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| Ugandans say they've broken up Lord's Resistance Army |
| 2002-03-30 |
On Thursday, Ugandan troops moving from the south captured Lala and Orek camps, lying in Sudanese territory about 160 km (100 miles) north of the Ugandan border. Using the same force, they captured Bin Rwot and a camp at Lubangatek on Friday. "The LRA is on the run and is moving south and we are watching," Mbabazi said. He said that up to 1,000 women and children, many of whom had been abducted by the LRA, had managed to evade Ugandan troops by slipping through defensive lines set up by the Sudanese army against their own southern rebels. "We suspect (rebel leader Joseph) Kony and his inner core had enough time to remove their wives and children," he said. Mbabazi said initial reports showed the army had captured 120 submachineguns, 60 crates of ammunition for these arms, some anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, as well as other artillery pieces and assorted vehicles at the camps. Led by the self-styled prophet Joseph Kony, the LRA want to overthrow President Yoweri Museveni and rule the east African country according to the biblical Ten Commandments. The LRA is reviled for cutting off ears and noses or padlocking lips to discourage villagers from collaborating with the Ugandan army and is believed to have abducted at least 12,000 children for use as slaves, wives or fighters. G'bye, nutbags. Go away and never come back. It is interesting that the Sudanese are cooperating with the Ugandans in this and letting them conduct hot pursuit operations. Previously the two countries spent most of their time calling names and making faces at each other. Sudan appears to take the antiterror war seriously. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |