WASHINGTON?? President Barack Obama said in a letter to Congress Friday he is deploying around 100 U.S. military advisers to Uganda to help battle the notorious Lord's Resistance Army.
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The rebel group is accused of a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping that began 20 years ago.
The White House said the first troops arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. Ultimately, they'll also deploy in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The combat-equipped personnel will support regional forces pursuing Joseph Kony and other Lord's Resistance Army commanders.
"I have authorized a small number of combat-equipped U.S. forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward the removal of Joseph Kony from the battlefield," Obama said in the letter.
"The support provided by U.S. forces will enhance regional efforts against the LRA. However, although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense," he said.
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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44906278/ns/world_news-africa/
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