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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."
Were the concubines part of their harems?
A transport helicopter carrying supplies journalists to the scene on Tuesday crashed in the area after the pilot lost visibility and the tail rotor struck a tree, Major Shaban Bantariza, the army spokesperson in the capital, said. No one was injured in the mishap. "Fortunately, the chopper was already 20 metres above ground though, the rear rotor cut into some branches and shrubs as the pilot hovered around to land well, consequently damaging the rotor. The chopper finally landed," Bantariza said in a prepared statement.
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  

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