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The Myth of Civilian Protection; Case in Point: Uganda, LRA and Congo 2008

By Ian P. Wilson 

The ill-fated Ugandan and U.S.-assisted mission Operation Lightning Thunder launched in the jungles of eastern Congo December 14, 2008 was supposed to be the end of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). (more…)

John Prendergast Ignores Genocide, War Crimes in Uganda

John Prendergast, former National Security Advisor to Bill Clinton is a well-known, well-connected author/activist and policy analyst, who specializes in Africa. (more…)

Sen. Feingold Says Use AFRICOM to Pursue LRA

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Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) recently wrote a Huffington Post article calling for a strategy to capture Joseph Kony and end the LRA war. (more…)

Student Exposes Uganda Lobby Days' Military Lean

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer meets with a group of activists and actors working with the organizations Invisible Children and Resolve Uganda to end the 20 year civil war in Uganda

When I brought my concerns to my friends they too were concerned about the use of military force and we had an intense conversation about the morality of us, in the United States, making decisions that most likely will result in the death of Ugandans.

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Bill comes down heavily on LRA… but can backfire (The East African)

Ugandan and US soldiers at a graduation ceremony.
Ugandan and US soldiers at a graduation ceremony.

The chief mediator in the peace talks between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army says the Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act 2009 emphasises more on a military option than on the peaceful resolution that Sudan has been pursuing. (more…)

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