I want to clarify something.
What happened in Bor, to be very frank, did not target the Dinka, the civilians. In fact, the civilians managed to escape. What happened is that, of those who died in Bor, the Dinka for example, many of them died in the crossfire. They were not targeted. That's why I insist this war was not a tribal war.
It was the same thing in Bentiu. The Dinkas were never targeted as Dinkas. You'll see that even within Bor itself, when the Lou Nuer came to rescue Dr. Riek, for example, there were Dinkas who were in Bor, and they did not touch them.
In Malakal, what happened is that when the Dinka from Baliet saw that the White Army was moving towards Malakal, they shot them in boats. That's why the revenge came.
Basically, the SPLM-in-Opposition did not target any civilians. If Dinka died—and that's why the number of the Dinkas who were killed in Bor or in Malakal are less, because many of them were not targeted—it was the crossfire. They were fighting with the troops of Kiir and many of them died as a result of crossfire. There was not any intention of killing them. I would say that they just want to water down this conflict to make it look like a tribal war, so that the real issues are not discussed.
But I myself come from the Nuer tribe. I told you in my introduction that I've lost two uncles in my own house. I had the guts to see to it that even if they died, their blood would transform the country.
Any benefit is very hard. I myself cannot hate the Dinkas. I will not hate the Dinkas, but I can hate the president who ordered a separate army to be trained outside the SPLA to target my own community, including me. I could have been dead by now. So it's not the Dinkas. Not all of the Dinkas are bad. It is the system that Mr. Kiir put in place to target the Nuer, to water down the issue. That's what I want to clarify.
Thank you.