Warning about use of Poison gas by SPLA & UPDF IN South Sudan

Warning about use of Poison gas by SPLA & UPDF IN South Sudan

The SPLA Juba and its main ally the UPDF must be investigated for “breach of rules of war” in an act of desperation to win the war at all cost and contrary to the Geneva Convention of rules of engagement. SPLA & UPDF are using poison gas in South Sudan war.
In the recent confrontation in Gabat Unity state SPLA Juba and UPDF used war tanks to fire Chlorine gas and other illegal bombs in the defensive position of the gallant SPLA forces in opposition,besides this accusation they forces have also planted both anti personal and anti-vehicle landmines in civilian populated area both these weapons are banned.
Chlorine gas is some indiscriminate weapon used in WW1.
The first record of use of this Poison gas (chlorine) was used for the first time at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. At around 17.00 hours on the 22nd April, French sentries in Ypres noticed a yellow-green cloud moving towards them - a gas delivered from pressurised cylinders dug into the German front line between Steenstraat and Langemarck.
They thought that it was a smokescreen to disguise the movement forwards of German troops. As such, all troops in the area were ordered to the firing line of their trench - right in the path of the chlorine. Its impact was immediate and devastating. The French and their Algerian comrades fled in terror. Their understandable reaction created an opportunity for the Germans to advance unhindered into the strategically important Ypres salient.
As a reprisal against this weapon soldiers used to put on gas mask in the battle field, poison gas attack meant soldiers having to put on crude gas masks and if these were unsuccessful, an attack could leave a victim in agony for days and weeks before he finally succumbed to his injuries.
The gas is designed to kill rather than to incapacitate an enemy so that they were incapable of defending their position.
This gas causes both internal and external blisters on the victim within hours of being exposed to it. Such damage to the lungs and other internal organs are very painful and occasionally fatal. If one survives they remain blinded and incapacitated for life the effects of the gas.
This reminds us of the foul play by the UPDF in northern Uganda during the northern insurgency, they used poison gas in many occasion in the battle against the LRA,now the side effects of this weapon is affecting thousands of children through a local disease called “Nodding syndrome”. The international community must take this violations seriously and reprimand the culprits, this is also crime against humanity.