Salva Kiir tried to assassinate
SSDM/A leader George Athor.
South Sudan Liberation Army
southsudanliberationarmy@hotmail.com>
10:56:41 pm 12/20/11
Naher,
George Athor was killed by Ugandans. He left from his headquarters on Saturday
with Ugandan plane to meet President Museveni to discuss how Uganda could
assist the people of South Sudan to resolve the ongoing conflict with Juba's
regime. George Athor left with Major Thomas Duoth Makuach (American citizen),
who was his assistant for Kampala. He arrived in Kampala at 2 pm Saturday
afternoon. He was scheduled to meet President Museveni on Sunday.
We talked to Athor and Thomas Duoth when they arrived on Saturday. But we lost
contact with them from Sunday onwards until we saw their dead bodies on South
Sudan TV. President Museveni killed George Athor. The SSDA and SSLA military
High Commands will have emergency meeting tomorrow to devise plans to revenge
the killing of Athor. He was killed by Ugandans and Museveni will dearly pay
for that. The SSLA and SSDA will teach Museveni a lesson he will never forget
in his life.
We want to inform the world that Lt. Gen. George Athor, leader of SSDM/A, was
murdered by Museveni who handed over hs dead body to South Sudan government. We
want to assure the world that Yuweri Museveni is a killer who killed former DRC
Presdident Laurent Kabila. It was Museveni too who killed John Garang de
Mabior. We will get Museveni very soon and will pay dearly for killing Athor.
The war will continue until we liberate South Sudan. George Athor told us
before he left that should anything happen to him in Uganda, the rest of the
officers must continue the struggle until Salva Kiir is overthrown. The
struggle will continue as usual.
Thanks,
Maj. Gen. Bapiny Monytuil, Deputy Head of SSLA
From: suraiya_naher@hotmail.com
To: southsudanliberationarmy@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Salva Kiir tried to assassinate SSDM/A leader George Athor
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:46:05 +0000
Salva Kiir Attempted to assassinate SSDM/A leader Lt. Gen. George Athor
Joint Press Release
SSLM/A and SSDM/A Joint Command Committee
Jonglei, South Sudan
December, 18, 2011
The leadership of SSLM/A and SSDM/A is deeply troubled by the assassination
attempt on the life Lt. Gen. George Athor on December, 13, 2011. After the
collapse of peace talks in Nairobi in November between the SSDM/A and Kiirs
government, Lt. Gen. George Athor returned to his headquarters in Pigi County
of Jonglei State. On December, 9, 2011, a man claiming to be a priest of
Anglican Church contacted the leadership of SSDM/A that he wanted to meet Lt.
Gen. George Athor to discuss issues of peace. His request was granted.
On December, 13, one man dressed like a priest was accompanied by two women
dressed like deacons. They arrived at the headquarters of SSDA at 11:00am to
meet Lt. Gen. Athor. The bodyguards of Athor searched the man and the two women
and there was nothing found in their bags except bibles and books on peace.
After starting the meeting, the two women requested to go to a toilet. The
bodyguards showed them a latrine which was few meters away. After they
returned, the bodyguards stopped them before entering into the meeting room to
do another search. Surprisingly, a cocked pistol fell down between the legs of
one woman. The bodyguards took action and stripped all of them. In the process
of searching, another pistol was found hidden in the underwear of one of the
women.
After an interrogation, the women and the man confessed that they were sent by
Salva Kiir to assassinate George Athor. They put pistols inside their underwear
because they knew that Athors bodyguards would not search their underwear due
to cultural norms in South Sudan. It was discovered that the man is an officer
in SPLM Military Intelligent Unit while the women were trained to carry out
assassination for six months in Magwi County in Central Equatoria. They
confessed that they were given a lot of money to carry out the mission and they
were promised that the government of South Sudan would take care of their
children should anything happen to them. All of them are Dinka from
Bhar-el-Ghazal. They faked to be members of Anglican Church because Anglican
attempted many times to mediate between SSDM/A and the government of South
Sudan.
The revolutionary forces have decided to set up a tribunal that would try them
as per the rules of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). They will be
accorded a lawyer during the trial who will defend them from criminal charges
that will be laid against them. The Constitution of SSDM/A gives them the right
to have access to a lawyer and to be tried before an impartial judge. The
revolutionary forces will find an impartial judge who will preside over the
trial of the accused.
The international community should condemn Salva Kiirs attempt to engage in
assassinations because such a practice will lead South Sudan to a very
dangerous level. Nobody, including Salva Kiir, is immune from assassination.
But it is uncivilized for people in the 21st C to engage in assassinations as a
way to achieve their political objectives. At the end of July, Col. Gatluak Gai
was assassinated three days after signing peace with Jubas government. The
current attempt on the life of SSDM/A leader could be attributed to the failure
of peace talks in Nairobi at the end of November.
However, assassinating leaders of freedom fighters will not bring peace in
South Sudan nor will it end the war. It is a barbaric act that nobody in the
world would encourage its practice. If all the people in the world would resort
to assassinations to achieve their political objectives, then, nobody would be
immune from assassination. But what Salva Kiir attempted to do is a terrorist
act in international law. It has no difference with what the Talibans are doing
in Afghanistan. The SSDM/A and SSLM/A will never practice assassinations
because they violate international laws.
Therefore, we call upon all peace loving people in the world to condemn such
practices and hold Salva Kiir accountable for ongoing insecurity in South
Sudan. This is the second time that the government in Juba decided to rely on
assassination to achieve a political objective. But the assassination of Col.
Gatluak Gai didnt bring peace in Unity State but increased rebellion. More
people in Unity State are joining the ranks and file of SSLA after the
assassination of Col. Gatluak Gai. If assassinating leaders of revolutionary
forces is the policy of Salva Kiir, then, it follows logically that South Sudan
will never have peace.
For Contact:
1. SSDM/A Spokesman James Nuot Puot
Tel. +249-912207569
Pigi, Jonglei State
South Sudan
Email: ssdmssda@yahoo.com
2. SSLM/A Information Department
Mayom, Unity State
South Sudan
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