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| Africa: Central |
| LRA attack refugee camp, kill 54 |
| 2004-02-06 |
| Ugandan rebels attacked a refugee camp in northern Uganda early Thursday, killing 54 civilians and two soldiers, a missionary said. An army spokesman confirmed that the Lord’s Resistance Army attacked the Abia camp, 185 miles north of Kampala, before dawn. Lt. Chris Magezi said the rebels killed at least 20 people and critically injured ``scores of others.’’ The Rev. Sebath Ayele, a missionary with the Comboni Fathers Mission, told The Associated Press by telephone that he visited Abia camp, where 10,000 civilians live because of the war in northern Uganda, and said 46 people died at the scene, eight died in a nearby hospital and more than 70 others were wounded. ``I have just seen the camp now and some huts are still burning,’’ Ayele said. ``The rebels came in huge numbers, fought with the soldiers and overpowered them, killing two soldiers.’’ |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 RC, there seems to be almost a rote nature to NMM's posts today. It's like he is using a computer program that searches Rantburg for key words and then automatically posts a comment from a selection of his greatest hits. I have seen cognitive function in his comments before that is not there today. It's like he is on autopilot. Maybe Stevo has co-opted the NMM handle. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-6 5:08:52 PM |
| #2 NMM: First, you ignorant bigot, the name "Sabeth Ayele" doesn't sound all that Italian. In fact, a quick search finds "Ayele" as a last name popping up in Ethiopia and Nigeria. Second, you ignorant bigot, you might want to educate yourself as to what the Comboni Fathers Mission does. There's a good chance the Reverend Ayele knows about the dead and wounded because he works at a hospital. I know you're a mindless little twerp who hates everyone who won't bow down to you, but your attack on a man who does more good before his breakfast than you will ever do in your life is disgusting. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-6 9:13:45 AM |
| #1 The Rev. Sebath Ayele, a missionary with the Comboni Fathers Mission (who should have been minding his own business back in Italy) |
| Posted by: NotMike Moore 2004-2-6 4:00:31 AM |