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| East/Subsaharan Africa |
| Uganda extends push against rebels in Sudan |
| 2002-08-18 |
| Uganda has extended its military operation against rebels based in southern Sudan for another month to Sept. 15. Uganda sent troops into southern Sudan in March with the agreement of the Sudanese government to root out rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army in what the army predicted would be a rapid exercise. So much for that idea... But "Operation Iron Fist" has been renewed every month since then as the rebels moved back into northern Uganda and attacked refugee camps, schools and government posts. Since the beginning of the month, the LRA rebels have been carrying out almost daily raids in which they abduct young people to serve in their ranks. The rebels, whose elusive chief Joseph Kony Just get it over with and kill them, for cat's sake! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |