 Dr. Garang and other politicians embraced the idea of liberating the whole Sudan from the Arab rulers while other Southern Sudanese like Samuel Gai Tut and Akuot Atem insisted on the idea of simply liberating the South and making it an independent country from the North.This split led to a bloodshed which resulted in the death of both Samuel Gai Tut and Akuot Atem.After that incident, the former Anyanya 1 began to call itself Anyanya 2.