Andrew,
Strange post from someone with a Jewish surname- agrouyp that has been subjected to a genocide. Strange that you would buy stock in a company which supports a regime which is known as the fascists of east Africa. OK- Here's the bottom line- there are a lot of coordinated activities occurring right now as we speak in central/east Africa- and their impact extends way beyond Sudan, believe me. And the press only gives you a flavor of about 1/3d of what is happening since they do not know yet what is going on. One person's name pops up in every press release who seems to be at the center of all of the action, and it's not Bashir or Garang.
Arakis, unfortunately, has been caught up in this tidal wave, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. And these political changes impact companies doing business in this area of the world, including Arakis. If you have read the posts I placed here carefully rather than wasting your time hurling insults, then by now you would have been able to piece the story together. There is a new, historic trend occurring in Africa, never before seen - play it right and you could be a succsssful investor.
Now are those impacts good or bad on Arakis? I told one person on this Thread, who has a lot better manners than you, how to play Arakis stock. He reads these posts; if he chooses to contact you, and help you with your financial goals he will. If not well, so be it.
Myself, I back the SPLA because it's the right thing to do- end a major genocide by fascists. Yes, my goals are political- help the peoples of the southern Sudan. So that's why I posted here....
Anyone out there still want to call the IGAD Meeting a "success" as did the international press corps?
Sudan rebel leader says war irreversible, rejects truce
07:37 a.m. Jul 12, 1997 Eastern
By Buchizya Mseteka
NAIROBI, July 12 (Reuter) - Sudanese guerrilla leader John Garang said on Saturday he had rejected a ceasefire request by Sudan and that gains made in the rebels' most recent offensive were irreversible.
Garang, head of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), told Reuters that he would not accept a ceasefire before agreeing with Khartoum on a broader framework for negotiation.
``(President Omar Hassan) al-Bashir wanted a ceasefire but our response is a ceasefire must part of an overall agreement. It cannot come first, it comes last after details have been agreed,'' said Garang in an interview at his Nairobi residence.
Garang said Bashir's request for a ceasefire was conveyed to regional heads of state at the Inter-Governmental Development Authority (IGAD) summit in Nairobi earlier this week.
``The government is losing ground so he (Bashir) wants a ceasefire,'' he said.
The veteran guerrilla leader said his forces, operating in an alliance with exiled northern rebels, had made firm gains in the latest fighting.
``We have gained a lot. We have captured territory, towns and garrisons from Khartoum forces. This time our military advances are irreversible,'' Garang added.
On Monday, Garang told reporters his forces had stepped up the military campaign and were now encircling Juba, the capital of the war-torn south.
Garang's forces and northern allies in the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have launched a series of successful offensives this year and recaptured a string of towns prompting Khartoum to order a general mobilisation.
Initial hopes of agreement on a basis for talks at the IGAD summit faltered on Wednesday. Although all participating countries, including Sudan, signed a framework that was to be the starting point for negotiations, the Sudanese president later said it was not binding.
In response the SPLA refused to start talks unless the agreement was binding on both parties.
Garang said the SPLA was at its best politically and militarily.
``The SPLA is much more robust than ever before. We have gone through the fire and we have survived it,'' Garang said in reference to splits which rocked the SPLA in 1991.
Previous SPLA advances have been overturned by the Sudanese army, but Garang said that newly acquired support from the country's north would help ensure the latest gains were permanent.
Khartoum claims that the SPLA is being supported by neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Eritrea and Ethiopia but Garang denied he was receiving anything other than moral support.
Although admitting that he welcomed the change of regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he dismissed reports that the SPLA had assisted the rebels who ousted former Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko as unfounded media speculation. (My note: see recent comments of Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame too, a Tutsi, and another people recently subjected to a genocide...).
``The change of government in the Congo is a windfall for us but we never took part in events that led up to the change,'' he said.
The SPLA has fought since 1983 for greater autonomy of the animist and Christian south from the Arabised Moslem north. |
