US issues new terror warning to its citizens
May 12, 2004
THE United States embassy in Kampala has reiterated the security alert warning it issued to American citizens living in Uganda.
By Yunusu Abbey
THE United States embassy in Kampala has reiterated the security alert warning it issued to American citizens living in Uganda.
“There is no exaggeration at all. Although the northern insurgency has been on for 18 years, this time we received the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel threat to target Americans,†the deputy public affairs officer, Michael Gonzales, said yesterday.
Gonzalez said the situation had not changed since they issued the warning on Friday.
“The embassy is not at liberty to release the numbers. But there are hundreds of Americans all over Uganda working with NGOs, missionaries, volunteers and tourists,†he said.
Gonzales said the embassy had received reports that the LRA might be targeting American citizens in the northern districts of Adjumani, Apac, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira and Pader.
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THE United States embassy in Kampala has reiterated the security alert warning it issued to American citizens living in Uganda.
“There is no exaggeration at all. Although the northern insurgency has been on for 18 years, this time we received the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel threat to target Americans,†the deputy public affairs officer, Michael Gonzales, said yesterday.
Gonzalez said the situation had not changed since they issued the warning on Friday.
“The embassy is not at liberty to release the numbers. But there are hundreds of Americans all over Uganda working with NGOs, missionaries, volunteers and tourists,†he said.
Gonzales said the embassy had received reports that the LRA might be targeting American citizens in the northern districts of Adjumani, Apac, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira and Pader.
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