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South Sudan extends search for illegal arms to all states

September 12, 2009 (JUBA) — The government of Southern Sudan today said will extend coordinated and joint police and military illegal arms search operation into the ten states in the region.

The southern Sudan police and army troops retrieved thousands of illegally and privately owned weapons including RPGs, PKMs, Kalashnikovs and pistols in the town’s residential areas on Friday. Among them also included 12.7 anti-aircraft weapons privately owned by individuals.

South Sudan minister of internal affairs General Gier Chuang Aluong told Sudan Tribune today that the huge quantity of retrieved firearms necessitated the need to extend such exercise to all the ten states.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayradit yesterday ordered the extension of the operation to all the ten states of southern Sudan with immediate effect, Gier further said.

Kiir on Saturday visited the sites where are displayed all the illegal arms collected in Juba. He praised the efforts exerted by the interior ministry and the other regular forces who participated in the search operation.

Kiir also urged the general public to cooperate with the security organs in identifying criminals working days and nights to derail the CPA.

"This search came as a result of many killing occurring at nights in Juba town by unknown thugs or criminals who are wearing military uniforms” said minister Gier Chuang Aluong.

"These unknown groups of armed criminals dressed military uniforms and positioned themselves in areas often not accessible by our nights patrolling forces," further added minister Chuang.

Asked why the government publicly displays the collected arms, he said the intention is to tell the public about the outcome of the three-day operations.

However, some of Juba residents criticized GOSS decision to publicly display the collected arms and provision before to extend the exercise to the other states.

Both Tut and Ayiik concurrently said GOSS should have conducted the exercise the same day it was carried out in Juba in other states if they intend to miss no arms as happened in Juba.

"The government has missed the timing and this will allow those possessing arms in the states to run away with them, said Ayiik Yak who is a businessman in Juba.

Tut also added that GOSS intention to collect illegal arms now is heard and spread to the other states and hence provides a great opportunity to those involved in illegal arms to go hiding with their arms.

"They will never collect any since information is already leaked to their ears," he adds.

Based on a recommendation made by southern Sudan ministry of interior, Salva Kiir directed today to un-tint all the vehicles of southern Sudan presidency and other GOSS ministries.

Also, he ordered all the members of his government and the SPLA leadership to register all the weapons they have in their houses, in order to limit the possession of arms in the region.

Source: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article32441

Comments (3)
  • william Okuch

    There are certain group being target by SPLM to be disarmed. So to make it look like universal disarmement, SPLM started in Juba where is not actual focus and now extended it to the target region (Renk) which is the southern close border to the north. Who is targeted is Shulluk who have no weapon. If we ask why Shulluk? The answer will be simply as this. No, not Shulluk alone, it was began from Juba to Upper Nile.

  • Amum Machar

    Dear Shulluk:
    I think the search was legitimate idea. There are several reasons why Shulluk should be the only tribe to be targeting for the search. However, looking the results and those behind that one would disagree that not only Shulluk should suppose be the victim of search for weapons.Many tribes who remained in wild life should be rescue by passing the laws that could disramed them. These people deserve traing to understand the life and the future in the South. As much as I have seen the major action taken by the governmnet,it should be where ever Dr. Lam have military base ready to destroy the peace. On the other hand, the search should be considered as the role of government in every state. This is to protect the people of south from internal enemy’s attacks. Why would ShulLuk prevent administration of Southern Sudan from doing its job? For security purpose it should be their responsibility to organized surge in every six month or period of one year without notifying anyone. Besides that Shulluk should not suppose defense Dr. Lam this time. Dr. Lam should retired from biased conflict which some of the ShulLuk have had been opposed. Others of enemies of peace who have had been intended to destroy the future of southern people deserve justice at this time.
    After the search not only Shulluk but also others should learn something from previously conflict that killed more than thousand of southern civilian including SPLM soldiers in 1991 Lam did that. Now Lam wants to play that dead game again.
    You as Shulluk intellectuals what do you think the future of South would be if Lam’s intention is always to get leadership by killing the southern? What kind leader is that? His leadership directions, logistical, management, and coordination would always be failures. Moreover, as a result he had already destroyed his credibility among the politician.
    The Southern Govern should not suppose ignored the action that Dr. Lam has taken when he announced aced his new party, which of course contradicted to SPM, mainstream. With due respect to Dr. Lam‘s efforts to long conflict I am so annoyed with his dead political that may stereotypes the Shuluk people.
    Actually after this search need to speak up and make it clear to the people of south that they are not totally with Lam. The other stupid politicians from other side of Island who follow the flow like flock of fish should learn the curse of southern land is coming and no one would emphasize their life and roles in society. This is time for game change.
    Shulluk people as well as important intellectual like H. E. Pagan Amum and H.E Wuyar Deng Ajak are not involved in this. They care most about the life of anyone as well as the future of South. Shullk are great people never had any history of being victim of violent in the south though Dr.lam Akol has been front-runner of destroying the life of Southern people, no any politician has ever done. No leader has ever taken it as seriously. Dr. Lam Akol’s involvement in political dominant of the Northern should of course generalize the shulluk intellectually. Lam considered himself as smart politician in the history of South but not at this time. Dr. Lam has histroy of violent,so I would says that it is time to turn away from his deadly politico. Looking beyond what he had gone through, one could simply say Dr. Lam is the luckiest leaders in the whole world. However, he does not really look at it from his perspectives. His practical leadership is ending.
    Shulluk communities have important roles in the life of southerners and their own people. There are good leaders better than Lam, who have vision for the Southern Sudan and everybody respect their rights, efforts and opinion as well. Therefore, this commend would concluded urged you step up to stop being intimidated. In this seicenor better to express your views, as Lam‘s policies are heading to dead end.
    Amum Machar
    U.S.A

  • William Okuch

    To Amum Machar:
    In Juba where its inhabitants were peacefully living side by side for centuries, we heard Mundari and Bari dealy clashed and usual harmony among them is over replaced by division. Is that because of Lam?

    In Jongli state,tens of young men and women daily got killed by their own fellows. Is it also because of Dr. Lam Akol who just formed a new party two months ago?
    Nuer Lou vs Jenkeng,Murle vs Nuer, Nuer vs Dinka and Dinka vs Murle kill themselves since 2005. Is it because of Dr. Lam Akol.
    Now let come to say something about peaceful Shulluk who never ever like to engage itself in tribal war just for money or for nominal positions.

    Amum, God did not created people for land, but He had created land for people's life. Therefore, people defend and protect it for their being. For our being, Shulluk had contributed to the war that produced the CPA.
    What services has SPLM/GOSS provide for Malakal after war as we all see developments in other parts in South? Answer is nothing than burning down Shulluk villages, exterminating villagers, invading lands as happened in Anakdar and Abanimo on Jan 10,09. How was it possible for Salva Kiir and Pagan Amum to excute their eleminative policy against Shulluk kingdom?
    Well, first, Pagan and SPLM were able to export Shulluk men and women in uniforms and import non-Shulluk men and women in uniforms to impose above grievances on our people.

    Amum, to prove that, Salva Kiir and his governmental officials have said nothing to the bloody incident between Shulluk and Dinka during CPA celebration of Jan 09, 09 in Malakal rather than disarming Shulluk from their spears leaving Dinka with their weapons that encourgaed Dinka to burn down Abanimo and Anakdar and killed tens of defendless villagers. Pagan Amum was well aware of incident and therefore, he took holiday to Australia to avoid being blamed.
    Shulluk people and their political leaders have wrote a letter to GOSS to repatriate displaced persons and provide them with genune protection.
    Has GOSS done that? No. Then in the absence of governmental protection and defend, do you think the civilians will feel insecure and vulnerable to other possible attack? The answer is yes.
    Then here is a core of problem not SPLM-DC or Dr. Lam Akol. Amum, your song about Dr. Lam, Lam, Lam, Lam and Lam shows that you personally hate Lam because you fail to address the tangible grievances facing Shulluk people due to the imposed SPLM/GOSS policies against the kingdom of Shulluk.
    Lam is not knocking every door of Shulluk victims to give them weapons. But the neglected and denied Shulluk people are willing to find anything to protect themselves in the absence of SPLM/GOSS protection.
    I know you are one of the SPLM/GOSS official who is happy with bloody life you and your group enjoy in South while poor, deaf, dums, cripples, sicks, disable veterans, widows and orphans are being mascred by SPLA Militants on one hand and on other hand being starve. You all closed you eyes and do not see their sufferings. Lions are better than you because they share their pries.
    You are now causing other grievances to Doctors beating them up because they have protested for their salaries being not paid for months. You might blame Dr. Lam for your idiot policies again if doctors flee the South to nieghboring states.
    Inconclusion, your policy of extermination, vandalism, despotism, corruption, ineduality and injustice is reason that creates more Dr. Lam Akol. In SPLM-DC, you will found thousands of Dr. Lam Akol and it is real not like what you stupidly mentioned as 1991.

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