In
South Sudan, Ceasefire
Monitor Killed, Kids Ordered Out
of School in UN "POC" Site
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS,
January 27 – In South Sudan, a
member of the "ceasefire"
monitoring team has reportedly
been killed, in Wau, and
children ordered out of a
school in a UN Protection of
Civilians base, see exclusive
leak below.
Lt Colonel
Fadil Meil Issa of the
Ceasefire and Transitional
Security Monitoring Mechanism
or CRSAMM was found with his
throat cut in Wau.
From Inner
City Press' sources,
expressing concern about UN involvement
in trying to suppress real
news, comes this leak:
"“Good Afternoon
SIOC, One of the FAO National
Staff member who lives in the
POC came to my office and
stated that at approximately
10AM this morning the Troops
who are designated to protect
POC 3 went to the schools in
the POC and stated that they
should get out of the schools
because it was unsafe for them
to be there at that moment.
The FAO staff was asking if I
knew about this because he was
confused if the danger is
inside the POC or in Juba.
This is the first time I heard
of this issue so I wanted to
inform you. Thank you."
This comes
at a time when the failures of
Herve Ladsous' UNMISS are
being raised, including in
Washington, and is published
in light of danger and the UN
Spokesman refusing to answer
questions. We'll have more on
this.
On January 11
after South Sudan said that it
will not, in fact, accept the
4,000 new peacekeepers for the
Regional Protection Force,
Inner City Press asked UK
Ambassador Matthew Rycroft
about it. Video
here; UN transcript
here:
Inner City Press:
On South Sudan, the government
say they’re not going to take
the regional protection force.
What do you think the Council
can or should do?
Amb Rycroft: They
committed earlier to accept
the regional protection force.
They are obliged to accept it,
given Security Council
decisions, and we call on them
again to accept that regional
protection force in the
interest of longer term
stability in South Sudan.
When the
UN Security
Council members
met about South
Sudan on December
15, the best they
could do was
extend the mandate
of the UNMISS
mission for a
single day. Even
then, there was
already news of
UNMISS having
given arms to
warlord, or “rebel
general,” James
Koang.
Inner City
Press asked US
Ambassador
Samantha Power
about this on
December 16 and
she said she
hadn't read it. On
December 19, even
while fielding a
pre-picked
question on South
Sudan, Power still
refused to answer.
Video
here.
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