Netters, As usuall with BBC and dictator Museveni's bosses, this is just half the story. The problem is theythink we are just so dump and believe their story without a question. Well BBC should know that we know how much the UPDF are doing and are contributing to the destruction of the North.
BBC should be reminded that the northern war has been around for most of the last 16 years, and people have been suffering sinc ethen, not just the last few weeks as their story portrays. They(BBC) are still trying to show the world how "clean and victimized" their son dictator Museveni is. Read on.................. Bwambuga. ----------------------------------- Omar Kezimbira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Monday, 2 December, 2002, 11:24 GMT Surviving Uganda's rebellion > School children have been in the frontline >By Will Ross >BBC, Gulu, northern Uganda It does not make for a very relaxing time when the grass >is 3 metres high and you are travelling through an area where LRA rebels have been >active. >Life in northern Uganda has been turned upside-down in recent months, as rebels from >the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have intensified their attacks. > The consequences of the rebel activity were clearly visible; deserted schools and >abandoned stalls where markets once flourished. >And so the 80-kilometre journey to Awere on the border of Gulu and Pader Districts >was a nervous and quiet one despite the amount of guns and armour in our convoy. >We did not see another single vehicle all day but there is still human traffic on the >road - people carrying tomatoes, firewood, and huge sacks of charcoal. >While occasionally those brave enough tilled the soil. >Humiliation >Given how fertile the land is, it is a tragedy that so many are dependent on food >handouts because it is simply too dangerous to live in the villages and farm the >land. >Recently, the World Food Programme was delivering 158 metric tons of food to the >10,000 people living in Awere displaced people's camp. > Farmers would prefer to be harvesting their own crops > >A hugely welcome relief, but what a humiliating feeling for a farmer to stand in line >to be given a sack of corn all the way from America while the farm down the road lies >idle. >The food distribution took place next to a collection of crumbling, windowless >buildings that make up Awere primary school which has been swelling in numbers. >Security has been so precarious in the district that four other primary schools have >merged with Awere primary for the examinations. >These are vital exams as they determine who gets to go to secondary school - only 20 >to 30% of them will make it. >Machetes >I sat in a classroom with half a dozen students whose recent experiences will make >the exams much harder. >Whispering in the Acholi language, one 14-year-old girl told me how she had been >abducted by LRA rebels in August. > >He [Joseph Kony] was a social boy, played football and was a brilliant dancer >Former classmate She was then marched off into the bush where she was forced to carry >out an atrocity that is hard to forget. >Along with others, she was forced to kill a fellow abductee who had been caught >trying to escape - beating him to death with machetes and clubs. >During a clash between the rebels and the Ugandan army she managed to flee. >"Now it's hard for me to concentrate at school," she whispered staring at the floor. >Other abducted school mates are still missing. >Confident >As we set off back to Gulu we passed Odek, the home village of the LRA leader Joseph >Kony. >A cluster of eucalyptus trees mark the spot where his home was. >"He was a social boy, played football and was a brilliant dancer," one of Joseph >Kony's former classmates told me, recalling the rebel leader's days at Odek primary. >Pausing briefly at a small Ugandan army detachment, I asked the soldier in charge how >the situation was going. >"Very well. We killed two rebels yesterday just north of here and we captured four >alive." >But while the Ugandan army speaks confidently of winning the war, the abductions >continue. >And you cannot help but feel that after 16 years, this part of the world badly needs >a break. > > War in the north >Key storiesRebels for neighboursLRA keep the faithDisplaced face miseryTracking the >LRABounty for rebel leader >BackgroundCountry profileTimelineSee also: > >25 Nov 02 | Africa Bounty for Ugandan rebel leader >19 Nov 02 | Africa Sudan bars Ugandan army >04 Oct 02 | Africa Ugandan rebels offered peace talks >19 Sep 02 | Africa Villagers 'hacked to death' in Uganda >16 Sep 02 | Africa Uganda raiders release priests >Internet links: > >BBC Focus on AfricaUganda Government >The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites >Top Africa stories now: > >Burundi peace deal signed >'Al-Qaeda' claims Kenya attacks >Fighting rages in Ivory Coast >Sierra Leone war crimes judges sworn in >Muslim cleric freed in Nigeria >New attempt to solve Bakassi row >Tensions over Kenya attack inquiry >Sudan's rebels 'plan own currency' > Links to more Africa stories are at the foot of the page. > > > E-mail this story to a friend > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > -- He it is Who created for you all that is on earth...He is the All-knower of everything. Swaddaq Allahu Al-Adhim. Michael Bwambuga. __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
