Che'_Moderator Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Thursday, February 23, 2006Old horrors, young victimsI've covered horror stories across the African continent, and every time, I tell myself I've seen it all. But nothing could have prepared me for the scenes I witnessed in the tiny dusty town of Gulu in northern Uganda.It is in this region that a rebel force -- the Lord's Resistance Army, which claims to base its principles on the Ten Commandments -- has waged a protracted 20-year war against the Ugandan government. The army is led by Joseph Kony, a 43-year-old so-called "Disciple," who is as elusive as he is mysterious. His modus operandi is to kidnap children from villages at night and indoctrinate them into his group. Reports from victims suggest he physically and mentally abuses them into submission. The United Nations says more than 30,000 children have been kidnapped in the last 10 years alone.In a bid to escape danger over the past three years, every young child in every village surrounding Gulu makes a nightly trek from their village homes to the relative comfort of the town. The locals call them the "night commuters."They're given shelter at several locations in Gulu -- a canvas roof; a cold, hard floor; and if they're lucky, a blanket. No food, no water, no showers are available. But at least they get to become kids again, knowing Joseph Kony would not attack the well-fortified town. In the morning, they get up and proceed to make the long commute back home, just lucky to be alive.Those who are kidnapped by Kony's army live a life of horror. While reporting this story, we met Alice, a 19-year-old girl who recently managed to escape after eight years in captivity. She told me blood chilling stories of events no child deserves to witness. She spoke of how the group she was in was made to kill a child who tried to escape by biting him to death, of how she was made to cut up and cook the body of a village chief killed by the rebels and forced to eat the meat from his body, and of how she was raped and eventually had a child from the man who defiled her. She showed us the physical scars of her time as a child soldier -- bullet holes on her leg and shrapnel wounds on her chest.The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Joseph Kony. Nonetheless, he's able to operate with relative impunity throughout the northern part of Uganda. As long as he's alive and leading his ragtag group of rebels, no child in northern Uganda will ever be safe.Posted By Jeff Koinange, CNN Correspondent: 1:44 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastboy Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 makes you realize how good we've got it even on our worst days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
550 Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 chuck, get in there and kick some ASS with your DE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resa850 Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 jesus thats horrible!!! its hard to imagine what those poor children are going through. no penalty on Kony could ever come close to the damage has done to those kids. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAzOR Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 That is horrific. That guy should be taken out. If I got the chance, I'd love to kill him slowly with something like, say, a teaspoon or a paperclip. Probably take days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 That is horrific. That guy should be taken out. If I got the chance, I'd love to kill him slowly with something like, say, a teaspoon or a paperclip. Probably take days.Murchison is not hard to find. Go get on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAzOR Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Murchison is not hard to find. Go get on it.Brilliant and horrific. This guy wouldn't stand a chance. Murchison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RAzOR Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 That looks so cool. Why the serious look? Looks like you're already after "The Disciple". I smell a movie script coming forth, born of my festering fingers. "The Disciple" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman55 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 They have a huge campaign to raise awareness of this situation going on on my campus here at oklahoma state university. I even painted some of my cloths with a stencil of the african continent and the ugandian national colors just soi people would ask.. hey whats that for? Then i tell them the above post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibim Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Yay Africa. There's some seriously wierd stuff happening up north on this continent, and here actually. But there's also the natural dramatisation of what goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiva Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 But there's also the natural dramatisation of what goes on.Most of what people hear about Africa is 20% truth, 80% fiction for effect. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigo Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Most of what people hear about Africa is 20% truth, 80% fiction for effect. are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromtheshadows Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 (edited) Wheres the US military intel when you need em...actually the US military has based in South Africa. Ive heard a lot of stories about the crime rate there. What a story. Edited May 12, 2006 by ashman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prasamin Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 anyone ever been to Uganda except Charles? I don't think you ever want to go. Kampala is the only somewhat civilized place in that country, and that place is not so great.My dad was born in Kampala and my grandparents were kicked out along with all "foreigners" when Idi Amin the cocksucking whore monkey bitch came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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