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Africa: East
Sudanese officers shield the LRA
2003-12-02
This doesn't twitch my surprise meter. Religious nutbags get along with religious nutbags, even when they're different religions. The liking for the sight of blood's the driver, not any real concern with God and/or his works.
Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels are operating a training camp in areas under Sudanese army control, the state minister for defence, Ruth Nankabirwa has said. "He (LRA leader Joseph Kony) still has a rear base camp some two to three kilometres northwest of Nisitu junction, which is behind Sudan army lines and our forces deployed there cannot do anything, because the protocol under which they are deployed does not allow them to go beyond some lines," Nankabirwa told AFP by telephone. Nankabirwa first told parliament on Friday that the camp near Nisitu had between 100 and 150 recruits undergoing military training. "He also has another camp at Odek in northern Uganda’s Kit valley," she added.
So you can go after that one. Why the hell don't you?
Nankabirwa said Uganda did not want to blame Khartoum for this, because Sudanese President General Omar El Bashir had said his government was not involved, but rather indisciplined officers within his army.
I told her I was really good-looking and a nifty dancer. She believed that, too...
"We are taking diplomatic steps to make Sudan honour its obligations under the protocol. But it should be noted that the Sudan government has not fully responded to the outstanding issues raised by Uganda," she said.
They haven't managed to deliver Kony's head on a plate, either. 'Course, Uganda's not been doing the greatest of all possible jobs turning him into fertilzer, either...
In March 2002, under a protocol between the two countries, Khartoum allowed Kampala to deploy troops on its soil to carry out "Operation Iron Fist" against LRA bases.
You fist can be pure iron, but if all you do is wave it around it's just more dead weight than a normal fist.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#7  The way it's employed is usually as the middle aircraft of a flight of three, the other two being AC-130's, and the whole thing escorted by two F-15s and an EB-111.

Kick ASS! How many -130s can we scare up? It'd be great to see an entire wing of them coming in to lay a hurtin' on somebody.
Posted by: linebackertwo   2003-12-2 10:03:54 PM  

#6   Can we long-stick MOABS from a B-52?
From what I know, it can only be delivered from the cargo bay of a specially-modified C-130. That means a slow delivery system that's a sitting duck for ANY kind of anti-aircraft system. The way it's employed is usually as the middle aircraft of a flight of three, the other two being AC-130's, and the whole thing escorted by two F-15s and an EB-111.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-12-2 9:42:32 PM  

#5  Why don't we just go to Uganda and kick the LRA's butts ourselves. Governments and the military are so effing useless!
Posted by: Gaiasheart   2003-12-2 5:42:16 PM  

#4  Can we long-stick MOABS from a B-52?
Posted by: linebackertwo   2003-12-2 1:31:58 PM  

#3  Field Test #2 sounds good to me
Posted by: Frank G   2003-12-2 9:54:15 AM  

#2  I agree, SH. Time to break the system in in the field...
Posted by: Ptah   2003-12-2 7:43:07 AM  

#1  I can see no downside to lobbing a MOAB at this base.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-12-2 4:41:21 AM  

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