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| Africa: Central |
| Uganda rebels target drinkers |
| 2003-10-15 |
| Rebels of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) have killed 23 people as they were drinking the local alcoholic brew in the northern Ugandan district of Lira. The incident occurred on Monday night at Abako market where a group of some 17 rebels rounded up the drinkers before shooting them. Now that’s too much. The Lira resident district commissioner, Charles Egou Engwau, told me on Wednesday morning that the rebels also abducted an unknown number of civilians. He said that reinforcements from the Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) were on Tuesday dispatched to the area to assist the Rhino Defence Unit — a militia unit — to pursue the rebels. Mr Engwau said that the victims in the latest attack mistook the rebels for the Rhino Defence Unit and even exchanged greetings with them in the local language. "Yo, dude! Sit down and have a brewski!" "Shortly after they exchanged the greetings, the rebels opened fire on the group that was seated around a pot enjoying a local brew," Mr Engwau said. "Tastes great!" "Less Filling!" "Oh, yeah? Take that!" BANG! "Ouch!" He told me that the rebels had earlier survived a Rhino Defence Unit ambush after one of the militia fighters panicked and fired in the air.The rebels then retreated and moved through the villages abducting people until they reached the local market where they found the drunken victims. Stealing women and children is one thing, but interupting a keg party means war! |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Rebels of the Lords Resistance (LRA) have killed 23 people as they were drinking the local alcoholic brew in the northern Ugandan district of Lira. Looks like the "brewers" are going to have to reduce the alcohol content of their products... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-15 10:44:57 AM |
| #1 Many Americans will take this attack quite personally. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-15 10:14:53 AM |