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| East/Subsaharan Africa |
| Uganda’s ’war is over’ |
| 2002-12-21 |
| The Ugandan army says it has defeated the Africas version of the Taliban Army spokesman, Major Shaban Bantariza, said that the operation launched earlier this year had been successful and that more than half of the 3,000 rebel troops had been killed. He dismissed suggestions that the timing of the announcement had anything to do with the fact that the commander of the army, Major-General James Kazini, said he would resign if the LRA was not wiped out by the end of the year. Nothing at all.. Major Bantariza said that Operation Iron Fist, design to flush out the rebels from their bases in southern Sudan, was now in its third phase and that it would soon be over. Until phase 4 begins He said that a majority of areas in the north had been made safe, and that there were "only a few skirmishes" which he described as "mop-up operations". Major Bantariza said that there was no reason why Major-General Kazini should resign. "More than 90% of his mission has been achieved... Is 90% a failure, or not?" he asked. If you don't want to resign then it is certainly a success |
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