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Africa: Central | |
Ugandan troops kill 11 LRA, rescue 18 | |
2004-01-07 | |
Ugandan troops killed 11 rebels and captured 18 others in heavy fighting involving attack helicopters near the border with Sudan, an army spokesperson said on Tuesday. In a co-ordinated attack on Monday, ground troops supported by helicopter gunships attacked a camp used by the Lord’s Resistance Army near Acuga, 300km north of Kampala, 2nd Lieutenant Chris Magezi, the regional army spokesperson, said. Government forces also rescued 20 children the rebels had used as child soldiers and concubines, he added. "Those killed included two senior LRA commanders," Magezi said. "It was a joint operation involving ground and aerial forces."
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Posted by:Dan Darling |
#1 A little more from AllAfrica: The army said yesterday that it had killed three senior commanders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. A spokesman for the 5 Division, Lt. Chris Magezi, said 'Lt. Col.' Opio, Nyeko Yardin and Raska were killed at midday yesterday at Koyo-Lalogi in Lapul sub-county in Pader district. The rebels were reportedly holding a meeting at the confluence of rivers Agago and Aswa. Magezi told The Monitor by phone that the army took the rebels by surprise. It recovered 11 bodies. "We are still searching the bushes for more dead bodies," he said. |
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-1-7 2:57:33 AM |