ugnet_: Joint Christian Council Condemns Kony Atrocities

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Joint Christian Council Condemns Kony Atrocities   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 10, 2003 Posted to the web October 10, 2003 Alfred Wasike Kampala TOP Church leaders yesterday

ugnet_: UPDF PREYS ON THE VERY PEOPLE THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO DEFEND-Bill Law of the BBC

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
BBC Correspondent Bill Law writes: A few thousand child soldiers led by a charismatic madman called Joseph Kony have run rings around the UPDF. Mr Kony's LRA, the Lord's Resistance Army, kidnaps, brutalises and brainwashes young children. In 1997, the government moved most of the Acholi p

ugnet_: Cardinal Meets Politicians Over Life Presidency

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Cardinal Meets Politicians Over Life Presidency   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) October 10, 2003 Posted to the web October 10, 2003 Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda Lubaga Emmanuel Cardinal Wa

ugnet_: Sculpture Erected in Kampala As Tribute to Child Victims of War

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Sculpture Erected in Kampala As Tribute to Child Victims of War   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN Integrated Regional Information Networks October 10, 2003 Posted to the web October 10, 2003 Kampala A yo

ugnet_: End International Silence On Kony -Bishop Ojwang

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
End International Silence On Kony -Bishop Ojwang   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) INTERVIEW October 8, 2003 Posted to the web October 10, 2003 Kampala Bishop Benjamin Ojwang (51) of the

Re: [Ugandacom] Re: ugnet_: I may stay in power if pushed - Museveni

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
In a message dated 10/10/2003 7:42:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you sure that is an Acholi proverb? Em EM  I believe there is a Kiganda,Iteso and Runyakole,   verson of the  some proverb. MK

Re: ugnet_: I may stay in power if pushed - Museveni

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
ACHOLI PROVERB: "THE  DISEASE  WHICH ULTIMATELY  KILLS THE "APHA" DOG, ( the leader of the  pack) first  Blocks  it's Nose "( to prevent it from smelling) In a message dated 10/10/2003 7:19:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What does Mu7 with his moribund system that is no

ugnet_: U.N. says discovers new massacre in Congo

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
U.N. says discovers new massacre in Congo By Dino Mahtani KINSHASA (Reuters) - U.N. military observers have discovered 16 bodies, mainly women and children, in a village in eastern Congo, victims of what appeared to be the latest in a series of massacres, U.N. officials said Friday. A statement

ugnet_: Sixteen killed in Uganda fighting-army

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Sixteen killed in Uganda fighting-army KAMPALA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Eleven civilians and five rebels have been killed in fighting between guerrillas of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and pro-government militia in eastern Uganda, the army said on Friday. About 300 LRA rebels attacked militiamen

ugnet_: UN troops push further into Congo after massacres

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
UN troops push further into Congo after massacres By Dino Mahtani KINSHASA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers have deployed to a remote town in northeastern Congo to try to shield civilians from further ethnic bloodshed after the latest in a series of massacres, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday

ugnet_: Too risky for Burundi refugees to return yet-U.N.

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Too risky for Burundi refugees to return yet-U.N. By Dan Wallis DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday it was still too dangerous for hundreds of thousands of Burundians uprooted by war to go home despite a peace deal between the government and Hutu rebels. "Th

ugnet_: Burundi rebels will wither away -S.Africa's Zuma

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Burundi rebels will wither away -S.Africa's Zuma By Patrick McLoughlin STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A Burundi rebel group which has rejected a peace deal aimed at halting the country's bloody civil war must compromise or face extinction, South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma said Thursday. "

ugnet_: Rebels in Uganda Kill 15 in Refugee Camp

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Rebels in Uganda Kill 15 in Refugee Camp By HENRY WASSWA .c The Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Rebels attacked a refugee camp in northeastern Uganda on Thursday, killing 15 people, including four guards, a Roman Catholic priest said. Lord's Resistance Army rebels armed with guns and ma

ugnet_: U.N. Forces Near Massacre Site in Congo

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
U.N. Forces Near Massacre Site in Congo By EDDY ISANGO .c The Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - U.N. peacekeepers are moving deep into a volatile northeast province of Congo to prevent massacres like the one that killed scores this week, the top U.N. envoy here said Wednesday. Peacekeeper

ugnet_: UN urges Uganda truce for measles immunisation

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
UN urges Uganda truce for measles immunisation KAMPALA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.N. agencies urged the Ugandan army and northern rebel foes on Thursday to agree a week's truce to permit the immunisation of children against measles, which kills 5,000 children in the east African country every year. "N

ugnet_: Now Americans Have to Face Shiite Radicalization

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Now Americans Have to Face Shiite Radicalization     By Rémy Ourdan     Le Monde     Friday 10 October 2003     After the suicide attack in Al-Sadr City, incidents have set GIs against Moqtada Al-Sadr's militia.     The man drove up to the police station gateway at the wheel of an old Olds

ugnet_: Lessons in Civility

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Lessons in Civility     Paul Krugman     New York Times     Friday 10 October 2003     It's the season of the angry liberal. Books like Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them," Joe Conason's "Big Lies" and Molly Ivins's "Bushwhacked" have become best sellers. (Yes, I've got one

ugnet_: The Mission

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
The Mission     By William Rivers Pitt     t r u t h o u t | Perspective     Friday 10 October 2003 "The right-wing politics that had forced the scandal were alien and unknown to much of the White House senior staff. To them, what the right was doing seemed so far-fetched, so impossibly convo

ugnet_: Ex-Rebels Ready for Kony

2003-10-10 Thread Matekopoko
Ex-Rebels Ready for Kony   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 10, 2003 Posted to the web October 10, 2003 Jude Luggya Kampala FORMER rebels of the Uganda National Freedom Move-ment/

ugnet_: Museveni sees no capable replacement- Will not retire

2003-10-11 Thread Matekopoko
In a message dated 10/11/2003 4:18:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The president said the law needs to be amended so that suspected terrorists can be tried secretly. He said the LRA is not a simple war as people think attributing the struggle to the Sudan. He said Kony w

ugnet_: Police probe kids over anti-Movement song

2003-10-11 Thread Matekopoko
Police probe kids over anti-Movement song By Joseph Mazige Oct 12, 2003 IGANGA- The Resident District Commissioner, here, Mr Francis Batinti has ordered police to investigate a school that sang a song critical of the Movement government and all past regimes, during independence celebrations on T

ugnet_: Museveni told he'll be pushed

2003-10-11 Thread Matekopoko
Museveni told he'll be pushed By Badru D. Mulumba Oct 12, 2003 KAMPALA - Main opposition groups have warned that President Yoweri Museveni would be taking a big risk if he tried to cling to power. They said yesterday that they would push him out, but did not explain how they would do so. They s

ugnet_: Museveni's LENDU BOYS demonstrate their "skills" against HEMA's

2003-10-12 Thread Matekopoko
Fear, hatred overwhelms Congo massacre village By Dino Mahtani KATSHELLI, Congo, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Disabled by grief and fear, Kpadhigo Bbulo could not bring himself to retrieve the bodies of his five murdered children from the church where they spent their last, terrifying moments. "The young

ugnet_: U.N. says discovers new massacre in Congo

2003-10-12 Thread Matekopoko
U.N. says discovers new massacre in Congo By Dino Mahtani KINSHASA (Reuters) - U.N. military observers have discovered 16 bodies, mainly women and children, in a village in eastern Congo, victims of what appeared to be the latest in a series of massacres, U.N. officials said Friday. A statement

ugnet_: State Department Decries Robertson Nuke Quote

2003-10-12 Thread Matekopoko
State Department Decries Robertson Nuke Quote VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Oct. 12) - The U.S. State Department has condemned an on-air suggestion by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson that the agency ought to be blown up with a nuclear device. Talk About It

ugnet_: Israel plans to invade Syria, says Malaysian PM

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
Israel plans to invade Syria, says Malaysian PM Saturday, 11-Oct-2003 3:20AMStory from AFP Copyright 2003 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, Oct 11 (AFP) - Israel plans to invade Syria and drag the United States into the war, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahath

ugnet_: Bolivia Sends Troops to Quell Protests, 5 Dead

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
Bolivia Sends Troops to Quell Protests, 5 Dead Sun October 12, 2003 02:54 PM ET By Rene VillegasLA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Five people were reported killed on Sunday after Bolivia's government sent thousands of troops backed by tanks to quell increasingly violent protests against

Re: ugnet_: Bolivia Sends Troops to Quell Protests, 5 Dead

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
In a message dated 10/13/2003 6:37:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Protests by the country's poor Indian majority against Sanchez de Lozada have spiraled in the last month amid an economic downturn in this nation of 8 million people, one of the poorest in the Western Hemisph

ugnet_: Peace breaks out in Africa

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
Peace breaks out in Africa By Martin Plaut BBC News For fighters like these war is no longer fashionable This week could mark something of a turning point for Africa: in Liberia a new interim government is due to be sworn in and peace talks aimed at ending the decades old Sud

ugnet_: Commonwealth chief sees Uganda civil war easing

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
Commonwealth chief sees Uganda civil war easing KAMPALA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The secretary general of the Commonwealth said on Monday that progress was being made in resolving Uganda's 17-year northern war, which has displaced up to a million people. Don McKinnon was in Uganda on the second leg o

ugnet_: Country Needs a Coalition for Change

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
Country Needs a Coalition for Change   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) OPINION October 13, 2003 Posted to the web October 13, 2003 Norbert Mao Kampala We are witnessing a climactic conf

ugnet_: Neighbours Bring Arms to Uganda, Says Rugunda

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
Neighbours Bring Arms to Uganda, Says Rugunda   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 13, 2003 Posted to the web October 13, 2003 Steven Candia Kampala THE continuous inflow of illegal

ugnet_: FROM THE BBC ARROW GROUP

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
In Pictures: Uganda's self-defence militia RevengeJohn Omoding, 19, saw the rebels beat his father to death with clubs. He says he now only has one mission: "My work is to kill those ones who killed my father."

ugnet_: Arrow Group

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
In Pictures: Uganda's self-defence militia Fighting backUganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels are notorious for abducting children and mutilating their victims. Under pressure from the army, they have started attacking eastern areas, as well as their traditional targets in the north

ugnet_: From the BBC "Arrow Group"

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
No fearBeatrice Ayala, 23, is spending a month training. During this time, she will treat her wooden club as though it were a gun. "When I've finished training, I would like to go and guard my home area. "Provided I have a gun, there is no fear." She says the rebels are like wild animals.

ugnet_: Arrow Group

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
AmputatedMax Ekau had his left leg amputated below the knee after being shot by rebel fighters. He had volunteered to join the Arrows to try and rescue some children from his home areas who had been abducted by the LRA. Six fellow Arrow volunteers were killed in the attack which left him inju

ugnet_: From the BBC

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
In Pictures: Uganda's self-defence militia Former rebelHabib Oigot Aditu is the commander in charge of Alice and John. He used to be a member of a different rebel group, the Uganda People's Army. For 10 years, he has been a brick-maker but was the first to join the Arrows after the

ugnet_: From the BBC "Arrow Group"

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
AloneAlice Hadija Asio, 24, joined the Arrows after the LRA abducted her husband and three children aged 10, nine and three. "I have no idea whether they are alive or dead but now I am alone," she says, clutching her new weapon. The Ugandan army is training and equipping the Arrow Boys (and G

ugnet_: NEGROPAD DOOMED !

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
"President Thabo Mbeki has conceded that Africa's continental plan to revitalise economies ravaged by centuries of under-development, wars, poverty and diseases could be seriously undermined." Netters: SA President  Thabo  Mbeki now acknowledges  what many an  Economist  have pointed out  centurie

ugnet_: Arrow Group

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
In Pictures: Uganda's self-defence militia Ethnic tensionsThe LRA incursion into the east has driven a wedge between locals and the northern Acholi ethnic group. Many easterners now distrust Acholis, ignoring the fact that most LRA fighters are Acholis being held against their will.

ugnet_: Fwd: "LRA" has been defeated but Soroti hospital provides evidence to the con...

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
--- Begin Message --- In Pictures: Uganda's self-defence militia Bumper harvestPresident Yoweri Museveni says the LRA has been defeated but Soroti hospital provides evidence to the contrary. Nearly 100,000 people remain in Soroti - the region's main town. They abandoned their bump

ugnet_: Bundibugyo Appeals On Security to UN

2003-10-13 Thread Matekopoko
Bundibugyo Appeals On Security to UN   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 13, 2003 Posted to the web October 13, 2003 Kampala Bundibugyo district and Zone de Kamango in eastern Demo

ugnet_: Misna: LRA attack Alanyi -Lira

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
Twenty-two dead and around thirty wounded is the still preliminary toll of an attack carried out last night by the rebels of the LRA (lord’s Resistance Army) in a village of the district of Lira, North Uganda. The news was referred to MISNA by the staff of Lira’s diocesan ‘Radio Wa’ (‘our radio’),

Re: ugnet_: Arrow Group

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
In a message dated 10/14/2003 4:16:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matek,   I am concerned about your journalism. The LRA fighting in Teso are not Acoli.  The majority are Itesots under the command of Tabuley who is also from Teso.   KNO I posted  the views of  BBC  ..no

ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Misna: LRA attack Alanyi -Lira

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
This is UPDF handy work!  and now they "Kony" takes the  blame !..In any case where were the UPDF while  this so called Rebel attack was taking place? Matek In a message dated 10/14/2003 10:07:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Twenty-two dead and around thirty wounded

Re: ugnet_: political party.

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
In a message dated 10/14/2003 1:35:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matovu, iN YOUR DREAMS Do all Ugandans take presidential jet for a new baby in Germany?, Are they all Historicals? How about the biological substances? Keep Dreaming. Toro Matovu is sleeping TULO

ugnet_: UPDF Takes Over Command of "RUGU" weilding Arrow Group

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
UPDF Takes Over Arrow Command   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 14, 2003 Posted to the web October 14, 2003 Richard Otim Soroti The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has take

ugnet_: Byanyima Denies Secret Power Deal

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
Byanyima Denies Secret Power Deal   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) October 14, 2003 Posted to the web October 14, 2003 Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda Kampala Mbarara Municipality MP Winnie By

ugnet_: 'Rebels Holding Secret Meetings'

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
'Rebels Holding Secret Meetings'   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 14, 2003 Posted to the web October 14, 2003 John Nzinjah Kampala Anti-government elements are holding secret me

ugnet_: Thousands flee Burundi attack

2003-10-14 Thread Matekopoko
Oh Boy!!!... Hardly two weeks have passed since the Mbeki (SA President) mediated peace deal which was signed between Hutus and Tustis . It seems the much hailed "peace agreement" (by the US State Department and others) has amounted to nothing! Matek PS that is what happens when the so called

ugnet_: Rebels kill 22 in bar attack in northern Uganda

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
Rebels kill 22 in bar attack in northern Uganda KAMPALA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) raided a bar in Lira district in northern Uganda, rounded up bar patrons and gunned them down, killing all 22 of them, an army spokesman said on Wednesday. "The incident occurre

ugnet_: 22 Killed in Ugandan Village Attack

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
22 Killed in Ugandan Village Attack By HENRY WASSWA .c The Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Rebels fighting a 17-year insurgency attacked a village in northern Uganda, shooting and clubbing 22 people to death, an army spokesman said Tuesday. The rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, or L

ugnet_: Uganda rebels shoot drinkers dead

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
Uganda rebels shoot drinkers dead By Nathan Etengu BBC, Mbale, Uganda Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have killed 23 people in a market in the northern Ugandan district of Lira. The LRA rebels are notorious for their brutality The incident occurred on Monday night

ugnet_: New violence in Burundi despite peace deal

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
New violence in Burundi despite peace deal BUJUMBURA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Burundi's army on Wednesday accused rebels of killing four people in an ambush and undermining a fragile new peace agreement in the wartorn country. The Forces for the Defense of Democracy (FDD), the main Hutu rebel group,

ugnet_: Arab militias kill 34 in raid in west Sudan - MP

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
Arab militias kill 34 in raid in west Sudan - MP KHARTOUM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Arab tribal militias this week killed 34 people and torched several villages in a raid in west Sudan, where rivalry between African farming communities and Arab cattle herders is common, a Sudanese MP said on Wednesday.

ugnet_: WHO Says Health Aid in Teso Isn't Working

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
WHO Says Health Aid in Teso Isn't Working   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN Integrated Regional Information Networks October 15, 2003 Posted to the web October 15, 2003 Kampala The World Health Organisat

ugnet_: "Kony Rebels" Kill 22 At Malwa Pub

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
"Kony Rebels"Kill 22 At Malwa Pub   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 15, 2003 Posted to the web October 15, 2003 Ali Mao Kampala They were having an evening out, drinking a local

ugnet_: Acholi MPs Rush Home After New LRA Attacks

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
Acholi MPs Rush Home After New LRA Attacks   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) October 14, 2003 Posted to the web October 15, 2003 Ssemujju Nganda Kampala Members of Parliament from Achol

ugnet_: Ex-Aide: Powell Misled Americans

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
Ex-Aide: Powell Misled Americans Oct. 15, 2003: (CBS) The person responsible for analyzing the Iraqi weapons threat for Colin Powell says the Secretary of State misinformed Americans during his speech at the U.N. last winter.  Greg Thielmann tells Correspondent Scott Pelley that at the time of Po

ugnet_: Wilson adds ammo to hit war credibility gap 

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
Wilson adds ammo to hit war credibility gap  By Paul Bedard  10/15/03: (US News) Just as former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's story that Bushies blew his CIA wife's cover to get back at his criticism of the war in Iraq was getting old, he has stumbled on new ammo to hit the administration's credibil

ugnet_: War's bloody fallout Hundreds suffer horrible wounds

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
War's bloody fallout Hundreds suffer horrible wounds By PATRICE O'SHAUGHNESSY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Military medics carry a wounded soldier from a helicopter. U.S. Army Reserves tend to wounded in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad. Late last June, alm

ugnet_: On Furlough, Soldier Savors Every Moment

2003-10-15 Thread Matekopoko
"We haven't found anything, no weapons of mass destruction, no Saddam, no nothing. And the people there hate us. If we were rolling through a town and they were cheering, hell yeah, it would make us feel better. But when they're not cooperating and throwing rocks and giving us evil looks, we don't

ugnet_: Rwanda says Hutu rebels regrouping in Congo

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
Rwanda says Hutu rebels regrouping in Congo KIGALI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Rwanda said on Thursday it feared infiltration by thousands of militiamen just over the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, which it invaded in 1998 to neutralise the armed groups. Rwanda said Congo should show more com

ugnet_: UPDF KILLS Tutsis ( Hema's ) in DRC CONGO..ADF STALL PEACE

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
"A Lendu militia leader, Augustine Lobo said the UPDF re-entered Ituri and killed 250 civilians in Boga, near the Ugandan Border. The report which was picked by FM radio stations in Bunia said the UPDF were helped by PUSIC fighters." Netters: Could this  be the Hema tribesmen who were recently m

ugnet_: A Toothless Resolution

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
A Toothless Resolution Even if the Security Council approves the U.S. proposal, it won't change a thing in Iraq. By Fred Kaplan Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 4:06 PM PT Hip, hip, but not hurray. The U.N. Security Council is expected to approve the Bush administration's revised draft of a

ugnet_: Lies beget more lies; a policy built on deception will always require

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
"Lies beget more lies; a policy built on deception will always require further deception to sustain itself."..hopeful Kaguta Yoweri Mucebeni is reading this!!! Lies about Iraq rise to level of the absurd Jay Bookman 10/16/03: (AJC) Lies beget more lies; a policy built on deception will always re

ugnet_: Bolivian mob hurls dynamite

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
"The people have control of the streets and are refusing to recognise the authority of the state," said Alvaro Garcia Linares, a sociologist at the University of San Andres in La Paz. "This is a social rebellion against an economic model that has not brought the expected results." ( sometime one ha

ugnet_: Fuller Says Sending Turkish Troops to Iraq is ‘a Bad Idea’

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
Fuller Says Sending Turkish Troops to Iraq is ‘a Bad Idea’ Graham Fuller, former deputy chairman of CIA’s National Intelligence Council and author of ‘Future of Political Islam’, said ‘under present circumstances and conditions it’s a bad idea to send Turkish troops to Iraq’.  ALI H. ASLAN  Wash

ugnet_: Acholi peace Conference...resolutions!

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
The so called acholi leaders should address their concerns to Yoweri Museveni NRM military  regime which is in power. Yoweri Museveni's   UPDF has committed many many atrocities ( over the past 18 yearsd)  against the our people  in the  north. ...The atrocities include indiscriminate rape of wome

ugnet_: ‘A million Ugandans are starving’...Matek's comment follows below

2003-10-16 Thread Matekopoko
‘A million Ugandans are starving’ By Henry H. Ssali & Rogers Mulindwa Oct 17, 2003 - monitor SEMUTO – About a million Ugandans were starving yesterday during celebrations to mark World Food Day. In a speech read for him by Vice President Gilbert Bukenya, President Yoweri Museveni painted a grim p

ugnet_: Dutch Minister Advises On Kony

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Dutch Minister Advises On Kony   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 25, 2003 Posted to the web October 27, 2003 Grace Matsiko in Gulu Kampala The Dutch minister for development coop

ugnet_: Kasese to Fight Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Remnants

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Kasese to Fight Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Remnants   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 22, 2003 Posted to the web October 22, 2003 Kampala KASESE district authorities have war

ugnet_: Kampala Rejects Amnesty Report On Ituri

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
"She named the Forces armees du peuple Congolais led by Jerome Kakawavu Bakonde, which controls the northeastern Ituri towns Aru and Mahagi, as a group that was still enjoying support from Uganda." "The Ugandan government must take immediate steps to end its continued support of armed groups and

ugnet_: Country Still 'Arming' Ituri Rebel Groups

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Country Still 'Arming' Ituri Rebel Groups   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) October 22, 2003 Posted to the web October 22, 2003 Frank Nyakairu & Lucy Lapoti Kampala Uganda is still armi

ugnet_: Kony Chops Off Men's Genitals

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Kony Chops Off Men's Genitals   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 21, 2003 Posted to the web October 21, 2003 Kampala Kony rebels yesterday killed a man and two of his sons in an a

ugnet_: UPC to Shun Parties, Movement Talks - Tiberondwa

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
UPC to Shun Parties, Movement Talks - Tiberondwa   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 21, 2003 Posted to the web October 21, 2003 John Odyek Kampala The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC

ugnet_: IDPs Ask for Condoms

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
IDPs Ask for Condoms   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 22, 2003 Posted to the web October 22, 2003 Kampala MEN in the internally displaced people's camps in Soroti have asked for

ugnet_: Acholi Plead for Aid

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Acholi Plead for Aid   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 20, 2003 Posted to the web October 20, 2003 Kampala Acholi leaders have urged the Government to consider giving special gra

ugnet_: 'Uganda, Rwanda Still Active in DRC' Says Amnesty International

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
'Uganda, Rwanda Still Active in DRC' Says Amnesty International   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 22, 2003 Posted to the web October 22, 2003 Alfred Wasike Kampala AMNESTY Intern

ugnet_: Ituri -- A Need for Protection, a Thirst for Justice

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Ituri -- A Need for Protection, a Thirst for Justice   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site Amnesty International ANALYSIS October 21, 2003 Posted to the web October 21, 2003 The Ugandan government must acknowle

ugnet_: Government Approves 10 IDP Camps in Kitgum

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Government Approves 10 IDP Camps in Kitgum   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 20, 2003 Posted to the web October 20, 2003 Geresom Musamali Kampala THE Government has approved the

ugnet_: Museveni Hails UPDF for Resisting Kony Rebels

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Museveni Hails UPDF for Resisting Kony Rebels   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 25, 2003 Posted to the web October 27, 2003 Kampala President Yoweri Museveni, has addressed the U

ugnet_: 29 Hema Bodies Found

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
THE few reminding Tutsis  in the Eastern Part of the DRC are pretty much FINISH...gonna..not even Kagame will save them now...not when Museveni continues to arm the Lendu and  other rebel fighters in DRC (See AI Report) . Matek 29 Hema Bodies Found   Email This Page Pri

ugnet_: K'jong Warriors Kill District Boss

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
K'jong Warriors Kill District Boss   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) October 26, 2003 Posted to the web October 27, 2003 Sylvester Onyang Moroto Two civil servants were on Thursday kill

ugnet_: Prioritise Northern Region, Government Told

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Prioritise Northern Region, Government Told   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 27, 2003 Posted to the web October 27, 2003 Grace Matsiko Kampala Visiting Dutch minister for develo

ugnet_: MPs Pin Govt On Rustling

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
A)Chesire said in a statement issued on October 17 that the committee found that conflicts along the Kenya-Ugandan border are primarily due to bad governance and undesirable policies.*** B)**"The ownership of illicit arms by the local population has led to a spiral of violence amo

ugnet_: Ugandan Army Joins Kasangaki Hunt

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Ugandan Army Joins Kasangaki Hunt   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 23, 2003 Posted to the web October 23, 2003 Emmy Allio And Agencies Kampala Ugandan soldiers from Bundibugyo d

ugnet_: New Duties for Arrow Group

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
New Duties for Arrow Group   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) October 20, 2003 Posted to the web October 20, 2003 Milton Olupot Kampala THE Arrow Group will be deployed to guard settlemen

ugnet_: Museveni Seeks UK Spy Signals On Kony

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Museveni Seeks UK Spy Signals On Kony   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) October 19, 2003 Posted to the web October 20, 2003 Badru D. Mulumba Kampala President Yoweri Museveni has asked

ugnet_: Rebels Abduct Movement Official

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Rebels Abduct Movement Official   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) October 24, 2003 Posted to the web October 24, 2003 Patrick Elobu Angonu Soroti The Movement Chairman of Kalaki Sub Cou

ugnet_: Bloodbath in Baghdad as bombs kill 34

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Bloodbath in Baghdad as bombs kill 34 Mon 27 October, 2003 14:24 RELATED ARTICLES Iraqis weep at Baghdad bomb site Straw blames Saddam loyalists ICRC says vital to stay in Iraq Bomb attacks in Iraq "I was standing at the gate when a car came driving very fast and

ugnet_: U.S. blames foreigners for Baghdad bombs

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
U.S. blames foreigners for Baghdad bombs Mon 27 October, 2003 22:20 RELATED ARTICLES Bush says attacks aim to undermine progress "I was standing at the gate when a car came driving very fast and smashed against the wall and exploded" Red Cross guard RELATED PHOTOS U.S. TROOPS

ugnet_: Kigali Dismisses Amnesty Report On Its Presence in Congo

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Kigali Dismisses Amnesty Report On Its Presence in Congo   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN Integrated Regional Information Networks October 27, 2003 Posted to the web October 27, 2003 Nairobi The recent

ugnet_: DRC Helping Militia, Says Rwanda

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
DRC Helping Militia, Says Rwanda   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site Business Day (Johannesburg) October 24, 2003 Posted to the web October 24, 2003 Johannesburg RWANDA has accused the government of the Democr

ugnet_: Reform warns Tri-Star firm

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Reform warns Tri-Star firm By Emma Mutaizibwa Oct 28, 2003 KAMPALA â The Reform Agenda yesterday gave Apparels Tri-Star a one-week ultimatum to reinstate the recently fired employees or else it would petition the American government. The textile factory, which exports apparels to the United State

ugnet_: Govt should speak straight

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
Govt should speak straight Editorial Oct 28, 2003 Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya over the weekend handed down a pleasant surprise with his advice to all interested parties to avoid attacking those opposed to the lifting of presidential term limits. As must now be almost common knowledge, so

ugnet_: Karooro book shatters dirty language

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
 OLD MANâS CORNER By F.D.R. Gureme Karooro book shatters dirty language Oct 28, 2003 A global lawyerâs conference sits in Los Angeles. Evenings permit participants to savour its nightlife. An American and a French lawyer talk over a drink. The American suggests that French lawyers ha

ugnet_: Perle: Force Against N. Korea Only Option

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
The question is: why should members of the  International Community believe Richard Perle  when he makes such utterances about Korea? George Bush's US  has NO credibility at this point in the game!!!  that is unless and until the US finds the  Massive WMD about which we were told Sadism  possessed!

ugnet_: Kinshasa, Kigali Seek Common Action On Rwandan Rebels

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
"The situation needs urgent attention, and the DRC government must show more commitment in resolving this problem," he said on 15 October. "We are not happy at all. They are not doing anything and these forces are moving towards our borders." Kinshasa, Kigali Seek Common Action On Rwandan Rebels

ugnet_: IRIN Interview with Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan

2003-10-27 Thread Matekopoko
IRIN Interview with Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan   Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site UN Integrated Regional Information Networks INTERVIEW October 21, 2003 Posted to the web October 21, 2003

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