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August 06, 2005
Was Garang Preparing to Evict Joseph Kony From Southern Sudan?
On August 5, 2005, Sudanese Online.com republished a Washington Times article that makes an interesting observation for anyone investigating the death of Sudanese First Vice President and southern leader John Garang
The August 4, 2005 Times article, written by Blake Lambert, led off with this:
The mind of Joseph Kony, the self-styled messianic leader of the Lords Resistance Army [of Uganda], remains elusive terrain, but he probably celebrated the death of Sudanese First Vice President and southern leader John Garang.The Times quoted Ugandan army spokesman Lt. Col. Shaban Bantarizaas saying:"Few doubt that Mr. Kony viewed Mr. Garang, the founder of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army, as a nemesis hostile to his interests
Garang was opposed to [the LRA] as a freedom fighter and a liberator, and now in his final days as president of southern Sudan, whose people were also under LRA terror.The publication, noting that, "The rebels killed nine Sudanese in a camp for internally displaced people near the town of Juba last month, said, "Before the crash in a Ugandan presidential helicopter killed Mr. Garang and 13 others on board along the Uganda-Sudan border on Saturday [July 30, 2005] he vowed to expel from its sanctuary in his region."
"Kony won't be hiding there for long. It is not only Kony, but also all the militias who have been operating in the area," he told the majority government-owned New Vision daily in his final interview," the paper said. "We need to provide peace, security and stability."
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 6, 2005 11:02 AM
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