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The '''[[Lord's Resistance Army]]''' is a central African militant force feared for their mysticism, brutality, murder, mayhem and other human rights violations. <ref>[http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/165/29547.html The End of Uganda's Mystic Rebel?]</ref> The U.S. State Department has classified them as a terrorist group. They are primarily located in northern [[Uganda]] and southern [[Sudan]]. | The '''[[Lord's Resistance Army]]''' is a central African militant force feared for their mysticism, brutality, murder, mayhem and other human rights violations. <ref>[http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/165/29547.html The End of Uganda's Mystic Rebel?]</ref> The U.S. State Department has classified them as a terrorist group. They are primarily located in northern [[Uganda]] and southern [[Sudan]]. | ||
| − | Rebel leader Joseph Kony of The Lord's Resistance Army is a wanted man. | + | Rebel leader Joseph Kony of The Lord's Resistance Army is a wanted man. In October 2011, [[Barack Hussein Obama]] sent 100 special forces troops to Uganda to serve as advisers in efforts to hunt down the rebel leader. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/14/obama-sends-us-troops-to-central-africa-to-aid-campaign-against-rebel-group/?test=latestnews#ixzz1any2ny89 Obama Sends U.S. Troops to Central Africa to Aid Campaign Against Rebel Group]</ref> The Obama Administration stated that the decision is in the interest of national security to secure peace in the region by eliminated the LRA. |
| − | October 2011, [[Barack Hussein Obama]] | ||
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Revision as of 03:11, October 17, 2011
The Lord's Resistance Army is a central African militant force feared for their mysticism, brutality, murder, mayhem and other human rights violations. [1] The U.S. State Department has classified them as a terrorist group. They are primarily located in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
Rebel leader Joseph Kony of The Lord's Resistance Army is a wanted man. In October 2011, Barack Hussein Obama sent 100 special forces troops to Uganda to serve as advisers in efforts to hunt down the rebel leader. [2] The Obama Administration stated that the decision is in the interest of national security to secure peace in the region by eliminated the LRA.