5 January 2011, just three days before the South Sudanese were to go to the polls, the GoSS announced it was signing an agreement on the cessation of hostilities with the rebellious forces of General Athor, David Yauyau and Colonel Gatluak Gai.
The pact signed in Juba, allows some of the areas previously occupied by forces belonging to both sides of the conflict, to be used as transitory assembly points. Others were to be used as integration points and others were left to forces loyal to either side, based on the consensus.
However, Dok James Puok, spokesman for the renegade groups, on 9 of February 2011, accused SPLA forces of having launched an attack on their forces in three different locations, resulting in heavy fighting, which claimed lives of over 200 people, most of whom were reportedly identified as innocent civilians many of whom had recently returned from northern Sudan in Fangak county, Jonglei State.
Colonel Phillip Aguer Panyang, spokesman for SPLA, in a separate interview with Sudan Tribune at the time, denied launching an attack and blamed Athor of initiating the conflict.
In early March 2011, president Kiir gave SPLA forces an executive mandate to protect the lives of the civilians and their properties and accused Athor to having used the amnesty to recruit more fighters from the local people, against southern army.
Responding to the call made by the president, the SPLA launched an offensive operation aimed at containing the rebellion, resulting in the taking of areas previously under the control of General Athor, including his base.
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Lat Dak Nyaroah
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Athor is a great criminal, which peace is he committed to yet he had just killed over 200 innocent civilians recently. SPLA should deal with this renegade militarily and accordingly. I completely agreed with Atem Biar because this call for peace by Athor is a trick to buy time and regroup his useless soldiers.
Ajama
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear Mr Athor
Where ever you are hidding no where here in South Sudan that you couldn’t be found. You have took the country backward why did you let your self suffered for all these years. your rebellion on 30th April 2010, had not let you achieved anythings. you will die in the bush unless you surrender everythings you have and come back to your people, you were born here and you will die with them don’t think of negative things some thing that could lead you no where.
Addit Tera
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Hi Guys,
Renegade General Athor remain committed to peaceful settlement but President Kiir[PANDIAR YOK] is busy in Narobi planning to Kill Matip as secret there in Narobi Hosptital, i were told by someone that Governor Taban Deng contributed too and all of them failed beacuse Paulino Matip convert his treatment to another country.
Mr Gatwech welcome back to the Web.
[Gat Ran].
Thanks.
Addit Tera
Today, Juba.
Akook
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Mr Atem Biar from SPLM, the GOSS and any warmonger in the South, what will you people achieve from war, war.., here and there. Let’s be objective people, while Abyei and the oil are being forcefully snatch away by the Northern who emboldened by our own internal division, people here even those who do not know how to fight are singing a war song day and night with other Southerners.
Plse make peace with not only George Athor but any Southern malitia if they ever say they want peace. Im fed up with rhetorics from Juba and they only know how to whine & cry baby whenever things turn ugly from all corners of the South. Mr Pres.., its time to wake up one morning with your own aggressive formula for peace, not from witch hunt advisors or so. This country is in chaos now, and fools like Atem Biar thoughtlessly makes dubious comments. Mr Kiir plse we need peace among ourselves now whether you go hell to negotiate peace with any devil, plse do it now !!
superior Junibi
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Athor rebellion as South Sudan opposition parties backbone:
South Sudan newborn democratic system was put to test last April when this nation held one of her first and very crucial election. Those of us who had never had a chance to choose their leaders did it for the first time and as a result, we were overwhelmingly excited. But we didn’t know we were getting cheated. Most citizens smelled hope and future as they prepared for the main event, secession vote. Unfortunately hope sometimes never stands when forces behind it have different agendas and or are devoted to personal interests other than national visions. The contents in this article contain facts that were obtained from legitimate South Sudan sources and author’s opinion. I am going to focus on why Athor rebelled? What did SPLM do to back fire his rebellion? Should South Sudan citizens support George Athor as their voice to change SPLM corrupt, undemocratic, and injustice system/practices?
SPLM Tickets (Monkey Business)
Last April election when well to well-wishers, but in reality was an outright mess. Most of these citizens pay little or no attention to how the SPLM so called Electoral Committee divided the movement and the citizens who gave all they had to protect this country. SPLM started to give endorsement or the SPLM tickets to few, before candidates had the opportunity to convince South Sudan citizens what they can do for them.
Basically they elected candidates by giving them SPLM tickets before South Sudan citizens voted. All the current governors such as Taban Deng Gai Vs Angelina Teny, Kuol Manyang vs George Athor, and Malong Awan vs Dau Aturjong to mention few, were initially elected by the SPLM before we can cast our votes. So our votes didn’t even matter at the time even if we voted for Athor, Angelina, or Dau. So there were two elections, one by SPLM and second by us (citizens) just to show the international community that they let us voted. The current governors within all the ten Southern States were the anointed one!!!! This messy and tricky business came about as a fear factor from SPLM thinking they will loose most loyal SPLM candidates to opposition parties whom they didn’t trust. It was designed to block SPLM-DC candidates whom they expect might run for higher government positions. It turned out most of these candidates including George Athor were SPLM loyalist, most of whom protected the movement from birth. Ironically, they were playing with a double edged sword and they are about to cut their own throats with it. Isn’t South Sudan for all of us?? Does our government have to trust certain citizens and not others when they all did what was expected for them? We fought the NCP for this exact political treatment and God forbid it happened in South Sudan and SPLM did it!!!!!!!
Let me provoke my readers. Put yourself in DAU, ATHOR, and ANGELINA’s shoes and ask yourself if that was you, what would you do??? I know some of you will say they will not rebelled, but let me tell you this fact my friends, freedom or change are not free!!!!!! Freedom or change took Dr Garang and SPLA heroes’ lives, Dr. Martin Luther king, and many more. George Athor might be on the right track. No sound minded Southern citizens could agree April 2010 election was a legitimate system South Sudan should install and use later in 2014 election. Some of you who are reading this piece will run for political offices later and I am sure you won’t want to face the same treatment. So, somebody got to correct this system and George Athor did the right thing.
Politic gone wild
Let’s focus by initially starting to provoke your thoughts on Angelina’s case. To those who don’t know who Angelina is; she is a wife of Dr. Riek, a number two man in South Sudan and in SPLM party. Normally as citizens we know when one of us runs the country; we expect him and his wife united, determined and committed to the party and the country at large. But in South Sudan it’s not like we thought it would hold. Angelina Teny, Dr Riek’s wife could not even get SPLM Ticket or endorsement in April Election from a party where her husband is a number two man in commend, till she had no choice but to ran as an independent candidate!!!!! The above mentioned example should by now have you thinking and raise more questions about who really is running SPLM then?? Are number one man (Salva) and the number two man (Riek) working together to safeguard our new born nation???
SPLM and its electoral committee divided up its own members by appointing those they like and create a term for those they didn’t want as independent candidates. This plan was very tactical since they knew our population is not so far gone when it come to understanding politic. SPLM calculated that our uneducated citizens/voters will automatically assume independent candidates as none SPLM loyalists or traitors (Anyagats) coming from a character deformed SPLM-DC party of Dr. Lam Akol. Citizens took it exactly as SPLM expected and only informed few vote for independent candidates. In addition to that, they ridged the result to fully secure the anointed candidates. Their prediction combined with dirty hands made them won by 99.9%. I have never seen a country where human candidate can win with 100% if dirty hands were not counting the votes. This duress action was motivated by power hungriness. SPLM Elites have a very naïve thinking about Southern citizens that, we are the dumb majority and they are the smarter few who can manipulated us and lie to us so they can stay in power till they die.
Some thugs within the SPLM party who are conspiracy theorists use SPLM powers to carry on their personal hate. Gier Chuang Aluong is a good example in this situation. This thug had carried out several stage executions of innocent citizens in Panyido, in Ethiopia. He was just in the came hunting for food and shooting people he don’t like in front of these kids so called Lost Boys while Goerge Athor was fighting the Arabs. That was a mere child abuse, and a crime against humanity. Now, he still has the same mentality and wants to use his personal hate against Gen Athor by using SPLM forces.
Solution
Well George Athor is proving them wrong. He will be known in our independent South Sudan history as a first person to challenge SPLM corrupt and undemocratic system. He will be known as the voice of opposition and a father of multi-party system in South Sudan. South Sudan should not have one tribal SPLM party who is run by one man and his gangs. I argue all the Jonglei people, NUER, DINKA BOR, DINKA NGOK, MURLE, and ANYUAK to support General George Athor as a father of all the opposition parties. Let’s put tribalism aside, and let’s look at this opportunity as a future change for our kids and yours. Governor Kuol Manyang is a close relative to me, but I am not going to chose family over South Sudan future. I am not arguing anyone to use force to support Gen Athor, but to rally for peaceful settlement and joined his new born to be political party. Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile States could be categorically the best states to have overwhelming support for new South Sudan Democratic party. These States are very diverse and contain larger population. SPLM party need someone to force them provide services to the people or else get voted out of offices come 2014 by SSDP candidates.
George Athor needs to cease hostilities and joint the government of South Sudan but not the SPLM. South Sudan Democratic party (SSDP) His new political party will act as the main largers opposition party to SPLM .It will be supported by DINKA NGOK, NUER, DINKA BOR, MURLE and many Southern citizens who have a democratic will. Those who belief in a full participation of all the Southern citizens should joint hand for peaceful settlement of Gen. George Athor rebellion. All the opposition parties should joint Athor’s up coming SOUTH SUDAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SSDP). By doing so, Southern citizens who want to run against SPLM candidates will have hope and run as SSDP candidates. They will never be send away as independent candidates. They will debate with SPLM candidates till citizens pick them.
Long live Democratic change with in South Sudan
Marco A. Wek
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Akook, you know very well that those Southerners who are rebelling or rebelled did that because they want higher positions and with that in their minds, these power lovers would not mind having innocent Southerners die in thousands. Athor did not rebel because of the as he claimed but instead as you and all know was because of the gubernatorial position. Making peace with those food lovers and or higher governmental positions hungry would always encourage more sleeping cells of their types and what a country will South Sudan be if almost everybody needs to hold office? Where will we they then find office builders, cleaners, guards, drivers, just yo mention the few? Tell me or all South Sudanese who of those who rebelled including Abdel Baggi did rebelled because of Southern Sudanese people’s cause? Shame on us Southerners, always ready to put lives of our brothers and sisters in danger for food and Abdel Baggi Ayii has long history of that since the first Southern struggle. I thought he had learnt from his past mistakes but like they say, once a thief will always be a thief.
Well, Mr. , my answer is NO for appeasing food lovers or power hungry nuts, although it doesn’t count because neither your in put nor my in put would make any difference. They deserve to go to hell for making our people’s lives a living hell after they thought they were free from Northern Arabs oppression.
Makjohnson
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Athor has no choice rether than summitting and reintegrate with his tribesmen or he will be the initial target of the new revolution. No one consider him amongst the new revolutionaries since no body supporting his pointless fights for personal gratification from within the Dinka sect. He is realy wise to stick on peacefull negotiation with SPLM/A or he should support the new revolutionaries stanc of the general people’interests
Makjohnson
harry
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Southerners,
This is a good opportunity to embrace peace with him. Southerners must pressure the government to negotiate peace with anybody who is willing and committed to peaceful solution for the conflict.
You guys don’t need to made joke out of him. Instead, you should write letters to your MP so that he/she can take the necessary measures to bring peace between Athor and GoSS.
Making joke and fun of him is not going to take you anywhere, but it will only motivate him to kill more people in South Sudan, because he has nothing to loose and we have everything to loose.
GoSS should capitalized on this opportunity today not tomorrow. Peace is around the corner, is just needs a brave person to go and get it. Thanks
Harry,
Obol Sam Gabriel
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Athor,even his name sound baseless.How could you become a leader while only because of mere state governor made you to turned agianst your own Government committing atrocities on your own people?To assured this useless Athor even if the people of South Sudan forgive you seventy-seven times for what you have had done you will never never become a future leader in the government of this nation.and to mr.Biar congratulation for what you have stated and to be sincerely there is no room for peaceful settlement with Athor because the door for peace and reconcilation was open to him since November 2010.Mr.Biar keep telling him that the door was closed since from the fighting in Fangak.And so for him to be forgiven let him raise those whom he claimed their life becuase of his evil deed.A capable leader could not be like him.I know he is (Abit)in arabic who love money and easly to be confuse by Southern enemy in Khartoum.What benefit did he get of killing innocent people while instead he is fulfulling the need of Arabs?Sorry!
BY OBOL SAM KING COLLEGE LONDON
Genuine Leader
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear southerners.
i am peace maker and peace lover because peace is more fruitful than war in term of advantages and disadvantages.
Let Goss take Harry word peace investing today not tomorrow.
let me remind you anti peace mongers, if there is no peace and security stability in wherever you /we live.
you /we cannot enjoy internet and expresses our opinion today that main reason inspire me to support peace.
don’t be selfless and irresponsibility people who likes or supporting his own house destruction and like to live refuge in others people homes.
Genuine leader. Anti- CMT
Makol Dhal
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
The bad thing with freedom of media and new technology is that,children are ever sending negative messages across the World,with intention of showing they are capable of sending messages to the public site without analyzing the consequence of their messages to the people they intention digest it.
Chuangah
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
This is not the time to call for peaceful negotiation Athor you have lost the live of many innocent South Sudanese, if you really knew there was peacful means of solving problems then why going to the bush to make people suffer. we south sudanese are very pitiful people, president Salva Kiir pardon all of you the traitors of south sudan to come home and join your brothers but you have rejected his demand and you choose the continuation of hostilities, so what next, hostilities will not be seized we have chosen what you have demanding for bro.
If you are really true patriotic South Sudanese you would have rebelled against your brothers in the government of South Sudan. Brothers Athor, Yauyau and Galuak you let down our country taking up arms is not the only solution in case of our current situation with the Arabized Nubians who called themselves Arab in the northern part of the Country.
They are trying hard to blindfold us to rewind back to war among us south Sudanese, a foolish south Sudanese will take the advantage of their propaganda of dividing south Sudanese accusing some govt official of planning for assassination. That will never happen here in South Sudan.
they want us not to enjoy our independent in the coming July 9th as july 9th was very far from now.Let’s not give this Arab a room to make it possible to divide us dear brothers in Christ lets still committed to our cause of liberating our beloved land of South Sudan, a land of milk and honey.
Jongkuch
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Hey Akook,
Let’s be sensible. Athor was granted amnesty even after violating the laws of South Sudan and killing innocent people. He is the one looking for war, and those who are following him have all the responsibilities in their hands of the suffering they have caused to us by going after a mad man. Athor is in Khartoum and I saw him in Khartoum. He knows what does being in Khartoum mean and he is trying to deny it. If he wants peace, he has to surrender. That all it takes.
Jongkuch
Chuangah
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Pardon, i meant ”you would have not” in the above comment by CHUANGAH.
Genuine Leader
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
yes makol, there are some consequences in new technology world for posting negative information in internet.
tell those of anti peace and tribalism advocating to stop that.
let just support peace in our lovely land because peace is belong to God and universal best idea no consequences could be pose by peace. the only consequence peace could bring is to unite you with your yesterday enemy to become today’s friends.
And one sample we could use is late Egyptian president Sadat say” because of Egypt security[interest]” i will make peace and cooperate with devil refer to [Israelis-Egypt peace] Genuine leader: Anti- CMT
VETERAN-2000
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Let Athor know that a new thing if stretches in the minds of people remain fresh and people will never forget easily.
You are the worse militia who will first faces ICC for the crimes you committed.
People were voted for freedom and you turned it back-ward as one of my colleagues who commented before mentioned. Others who are joining or may join your ugly fighting will one day surprise if they see your head brought to Juba. We are day to night searching your whereabouts.
For the sake of the people of South Sudan, we would have kick off your ass before you could reach Khartoum where you are enjoying alms money.
Gatwech
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Go after your Dinka militia General called George Athor Deng instead of plotting to assassinate Dr. Riek Machar.
Salva Kiir will never investigate his advisor, Alfred Lado Gore, because he fears that any serious investigation may worsen the matter since Gore can make the details of the plot public.
Bol Deng and the likes,
I know you are a senior official working as a spokesman somewhere but now pretending to be a small boy preaching tribalism on this website.
In 2005 when the CPA was signed you said John Garang was going to rule for 20 years as President of Sudan or South Sudan. But where is Garang now?
My friend, it was the tribal foundation of SPLM/A in 1983 that put pigs in the top positions of the hierarchy while gave tigers and lions the lower positions.
Do you know that Dr. Riek Machar was number seven (7) as A/Commander in the original hierarchy of SPLM/A during 1980s?
Now he is number two (2). Then where are those other pigs that were meant to block his way? Now you claim that you will rule (not govern) for 50 years. May be you have only months.
But the so-called hierarchy is coming to an end with Salva Kiir as the last one, then comes Dr. Riek next.
Who will block Dr. Riek this time? Will be the laws of the jungle or the respect of the hierarchy that will determine. And besides, he is already an elected Vice President as they used the American system of twin-candidates or running mate system. In the constitution also, the Vice President becomes the President if the post of the President falls vacant after the elections. He will not even need to consult with the so-called political bureau.
You got that? And if you try to resist through your stupidity, we will destroy you while we are on the safe (law) side.
My friend, the Nuer blame Riek Machar because he forgave you in 1991. We wanted him to follow you where you were hiding in Equatoria. But he called back his soldiers not to capture all the borders. By then Garang was hiding like a rat until he resurfaced when he knew that Riek was not for full scale war to capture him or his controlled areas.
But this time, don’t reintroduce the past events, please. The Nuer can be better at assassinating your leaders, and aggressively protecting their own leaders, even if it means preemptive strikes against the suspects in their own villages. Don’t introduce a situation you will not be better in handling.
Gatwech
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear readers,
Salva Kiir will never investigate his advisor, Alfred Lado Gore, because he fears that any serious investigation may worsen the matter since Gore can make the details of the plot public.
Bol Deng and the likes,
I know you are a senior official working as a spokesman somewhere but now pretending to be a small boy preaching tribalism on this website.
In 2005 when the CPA was signed you said John Garang was going to rule for 20 years as President of Sudan or South Sudan. But where is Garang now?
My friend, it was the tribal foundation of SPLM/A in 1983 that put pigs in the top positions of the hierarchy while gave tigers and lions the lower positions.
Do you know that Dr. Riek Machar was number seven (7) as A/Commander in the original hierarchy of SPLM/A during 1980s?
Now he is number two (2). Then where are those other pigs that were meant to block his way? Now you claim that you will rule (not govern) for 50 years. May be you have only months.
But the so-called hierarchy is coming to an end with Salva Kiir as the last one, then comes Dr. Riek next.
Who will block Dr. Riek this time? Will be the laws of the jungle or the respect of the hierarchy that will determine. And besides, he is already an elected Vice President as they used the American system of twin-candidates or running mate system. In the constitution also, the Vice President becomes the President if the post of the President falls vacant after the elections. He will not even need to consult with the so-called political bureau.
You got that? And if you try to resist through your stupidity, we will destroy you while we are on the safe (law) side.
My friend, the Nuer blame Riek Machar because he forgave you in 1991. We wanted him to follow you where you were hiding in Equatoria. But he called back his soldiers not to capture all the borders. By then Garang was hiding like a rat until he resurfaced when he knew that Riek was not for full scale war to capture him or his controlled areas.
But this time, don’t reintroduce the past events, please. The Nuer can be better at assassinating your leaders, and aggressively protecting their own leaders, even if it means preemptive strikes against the suspects in their own villages. Don’t introduce a situation you will not be better in handling.
Obol Sam Gabriel
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Hahahaha peace maker!well,you must go and bring Athor back home .Who sent him to go into the bush it was Athor himself who decided to go because of his absent minded of which he failed to be Jongolei Governor?Even the wolrd do used to laughters at him.From the chief of staff SPLA to the bush,what a halt is Athor!instead he wanted to bring this nation from peace to insecurity where were you the peace maker?I thought that you are somebody with reasonable mind but you look young to this public website.sorry!!!!!!!!
Obol Sam Gabriel
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
For sure i don’t know where this nation is going because they are easily be decived by the enemy of peace.Don’t you know that these are the tactic which the khartoum is playing to distablised the south?because they knew it very well that it will be easy to make allegation against Paulino Matip,Lado Gore,and Mamur so that they would take rebellion against the southern Government which resulted to insecurity in south Sudan.Let me assured you that Arabs are not sleeping day and night planning to make this newly nation which will declare their independence in July 9 this year to be a failed nation because they have studied from A-Z that after the declaration of the south as an independence nation,Northerm Sudan will be a failed nation since they failed to make the unity of this country.please watch out your evil deed i know there are so many Khartoum agents who wanted to do evil against their own people because of money and you don’t know from where this money they used to buy with you come from.
Tiger black
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Indeed,Athor must be accountable for the mascara on innocent civilians that his men did in Fangak, and he has been shouting that he need peaceful settlement. There is no room for negotiation mr killer.
harry
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear Genuine Leader,
Thank you very much for supporting peace and preaching love in Southern Sudan. I really appreciate your efforts toward that end. Continue teaching, preaching, and enlighten those brothers who diverted towards violence and war.
They will not reap the fruit of development unless peaceful settlement reached with those rebels whom I consider as our brothers/sisters. They will come back one day to joint us for everlasting peace in Sudan. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Thanks
Harry,
Akech
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear Brother Gawech,
I though you can know truth from lied this allegation you can even judge it by your own. If there is any case to done about your uncle it be official thing that can be told at day light.
Coming high ranks of 1983 to earier 1985, you need make consultation once more. Otherwise let me help you.
1. Cdr Dr. John Garang,
2. Cdr Kerubino Kuanyin Bol
3. Cdr William Nyuon Bany
4. Cdr Martin Majier Gai Ayuel
5. Cdr Salva Kiir Mayardit
6. CdrArok Thon Arok
7. Cdr Nyacigak Nyaculuk
8. Cdr John Kualang
9. Cdr Dr Riek Machar Teny
10. Cdr Dr Lam Akol Ajawin
11. Cdr Yusif Kuwa Mekki
12. Cdr James Wani Igga
13. Cdr Daniel Awet Akot
14. Cdr Kuol Manyang Juuk
15. Cdr Lual Diing Wol
16. Cdr Gelario M
Your Uncle is number nine(9)not seven(7)and position were not been given because you are smart or relatives it was who can make right thing for South Sudan.
harry
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear Vet 2000,
I hear your frustrations and I understand your anger too. Let’s commit to peace at this time. I know you and I can’t afford another war and instability at this important period of our young history. I’m sure you can make a difference and save lives by preaching and advocating peace and unity.
So join people like Genuine Leader and myself, and many others who advocating peace, love, and harmony to people of South Sudan in this website. I’m positive you can do that in this forum. Do it for your country. Do it for humanity. Thanks.
Harry,
Akech
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
NOWAY FOR ATHOR TO BE PARDON AGAIN, AFTER ALL WHAT DID HE DONE ALONE IN SPLA APART FROM WHAT OTHER GENERALS DID?
harry
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear Chuangah,
Thank you for your informative article. I appreciate your wise decision to denounced tribalism. In fact, it was heroic to come out and acknowledge that in this website where many have resorted to violence including cyber violence, disrespect, and humiliation.
Further, I would like to thank you for advocating peaceful solution which you’ve pointed out in your great piece. It was genuine and sincere. Please accept my humble invitation for you to serve your country and your people in this website as a peace activist.
As you can see clearly in this forum, many brothers and sisters lost directions and deviated from the right path of preaching peace, unity, harmony, love, understanding, and selflessness.
Tribalism has become the order that we live with in this website, but with people like, and a few more in this forum, we can do something of putting some of our brothers/sisters back on the right track of being genuine Southerner “that we knew” again. So, please assist us in this juncture to preach peace, love, harmony, unity, understanding, and selflessness.
I believe you have what it takes to be the best activist in this forum. your superior academic experience can stand as a living example. Once again, thank you for your efforts of bringing the idea of peaceful solutions to our flaming conflicts in Southern Sudan.
Harry,
Garang
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Yes, please be committed to peaceful means of solving your differences with the people of Southern Sudan. And please be reminded that those political supporters of yours were the ones who pushed your to war with your people, because of their self interests. They wanted you to secure them political posts.Either you accept the presidential amnesty and subsequent ceasefire agreement, which reintegrates you and your troops into the SPLA or to hell you go.The choice is yours.look for your interest and those of your troops and leave alone greedy politicians around who care for nothing than their selfish gains.
Garang
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Please Garang Ngor, the reporter, print out all comments made on this article and send them to Athor to read and decide on the way forward.He may not have access to internet in the jungle he has chosen to hide himself from the gallant heroes of the SPLA. The SPLA is still proud of him, a prodigal.
Gatwech
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
The question is where are they, even if you insert those of Martin Majier who are junior to Dr. Riek. You lied. But the main question is that despite Dr. Riek being below there, now he is number 2.
Nguetbuny de Luelpiny
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Good ideas Akook
Jonglei people are the routes cause of all the mess in south
It is good Ideas to make peace with your brother than continuing War among us.
But that in Juba does not like to share anything with their Brothers around them. All these fight is because of greedy for food. Why would we refuse others southerners share together?
Iremembers when we were in the bush, our uncles, causin used to sings equality when we liberator Sudan for every Sudanese. It did not turn out that way, the discrimination among our Rebel group lead to tribal hatred, which not gain us any cent.
Assassinates others a tribal leader is the main cause that leads to these bloody baths south. There are some group in SPLA that are causing hatred. Originally from Junglei are the people that taught to hatreds others tribe in the southern Sudan. But our people does not stopped them and shut them up.
You can Allied with evil to survive; Britain Allied with Russia to eliminate his vile brother Germany. That was racially aggressive any non Nordic tribe around them; particular to Black and Jewish people. But their evil deed did not stop there.
It offended white; brothers around him include British itself. England has to think beyond to another world help. Otherwise they could have not put down Germany aggressive toward humankind.
People who do not wanted others people are the cause of problem in Sudan. We do not change that there is no peace among our Southern people. Kuol and Kiir were having intention to Assasinates Athor even is in NgunDeng song.
If you go to Lou Nuer community website and download traditional songs http://www.lounuer.org
It sound noisy when is singing, it need long time repetition listening & patience unless if you knew ThoNuer-ThoJang well; It is mixed words. Even some Nuer does not understand it old language.
We knew Athor has some point of greedy like these in Juba too but he has a proven point to fight if somebody wanted kill him. He cannot be murders like many who have been assassinated by Garang group. He was closed to be Assassination in BaiBor/Mading Bor during campaign there before election.
That was the indication that leads to recruited his men to guard him. Even he was outcast by Some Bor “why does Ngok come Far away from Malakal to Rule Bor”.
Athor Deng will see Bor the humiliation deed. I do not know why Ngok from Pulus should be in Junglei as far away there as many Bor said. There is a history of mistreatment by Bor people to Ayuel which was separates Ngok people up to now with Bor.
It left Nyarweng and Hool in the Middle there. Ayuel was a grant son of Ayuel Longar, Ayuel Jiel that have descendant now in Padang (Dongjol, Nyiel, Ager, Abarlang, Nyaweng and Hool). Athor does not know that history well. According traditional history, Bor have a bad history of mistreatment of it neighbour
Nuba Mountain, Blue Nile and Abyei will be over run soon by Arab while we are fighting on the bone in south. Everybody have a right south to join goss and Fight Arab together. Keeping our land is important than positioning have a term limited,but Land is most important than fighting for a food that will be waste out.
when the Arab come to hunt back, the juba food will fight the Arab like last time in Torit 1991-92. Uncles Kiir has a lot of unless failures. If you do not share food with brothers, it ultimately results in fights and not sitting together again.
Tone of liberator
Nguetbuny
LL Reuben
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Gat-witch,(hysteria boy!) or whatever you’ve becomes these days)
Will your life changes dramatically if traitor Riek Machar becomes South Sudan’s president today? Why are you obsessed with Riek Always? Are there no other probable Nuers leaders that can lead South Sudan beside Riek?
After Riek urgent divorce with Basher in 2002, when he decided to remarry Garang, he was of course forgiven. But after Garang’s death, it seemed like Riek want out again, perhaps would like to marry Omar Basher subsequently to even things up like he has done to Garang.
Gat-witch, twisting facts constantly in an assumption to get your side recognized, is a moronic and psychopathic behavior. Refrain from that if you want others to regard your arguments as valid, otherwise absurdity and stupidity can no longer describe your writing.
Wishing all leaders from Dinka death will not transform the apparent equation that Nuers are minority to Dinkas when talking about domination. Being foolish and delusional, you’re always convincing yourself that one day Nuers will dominate the Dinkas. How is that possible if you weren’t an egghead sort of speak.
You think people dislike Riek because he is Nuer but, that is simply not true, because there countless prominent Nuers figures who are admired by all Southerners, especially by Dinkas who are much familiar with the Nuers. Machar is unpopular to many because he is a vile criminal. He murdered so many innocent souls. He simply doesn’t have a grace of real human being; he is a grotesque on the inside.
However; Traitor Riek Machar should’ve no longer be referred to as such (traitor) at this point in time, but because of people like you he will remained a traitor for the rest of his life. In your silly analyses, you allude to Salva’s Death, What about him Riek who is gravely obese as he’s eating himself out of life. Will Ngundeng trim off the fat from your natty idol’s belly? Or are you going claim that his obesity was prophesied by the witchcraft Ngundeng?
Bol Deng
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Nguetbuny,
Base on how you know songs from ngundeng and you are also fighting for the individual share of food as you said,then i have nothing to say other to say that you are food lover and that is why you bitter going to unknown destiny with Athor Deng. They way you reason really resemble the one of food lovers though.
JAMES KUOI STEPHEN
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
The peacefull settlement work in any conflict, between our people in New Sudan,re-rebelion from aggressive wouldn’t be encourage,Negotiation which the parties had proposed, will bring competence of listening to save the life of our citizen in South-Sudan.General Athor should accept peacefull Mediation to controling his emotional of voilence, to whom he feel resented.external hope from SPLM founders to keep love of SPLA when they were in Liberation.They felt empathy to care the wounded people.Pleased! don’t confused Cush’s blood. They will refused your internal gun fight. Athor!,ran for compaign for other governor election.there are alot of chances in South-Sudan. Be aware!, don’t get bad name!your people love you, don’t fight them, where do you think, they will ran again? You aren’t the caused!accept negotiation disregard word tricks.Compaign like this, “for what for”, that make sense. General Magar Achiek didn’t fought his people when he feel discourage from leadership.Respect those spirituall committee who are going to appreach you with negotiation.
By the power of Holy Spirit in Christ Jesus the son of Living God Almighty,will leads you into the need of Cush’s people.
harry
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Dear Superior Junibi,
Thank you for your informative article. I appreciate your wise decision to denounced tribalism. In fact, it was heroic to come out and acknowledge that in this website where many have resorted to violence including cyber violence, disrespect, and humiliation.
Further, I would like to thank you for advocating peaceful solution which you’ve pointed out in your great piece. It was genuine and sincere. Please accept my humble invitation for you to serve your country and your people in this website as a peace activist.
As you can see clearly in this forum, many brothers and sisters lost directions and deviated from the right path of preaching peace, unity, harmony, love, understanding, and selflessness.
Tribalism has become the order that we live with in this website, but with people like, and a few more in this forum, we can do something of putting some of our brothers/sisters back on the right track of being genuine Southerner “that we knew” again. So, please assist us in this juncture to preach peace, love, harmony, unity, understanding, and selflessness.
I believe you have what it takes to be the best activist in this forum. your superior academic experience can stand as a living example. Once again, thank you for your efforts of bringing the idea of peaceful solutions to our flaming conflicts in Southern Sudan.
Harry,
Padiet Deng Alony
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
If Athor ask for peaceful settlement then he is welcome like others people who killed more then hundreds Southerners in ninties and also forgiven.
Dinkawarrior
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
According to Matthew 10:26 “So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known” Whoever behind those messes will be seen at the daylight as soon as possible and must be held accountable for his or her cause.
Mr. Athor and those of you who are hiding, you must dig your grave before July 9, 2011 otherwise you must go back to Khartoum as you usually do. We Southerners tired of your greediness and tribalism.
President Kiir must take care of business!
Akech
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Yes you only talk of now but don’t messup with Army ranks contact Juba the ranks are still in their positions in dump record don’t urge for thing that you not knowldge about.
Paul Ongee
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Ya Superior Junubi,
You have no idea about what you’re talking about. Based on the current poitical climate where Athor himself will be recognized by Khartoum as a first class citizen in his own country for the first time in Sudanese history, changing activity of a turned SPLA Maj.General into a militia General will never become opposition party to SPLM. If you advise him to be/do that he will still lose. Believe me or not.
Athor is not a rebel because the word “rebel” is too big to represent militia activity being supported by Khartoum. How can he deny that he is never supported by Khartoum while a captured heliopter ferrying his wounded officer is still sitting in Juba airport? What kind of evidence do you need folks?
Biar Atem is right to say Athor will never get a single chance of regrouping to commit another terrorist activity against his own people in Southern Sudan? No way for Athor, Gadet or whoever you may call. He declared war on SPLM/SPLA on broad daylight. If he believes he will continue getting logistical support from Khartoun up to the end of the day, let’s see.
Paul Ongee
Khartoum, Sudan
Paul Ongee
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Ya Superior Junubi,
You have no idea about what you’re talking about. Based on the current political climate where Athor himself will be recognized by Khartoum as a first class citizen in his own country for the first time in Sudanese history, changing activity of a turned SPLA Maj.General into a militia General will never become opposition party to SPLM. If you advise him to be/do that he will still lose. Believe me or not.
Athor is not a rebel because the word “rebel” is too big to represent militia activity being supported by Khartoum. How can he deny that he is never supported by Khartoum while a captured helicopter ferrying his wounded officer is still sitting in Juba airport? What kind of evidence do you need folks?
Atem Biar is right to say Athor will never get a single chance of regrouping to commit another terrorist activity against his own people in Southern Sudan? No way for Athor, Gadet or whoever you may call. He declared war on SPLM/SPLA on broad daylight. If he believes he will continue getting logistical support from Khartoum up to the end of the day, let’s see.
Paul Ongee
Khartoum, Sudan
Achiek Alier Jr
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
Gatwech,
Riek joint the movement in 1985
DeltaBravo
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
To Supper
I understand where you are going and which direction you heading to. Infact you mention Dinka Bor,Dinka ,Ngok,Nuer,Murle, Anyuak. What about Bhar al Ghazal it seem that you are still preaching Tribalism.You call all this Tribes to join Athor while he killed Civilian in Pangak. what kind of leader are you supporting here? If your uncle was a good leader he should have follow the same way General Dau Aturjong did after the election. Infact SouthSudan belong to all of us if we break it into peaces. what would be the solution to it? Your uncle was killing innocence Civilian for his own interest not the Interest of our New Nation.
mediing mut
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
The Peace in Southern Sudan is far from sight
Truly, people of Southern Sudan love each other to the extent and they never dream to murders their closed friends. Back then, if one person made a mistake, the elders come to table and solved it, before the court. If all attempt made and the case still unsolved, the court would have been the last option. Furthermore, those people of Southern Sudan never wish one an others to die, in order to gain the power or properties. If one person among them past away by chance, they would started mourn from east to western because they do not like death. During that time, people had a free movement, where ever, they like to go. Even though, one had no friend to see there, you could still .enjoy your journey. They also knew that guests were more respected and treated adequately. The food were share equally, no one desired to have more than the others, what was a good lived.
But now is totally different, in southern Sudan, everyone looks for his/her own and death are founded ever where started from house hood to the neighbours due to haters. Many people now are wondering for the cause of those hatreds and massacring innocent people, but no solution founded. The Citizens of Southern Sudan are crying for the peace, but no sympathy from their leaders. The peace is far to be invented in Southern Sudan, unless Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar are not in their respective positions. I know many people among Southern Sudan, would jump up and down to deny my words, but they will recall it one day.
In reality, peace will never be in the land of Southern Sudan unless Riek Machar and Salva Kiir Mayardit are not the leaders any more. The reason is that president and his deputy have to have peace with in them. If they have no peace among them, the entire Country would never be in peace. Frankly, Riek Machar and Salva Kiir have no unity that could have attract the civilian to imitate their leaders. The plans of these gentle men are to divide the tribes in to themselves and implant the hatreds among the Citizens of Southern Sudan.
Riek Machar goes to his tribes, Nuer and told them that government has been controlled by dinka and they took the important positions and loot all the money. When people asked Riek, how that happen, while he is second person in the power, he would said, if I response it no, people would have fought and there would be no peace. Then, I redeem all things to the peace, which is comprehensive peace agreement.
Looks, everybody in Southern love to be apart from Arab, how come one person could love peace more than others. Unless it was Arab, but Dinka who face everything in the bush, like anybody else would not want to destroy the peace just to have one day food. Riek also do not works as a vice president in order to dispute any wrong work the president did, just to show the people of Southern Sudan that Salva kiir do not know to do. He had just distanced himself to be innocent person guy. Well, if one could not do the jobs, why do you insist to be in the position and blocks every to replace you. But if Riek have a intention to be the president now, he would have been the president now, because Dr.John Garang asked him to emerge their armies and arrange the ranges accordingly. To just merge their armies, but Riek Machar refused it.
The same to Salve kiir Mayardit, He influences Dinka that, our people had killed by Nuer and which were headed by Riek Machar .Kiir stressed that I will never forgot it and I encourage Dinka children to do the same. I would give you all the important jobs and also send your children to school. He also told them just bear with me and supports me if needed. For instance last nine representative send to different nine Countries.
Inclusion the two leaders will never solved our problem unless they are not longer holding those positions.
Garang's Son
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
you are right to stated this,he killed many people for know reasons.if he want peace what of let him first restore back
the life for those whom he lost their life.if his peace going to be accepted then the innocent people in way. bse every body wanted to kill the innocent. he is to appear before the court of jusicis.the defectors reach to kill &
reach for peace that is not right.
JAMES KUOI STEPHEN
Renegade General Athor: I remain committed to peaceful settlement
They aren’t been give, they are still in the topice that they had turn their emotional on whom they will one day be leaders.They William Nyuon, Karebino Kuanyinc, Arok Thon,Martin Majeir, Makur Aleyaw,and Bol Akok. those people weren’t killled by the enemy, (merely Arok Thon) they were kill by same forgiveness. Therefore, there is a gap on these people, We should remember them,as they start with SPLM. This message was to compare the past situation, who was the judge to judge for those people why they were killed? if not, don’t aggreed, or killed innocience.