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| More Cattle Rustlin’ Going On |
| 2003-01-10 |
| Two days of fighting between scores of rival tribes using spears and guns killed at least 52 people in northeastern Uganda, an army spokesman said Friday. The clashes erupted Monday when Pokot tribes crossed the border from neighbouring Kenya and attacked Karamojong herdsmen in Nakapiripirit district, 380 kilometres northeast of Kampala, said Maj. Shaban Bantariza. The fighting ended Tuesday when the army intervened, Bantariza said. At least 35 Pokot and 17 Karamojong were killed, he said, adding that the death toll could rise as more bodies are discovered in the remote area. Both the Karamojong and the Pokot tribes are nomadic herders who traditionally attack neighbouring tribes to steal cattle. In recent years, the practice has become deadly as small arms have filtered into the hands of the tribesmen. That'll do it The surviving Pokot tribesmen escaped with dozens of cattle after launching the latest raid, Bantariza said. "Git yer shootin irons, boys! We'll teach them thar Poko's they can't git away with that no more!" |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Check-out Gila County,Arizona(U.S.),where I live. Besides ranching we had gold/silver/and copper to fight over.About 10 miles from my home is a grave sight.Seems the County Sherief murdered a family sick with Cholora,then decided to hang a horse thief for good measure. History Channel:Haunted History Tombstone,The Town to Tuff to Die. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-01-11 06:51:13 |
| #1 Jeepers, google range war. Looks like it was a prime preoccupation in the old West. Equaling the Lincoln County War in fury, hate, bloodshed and death, the Porum Range War in Indian Territory smoldered, died almost away, then flamed again and again through 25 years of suspicion, bickering, fights, gunplay and murder. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-01-10 12:57:15 |