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Uganda arrests rebels accused of seeking fighters
KAMPALA, Uganda (Reuters) - Eight suspected members of a rebel group based in western Uganda have been arrested at the weekend for recruiting fighters, police and military sources said Tuesday.
The Allied Democratic Forces destabilized much of western Uganda in the late 1990s, launching attacks on villages, trading centers and colleges from neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo and forcing 70,000 civilians to flee.
The ADF has been largely inactive since 2000 but the Ugandan army said some members are still at large and trying to rekindle their rebellion.
"We know they were planning to wage war against the government with a newly bolstered force. Now we have some of the ring leaders," police spokesman Asuman Mugenyi told Reuters.
The ADF is a separate rebellion from the 17-year-old insurgency waged by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda. The LRA killed more than 300 people last month in one of their worst attacks in years, UN workers said.
The eight arrested suspects are scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
The special military advisor to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Brigadier Kale Kaihura, said he was certain the ADF was trying to regroup, although it is unclear how big a threat the outfit may pose to Uganda's military or civilians.
"We have our sources in eastern Congo who say they are regularly moving to and from the border," Kaihura said.
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