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SSIA field commander rejoins SPLM

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    Commander Peter Gadet, the commanding officer of the South Sudan Independence Army (SSIA) in the Bentiu area, has reportedly rejoined the SPLM/A along with all his forces, according to an SPLM statement. The “defection” occurred on Monday and “is of fundamental military and political importance” as it puts the SPLM/A in “firm control” of parts of Bentiu county, the statement said. Gadet was one of the main field commanders of the splinter groups that signed the Khartoum agreement with the government in 1997. The statement also claimed that another SSIA commander, David Reath Malual, had rejoined the SPLM in the Waat area of Eastern Upper Nile along with his forces.

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