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| Originally posted by spitty |
The LRA today (early 2011)
There are many similarities between the LRA of the past (pre-December 2008) and that of the present. Kony exerts a powerful personal influence over his troops. The LRA remains a movement largely dominated by people from northern Uganda, and LRA commanders continue to tell their fighters that they will soon return to Uganda where
everyone will be rewarded with posts in the Ugandan government or army. Despite these commonalities, much has changed within the LRA in the past 22 months. Kony no longer has complete and direct command-and-control over each LRA group.
As fighters from northern Uganda defect or are killed and are replaced by foreign fighters, the Ugandans are decreasing in number relative to Congolese, Central African, and Sudanese fighters.
It is fear rather than ideology that keeps Ugandan and foreign fighters in the LRA today. The LRA�s rank-and-file fear being killed by their commanders if caught trying to escape or fear of being killed by the national armies or relatives of people they killed, once they return home.
Crucially, the number of fighters in the LRA is dwindling. About 400 fighters remain operational today, less than half of the number in action of two years ago. While the ranks of foreign fighters have been replenished, the Ugandan fighters are at an all-time low. There has been a slow but steady defection of Ugandans since December 2008.
Were this rate to remain constant for the next 12 months, there would hardly be any Ugandan fighters left in the LRA.
Despite being weakened, the LRA�s propensity for violence remains undiminished. The LRA has become efficient at creating mass havoc with very few fighters, which is not surprising given their propensity to target unarmed civilians. What keeps Kony and other
commanders going is the possibility of renewed external support, particularly from their former backers in Khartoum. Without Sudanese support, there are few options left for Kony, who has seen his organization reach its weakest point in the last 15 years. But by
securing new support from Sudan, as happened in 1994 and 2002, the LRA could pose a significant threat across the region, particularly in South Sudan.
Numbers and composition
Based on Enough interviews with former LRA fighters, there are about 400 LRA fighters operating in three countries. This number does not include women, children, and abductees who are used solely to carry food and other looted materials. Close to 250 fighters are Ugandans, the other 150 being from Sudan, Congo, and CAR. The Ugandan army claims that from December 14, 2008 through August 2010, the UPDF killed 397 LRA fighters and captured 63, with another 123 defections. The UPDF has not specified the nationality of fighters killed or the exact number of fighters remaining in the LRA.
I'd also like to say, that there are an estimated 20-25 (mid 2011 stats) armed attacks each month because of this conflict, but much has spread into Sudan and the Congo. Almost are LRA attacks. Although the UPDF are not innocent, most of their bad behaviour accorded pre-2001 (which is the cutoff date for ICC involvement). Since Museveni asked for the ICC to come into Uganda and investigate (don't get me started on both Museveni and the ICCs motives behind that) the UPDF has mostly stayed out of anything that could have them charged under the Rome Statute.
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| Originally posted by Mach X See, this is what is SUPPOSED to happen. But what percentage of people who "liked" or "shared" or posted a status about Kony2012 on your FB and Twitter actually went and learned about what they were posting about after doing their social media duty? And then how many of them do you think just did it because they didn't want to seem like they don't care to their friends or followers, and did so only to appear like they really give a shit about the root cause? Support causes, but don't support blindly... Don't participate in slacktivism... If it took this campaign for you to take some time away from whatever else occupies your time usually be it looking at funny cat pis on reddit, watching Jersey Shore, playing COD etc for you to actually read up on the issue and history of Kony and his actions, then good, GREAT even. You're more educated and aware now and can hopefully make efforts in your life to help the unfortunate in other places in the world or even in your own backyard. Good for you... If you clicked share and posted a generic status and went back to the internet, video games and TV... FUCK YOU. Simple really... |
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| Originally posted by spitty Why not contribute to the education? If you actually feel strongly about people making rash judgments, then be part of the change instead of posting shithead internet pictures |
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| Originally posted by MSZ what you're trying to say is "+1". |
Kobe 2012!!!
Get informed you ignorant motherfuckas!!!!!!
We have the twin nigtmares of Huxley and Welles apparent in this disaster.
Huxley thought we would be paralyzed by pleasure and distraction. (Click 'like'/retweet/buy the bracelet to support the cause.)
Welles feared we would be controlled by pain and oppression. Such is the life of those in Central Africa bedeviled by corrupt governments and quasi-theocratic rebels.
My English Lit. degree has served me well.
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| Originally posted by spitty I agree with you...but then why not contribute to the education? If you actually feel that strongly about people making rash judgments, then be part of the change instead of posting shithead internet pictures |
This controversy came out of nowhere. One day half my FB was posting about Kony.
Figuring out what is going on is time consuming - the initial video alone is a half hour! I need a Kony Coles notes!
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| Originally posted by Skipper This controversy came out of nowhere. One day half my FB was posting about Kony. Figuring out what is going on is time consuming - the initial video alone is a half hour! I need a Kony Coles notes! |
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| Originally posted by Skipper I need a Kony Coles notes! |
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| "Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a stateless militia with origins in Northern Uganda. He has been active for nearly three decades, recruiting and brainwashing young boys to join his "army." He forces children to kill their own parents and desecrate their bodies while using young girls as sex slaves. His army terrorizes small villages in the region and utterly decimates them. He gets his boys to mutilate the bodies of their victims in horrible ways. He has recruited upward of 30,000 boys in total through his decades of activity. The American group Invisible Children, a selfless host of white savior activists, are getting Obama to solve the problem once and for all, the way only Americans can! But public interest is waning, and our beautiful white filmmaker leaders are worried that the 100 advisers Obama sent will get withdrawn before Kony is captured and brought to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Fortunately, you can fix this by buying a box full of stickers and buttons, and affixing them to lampposts and bulletin boards when you're already stoned on 4/20. Do that in tandem with using #Kony2012 on your Twitter and Facebook updates, maybe changing your profile picture and reposting the video, and presto change-o! Kony gets caught! For this to work really well though, you have to monitor your Twitter feed until George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey and Mark Zuckerberg happen to use #Kony2012 and get it retweeted 1 million times each. Then just wait for the AP update that says simply "We got 'im!" to roll in on your iPhone. Oh, and also: childbirth, blonde boy is cute, sloganeering, Shephard Fairey consents, and all African people can be broken down into good ("Jacob") and bad ("Kony"). Unfortunately, even the Jacobs of Africa can't help themselves so it takes white American college kids to do it for them on social networking sites. How long did that take to read?" |
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| Originally posted by Nicolas Oliver Hey, let's make a bunch of jokes about death and destruction! The tragedies are happening in a far off land so let's poke fun! Seriously... |
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| Originally posted by MSZ what you're trying to say is "+1". |
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| Originally posted by MSZ what you're trying to say is "+1". |
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| Originally posted by Mach X |
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