So NRM does not fight in tall grass! They only order the masses out of their houses so that they can loot as much as they wish to take! Shame on these perverted killers
toro ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:03 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Monitor apologises but refuses to retract story-BBC > "However, he said that the army would defeat them during the > dry season, when the rebels could no longer hide in tall > grass." -- This is nonsense. How many dry seasons have > passed since Museveni first vowed to defeat the LRA? > > vukoni > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 05:13:58 -0700 (PDT) > >From: Omar Kezimbira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: ugnet_: Monitor apologises but refuses to retract > story-BBC > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Friday, 18 October, 2002, 10:08 GMT 11:08 UK -BBCUgandan > paper issues apology > > The Ugandan army was angered by The Monitor's story > >In its first edition for a week, Uganda's leading > independent newspaper, The Monitor, has apologised for > running a story which angered the army but has refused to > retract it. > >The government only agreed to lift the blockade on The > Monitor's offices if it ran the apology. > > > >The police had gone to investigate the dangerous lies they > were telling > >President Yoweri Museveni But the paper's managers argued > that admitting the story was false would prejudice the case > of three journalists, charged with publishing false news and > publishing information prejudicial to national security and > likely to assist the enemy in its operation. > >The paper was closed down last Friday after publishing a > story, claiming that an army helicopter had been shot down by > rebels. > >In an editorial in its "Come-back issue", the Monitor said > that police conduct had been "impeccable" throughout the six- > day closure. > >Computers confiscated > >Press freedom body Reporters without Borders and United > States-based Human Rights Watch have condemned the Ugandan > Government's closure of The Monitor, as a violation of press > freedom. > >President Yoweri Museveni dismissed these accusations and > told BBC Network Africa that he had fought for press freedom. > >But he said that the freedom had been abused and "the police > had gone to investigate the dangerous lies they were > telling." > > President Museveni vows to defeat the rebels during the dry > season > > > >Police confiscated computers, diskettes, mobile phones and > files after raiding The Monitor. > >The BBC's reporter in Kampala says the helicopter story is > the latest in a number of articles about the conduct of the > war against Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the north > of the country that have angered the army. > >Last May, the Ugandan army launched an offensive in co- > operation with the Sudanese Government which, until recently, > backed the LRA. > >But this has only pushed the LRA back into Uganda, where it > has increased its attacks. > >Tall grass > >The LRA has been conducting a campaign of violence in > northern Uganda since 1987 to overthrow Mr Museveni's > government. > >Monitor cartoonist The Lizard observes that if the row > between the paper and the government can be resolved through > negotiation, why not use talks to end the LRA rebellion, too? > >Mr Museveni told BBC Network Africa that he was personally > opposed to negotiating with the LRA but he had been persuaded > to pursue dialogue by bishops. > >However, he said that the army would defeat them during the > dry season, when the rebels could no longer hide in tall > grass. > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more > >faith.yahoo.com >
