Congo says Ugandan rebels fleeing toward CAR

[Adsos Letter]

Source: AP

KINSHASA, Congo - Ugandan rebels accused of killing hundreds of Congolese civilians are fleeing a joint offensive by three African armies and heading toward Central African Republic, Congo's government said Friday.

The coalition of forces from Congo, Uganda and Sudan has "completely destroyed" the rebel positions in northeast Congo's Garamba National Park, government spokesman Lambert Mende said.

But not all of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group's bases have been entirely dismantled, he said, calling the offensive "80 percent successful" three weeks after it was launched.

The Lord's Resistance Army has waged one of Africa's longest and most brutal wars for the last two decades. In the past, aid and rights groups have accused the rebels of cutting off the lips of civilians and forcing thousands of children to serve as soldiers or sex slaves. The conflict has spilled into Sudan and Congo, which suffered back-to-back civil wars from 1996 to 2002 that drew neighboring countries into what became a rush to plunder Congo's massive mineral wealth.



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[Posteritatis]

1. K&R for the LRA finally getting the ass-kicking they deserve (nt)

[Adsos Letter]

4. Amen to that...absolutely brutal group of people.

[undeterred]

2. I hope the people of CAR are not harmed.

[ellisonz]

3. woot