Tuesday, October 18, 2011

100 U.S. Special Forces To Be Sent to Uganda -- News Roundup

No Combat Role For U.S. Advisers In Uganda, Official Says -- New York Times

KAMPALA, Uganda — Most of the 100 military advisers being sent to Uganda to help hunt down the Lord’s Resistance Army, a brutal guerrilla group in central Africa, will stay in Uganda, which the group has not attacked in years, an American government official said Monday.

Speaking at a news conference at the American Embassy in Kampala, the official, Virginia Blaser, the chargĂ© d’affaires, said the operation would begin this month and did not have a deadline.

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More News On US Special Forces Going To Uganda

Ugandan troops had wanted LRA leader in its sights -- Boston.com/AP
Fanfare Masks Doubts on U.S. Anti-Rebel Push in Africa -- New York Times/Reuters
Some Ugandans Wary of US Decision to Fight LRA -- Voice of America
US denies interest in Uganda oil -- New Vision (Uganda)
LRA's Joseph Kony: Leader of 23-Year Terror Campaign -- Voice of America
A Terrorist by Any Other Name -- Ron Capps, Time
Can the U.S. Finally Defeat the Lord's Resistance Army? -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic

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