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| Uganda says 67 rebels killed in southern Sudan |
| 2002-06-06 |
| Ugandan troops killed 67 rebels in a battle inside southern Sudan, an army spokesman said Thursday, as part of a continuing offensive to wipe out the 15-year old rebel group. A contingent of 150 Lord's Resistance Army rebels came down from their hiding place in the Imatong mountains to search for food and were followed by Ugandan troops, Maj. Shaban Bantariza said. The two sides fought this week at Owiny-Kibul, 30 miles north of the Uganda border, he said; he did not specify a date. Lt. Col. Otim Okello Lumumba, the LRA's communications chief, was captured but died of bullet wounds as he was flown to Gulu, northern Uganda's main town, for treatment, Bantariza said. Good riddance to the lot of them. In an area where there are no good guys, these are black-belt bad guys. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |