New tricks for LRA â€" Kulaigye
Dec 16, 2005
The army has designed a new strategy to combat Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who have split into smaller groups, ambushing civilians.
By Emmy Allio
The army has designed a new strategy to combat Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who have split into smaller groups, ambushing civilians.
The new strategy involves the army splitting into smaller units to cope with LRA tactics of moving in groups of twos, threes and fives. The strategy is being employed in Sudan and northern Uganda.
Acting army spokesman Maj. Felix Kulaigye (right) said, “the new strategy aims at coping with the highly mobile smaller units of the rebels.â€
A group of seven rebels on Tuesday ambushed a civilian vehicle in Omoro sub-county in Lira district, killing six adults and a baby.
Following the Tuesday ambush at Omoro sub county, the army on Thursday ordered fresh deployments of the 301 brigade under Lt. Col. Michael Ondoga’s command.
The northern region army spokesman, Capt. Chris Magezi, said the strategy had yielded good results. “In the last 10 days, the new strategy has resulted in killing 14 rebels in northern Uganda and seven in southern Sudan,†he said.
The army said LRA leader Joseph Kony was in the Nisitu zone along the Juba-Torit road with his deputy Vincent Otti. “We attacked a group under Kony’s command along the River Negedi, north of Juba-Torit road on Monday, killing one,†Magezi said.
Military sources said Kony was being shielded by some Sudanese army officers around Nisitu.
Continued attacks by the rebels in the north have made it difficult for humanitarian workers to assist the displaced people living in 105 overcrowded camps to IDP camps.
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The army has designed a new strategy to combat Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who have split into smaller groups, ambushing civilians.
The new strategy involves the army splitting into smaller units to cope with LRA tactics of moving in groups of twos, threes and fives. The strategy is being employed in Sudan and northern Uganda.
Acting army spokesman Maj. Felix Kulaigye (right) said, “the new strategy aims at coping with the highly mobile smaller units of the rebels.â€
A group of seven rebels on Tuesday ambushed a civilian vehicle in Omoro sub-county in Lira district, killing six adults and a baby.
Following the Tuesday ambush at Omoro sub county, the army on Thursday ordered fresh deployments of the 301 brigade under Lt. Col. Michael Ondoga’s command.
The northern region army spokesman, Capt. Chris Magezi, said the strategy had yielded good results. “In the last 10 days, the new strategy has resulted in killing 14 rebels in northern Uganda and seven in southern Sudan,†he said.
The army said LRA leader Joseph Kony was in the Nisitu zone along the Juba-Torit road with his deputy Vincent Otti. “We attacked a group under Kony’s command along the River Negedi, north of Juba-Torit road on Monday, killing one,†Magezi said.
Military sources said Kony was being shielded by some Sudanese army officers around Nisitu.
Continued attacks by the rebels in the north have made it difficult for humanitarian workers to assist the displaced people living in 105 overcrowded camps to IDP camps.
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