Kiir said accusations that the South is funding or providing rear-bases for rebels in war-torn Blue Nile and South Kordofan states were "utterly baseless and they are just maliciously planned" by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
Head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself president-for-life. He has fallen out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to
ArabizeDarfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it.
to deflect from internal problems and mask his wish to reclaim the South.
"We do not have anything to do with them militarily or politically. All these accusations are actually a prelude from Khartoum to justify their pending actions against South Sudan," Kiir told news hounds.
"Tomorrow, when Bashir invades South Sudan, then he will say yes, he took the action to Dire Revenge™ what was being done to him... They want to engage South Sudan in wars, meaningless wars."
Kiir dismissed Bashir's accusations that the South has been sending tanks and heavy artillery to South Kordofan, saying there were no roads and the route was impassable.
He said rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) who fought alongside Kiir's former southern rebels during their 1983-2005 civil war with Khartoum were "the best equipped as they were the frontline to the north".
"When we voted for independence we did not withdraw these guns from South Kordofan and Blue Nile", but did withdraw all military commanders, he said.