Thought I'd share this all with you:
http://www.lracrisistracker.com/
It seems that the LRA are in fact still active, just not in Uganda.
The latest recorded incident involving the LRA was March 11th 2012, only 3 days ago.
In this incident, a truck was robbed in North Congo, and a woman was shot in the leg.
On the same day, they abducted 3 men, albeit the men were released later on that day.
Just thought some of you might be interested in knowing that this is a problem that is still occurring.
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I've been reading a bit more through the recent incidents, and almost every time they've abducted somebody, they've then released them later on in the same day.
Leads me to believe they are no longer forming an army of sorts, and are literally just robbing food and clothes. This fact, and the fact that they've fled Uganda, says to me that they're not as powerful as they once were.
Jan 1, 2012:
Robbed 15 yr old boy, let him go.
Robbed 9 yr old boy, let him go.
Jan 8-10, 2012:
Looted a few different areas.
Jan 15, 2012:
Abducted woman & daughter. Let both go later on.
Jan 22, 2012:
Abducted 6 children/woman.
Robbed a few people.
Feb 3, 2012:
Robbed 3 houses.
Shot woman in leg.
16 yr old boy escaped capture.
Feb 8, 2012:
Abducted 4 people. Later released them all.
Looted shops, abducting shop owner. Later released.
Looted food etc...
Feb 12, 2012:
4 men escape capture.
Fisherman shot in hand.
Feb 19, 2012:
Woman abducted. Later released.
Man and woman released.
I could go on and on but you get the gist of it. Basically it looks as though they just go around robbing people at the minute.
Yeh that's bad, but it's not quite as bad as the IC were trying to imply.
http://www.lracrisistracker.com/
It seems that the LRA are in fact still active, just not in Uganda.
The latest recorded incident involving the LRA was March 11th 2012, only 3 days ago.
In this incident, a truck was robbed in North Congo, and a woman was shot in the leg.
On the same day, they abducted 3 men, albeit the men were released later on that day.
Just thought some of you might be interested in knowing that this is a problem that is still occurring.
---
I've been reading a bit more through the recent incidents, and almost every time they've abducted somebody, they've then released them later on in the same day.
Leads me to believe they are no longer forming an army of sorts, and are literally just robbing food and clothes. This fact, and the fact that they've fled Uganda, says to me that they're not as powerful as they once were.
Jan 1, 2012:
Robbed 15 yr old boy, let him go.
Robbed 9 yr old boy, let him go.
Jan 8-10, 2012:
Looted a few different areas.
Jan 15, 2012:
Abducted woman & daughter. Let both go later on.
Jan 22, 2012:
Abducted 6 children/woman.
Robbed a few people.
Feb 3, 2012:
Robbed 3 houses.
Shot woman in leg.
16 yr old boy escaped capture.
Feb 8, 2012:
Abducted 4 people. Later released them all.
Looted shops, abducting shop owner. Later released.
Looted food etc...
Feb 12, 2012:
4 men escape capture.
Fisherman shot in hand.
Feb 19, 2012:
Woman abducted. Later released.
Man and woman released.
I could go on and on but you get the gist of it. Basically it looks as though they just go around robbing people at the minute.
Yeh that's bad, but it's not quite as bad as the IC were trying to imply.