In Vast Jungle, U.S. Troops Aid in Search for Kony

[Sunni Man]

This is what it's all about people.

Before the discovery of huge oil deposits the U.S. could care less if all the Ugandan jungle bunnies killed each other by the tens of thousands.

But now Kony is suddenly terrorist #1 in Africa and we must do the humanitarian thing and help the people.


"Uganda has confirmed the discovery of an additional one billion barrels of oil in the country.

In 2010, it had announced it had discovered commercially viable deposits of 2.5 billion barrels.

However, the commissioner for petroleum exploration told the BBC that deposits were now at least 3.5 billion barrels"

BBC News - Uganda confirms new oil deposits

 

[High_Gravity]

This is what it's all about people.

Before the discovery of huge oil deposits the U.S. could care less if all the Ugandan jungle bunnies killed each other by the tens of thousands.

But now Kony is suddenly terrorist #1 in Africa and we must do the humanitarian thing and help the people.


"Uganda has confirmed the discovery of an additional one billion barrels of oil in the country.

In 2010, it had announced it had discovered commercially viable deposits of 2.5 billion barrels.

However, the commissioner for petroleum exploration told the BBC that deposits were now at least 3.5 billion barrels"

BBC News - Uganda confirms new oil deposits

It is awfully convenient, but at the same time some of this is payback for the Ugandans sending troops into Somalia on our behalf.

 

[52ndStreet]

Why is it taking so long to catch this mad man Kony?

 

[Saigon]

I'm going to defend th US on this one - I don't think the search for Koney has anything to do with oil, or with Somalia.

I think it is a genuinely humanitarian action, and one the US probably feels is due given th failure of US to play a part in Rwanda or Liberia recently.

 

[Sunni Man]

I'm going to defend th US on this one - I don't think the search for Koney has anything to do with oil, or with Somalia.

I think it is a genuinely humanitarian action, and one the US probably feels is due given th failure of US to play a part in Rwanda or Liberia recently.

Please.........

We never do anything without an ulterior motive.

To think other wise is very naive.

 

[waltky]

Dey gettin' closer to Kony...

Joseph Kony’s Bodyguard Killed in CAR
January 21, 2013 — The chief bodyguard to warlord Joseph Kony has been killed by the Ugandan army in the Central African Republic, according to the Uganda military.

The head of security for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony was killed in a military operation Friday, according to the Ugandan Ministry of Defense. Kony’s rebel Lord's Resistance Army waged a bloody insurgency in northern Uganda for 20 years, before moving into neighboring countries in 2006. Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

He and small bands of LRA fighters have been moving between the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. Kony’s chief bodyguard was a man known as Brigadier Binani. He was also in charge of supplying child soldiers, says defense spokesman Felix Kulayigye. “He had been in charge of gathering food and collecting abducted children for Joseph Kony,” said Kulayigye.

Although no one knows for sure where Kony is hiding, Kulayigye says finding Binani means Ugandan forces are on the right track. “It is a big accomplishment. Once you get the chief bodyguard of the leader himself it means you are quite near. [And] two, it means that the intelligence being collected is good, and the collection methods are good as well,” added Kulayigye. In 2011, the hunt for Kony was given a boost when U.S. President Barack Obama sent a group of U.S. special forces to Uganda to help track him down.

Kulayigye says with Binani dead and LRA fighters defecting, the noose around Kony is tightening. “In addition to these ones who were killed and captured, a number of children and former abductees had been escaping," said Kulayigye. "So sooner or later the man either will commit suicide or will be captured or killed in action.” Last week, President Obama announced a cash reward would be offered for tips leading to Kony’s capture. At the moment, Kony is thought to be hiding out somewhere near the border of the Central African Republic and South Sudan.

Joseph Kony?s Bodyguard Killed in CAR

 

[freedombecki]

Last week, President Obama announced a cash reward would be offered for tips leading to Kony’s capture.

Is Obama taking a pay cut or increasing the tax burden deficit to play Daddy Warbucks?

Oh.

 

[Saigon]

Becki -

Just to be clear here - do you think that the US should try and capture or kill known terrorists, or just let them carry on with whatever they were doing?