Hi Guys,
I spotted a story this week that directly concerns other incidents that we have been discussing in various threads.
On occasion, the "Lord's Resistance Army" has been cited as an example of a Christian terrorist organization. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that Joseph Kony's cult army was never even remotely Christian in its orientation and is now developing stronger ties with the Sudanese government (who are arming and supplying them) and carrying out proxy attacks on Christians and Christian aid workers in Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. The LRA has a history of burning churches and attacking pastors, but until now has limited its activities to Northern Uganda. Now that they are operating out of Sudanese safe havens it looks like they are paying their benefactors back in blood.
Here's a News Summary:
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CHRISTIAN AID WORKER MURDERED
Lord’s Resistance Army apparently expands attacks to target foreigners.
November 9 (Compass) – A British aid worker died of bullet wounds last weekend after his jeep was ambushed by gunmen in Sudan near the Ugandan border. Twenty militants attacked Collin Lee, his wife Hedwig Unrau Lee, and their Sudanese driver on Saturday (November 5) as they traveled to the southern Sudanese town of Yei from Uganda. “Collin was a man after God’s own heart,” said Elias Kamau, his friend and International Aid Services colleague. “He felt that he had a calling from God, and he had a real sense of urgency to accomplish that goal. His death is a shock to us as an organization.” The Ugandan army held the Lord’s Resistance Army, a politically ambiguous group known for terrorizing civilians, responsible for the murder.
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Amongst the many things that I will never understand about EU and US policy, is the fact that we still buy oil from the Sudanese. Personally, I'd rather walk than pay for one more Sudanese AK-47.
- SEAGOON