Did the Ugandan People Defence Force read the recent report on LRA attacks in the country?
http://allafrica.com/stories/201003291875.html The Human Rights Watch report, “Trail of Death: LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo,” has gained headlines across the country and the world this weekend. On a fact-finding mission in February, the organization found that the LRA killed at least 320 people and abducted 250 more in Makombo area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the border with Sudan. An article today in the Daily Monitor reports that the UPDF doubts the capacity of its foe to carry out such an attack. Denial by the UPDF is not surprising, but Lt. Col. Felix Kulayigye’s comments beg the question: did the UPDF even read the report? Col. Kulayigye is quoted as saying, “The population in DRC is not concentrated. So, for the LRA to get time to collect 300 people and kill them, they need days not hours to do so.” Who claimed this attack occurred over the course of hours or even in one concentrated area? One merely has to open the index page of “Trail of Death,” availa
http://allafrica.com/stories/201003291875.html The Human Rights Watch report, “Trail of Death: LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo,” has gained headlines across the country and the world this weekend. On a fact-finding mission in February, the organization found that the LRA killed at least 320 people and abducted 250 more in Makombo area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the border with Sudan. An article today in the Daily Monitor reports that the UPDF doubts the capacity of its foe to carry out such an attack. Denial by the UPDF is not surprising, but Lt. Col. Felix Kulayigye’s comments beg the question: did the UPDF even read the report? Col. Kulayigye is quoted as saying, “The population in DRC is not concentrated. So, for the LRA to get time to collect 300 people and kill them, they need days not hours to do so.” Who claimed this attack occurred over the course of hours or even in one concentrated area? One merely has to open the index page of “Trail of Death,” availa
