U.S. and UK Military Experts Seek to Help in Anti-LRA Campaign
Today's Daily Monitor reports U.S. and British military experts have joined the hunt for leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army. On 18 October, experts traversed traversed West Nile to scour intelligence leads and assess the prevailing security situation in the region.
This military reconnaissance follows reported infiltration of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels into the jungles of the neighbouring Oriental province of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and parts of southern Sudan. There have been rising fears in local security circles that the rebels could launch a military offensive in parts of northwestern Ugandan anytime, inspite of thousands of Ugandan troops amassed to shield the porous frontier areas with the two countries.
A source said the military attaches were on the ground to assess UPDF’s capability and explore how their respective governments could help bolster the anti-LRA campaign. They visited Koboko district and Oraba Customs Post at the Uganda/Sudan border. Read more here.
This military reconnaissance follows reported infiltration of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels into the jungles of the neighbouring Oriental province of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and parts of southern Sudan. There have been rising fears in local security circles that the rebels could launch a military offensive in parts of northwestern Ugandan anytime, inspite of thousands of Ugandan troops amassed to shield the porous frontier areas with the two countries.
A source said the military attaches were on the ground to assess UPDF’s capability and explore how their respective governments could help bolster the anti-LRA campaign. They visited Koboko district and Oraba Customs Post at the Uganda/Sudan border. Read more here.