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| LRA destroys Uganda radio station... |
| 2002-09-27 |
| Rebels of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) have destroyed a radio station in the north of Uganda. Just before dawn on Friday morning about 20 rebels of the Lords Resistance Army, LRA attacked the catholic owned station, Radio Wa, eight kilometres north of Lira town. According to eyewitnesses the rebels used axes to break their way in before exploding several grenades inside the buildings. They then burnt the station to the ground. Managers of the radio station said they had recently appealed to the authorities to provide extra security and on the night of the attack 12 government troops were guarding the area. However eyewitnesses reported that 11 of those troops fled when the rebels arrived. The LRA's a problem that's not going to go away for Uganda and Sudan — but that's only because of the incompetence of the armies that are chasing them. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |