THE NEW VISION -http://www.newvision.co.ug/Tuesday, 29th April, 2008We fought Arabs not Kony, says MuseveniBy Frank MugabiTHE war in northern Uganda was not against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) but the Sudanese government, President Yoweri Museveni has said.“I hear people talking of 20 years of conflict with Kony. I don’t want a narrow understanding of this affair. Our fight was not with Kony but with the Arabs of Khartoum who made a big mistake of underestimating us,” Museveni said.When the National Resistance Army took over power, he said, Sudan looked for puppets that could topple the Government and then fight on their behalf against the black people in South Sudan.“This was an invitation for us to stand by the black people in Sudan,” Museveni said.“They (Sudanese) discovered that we were not the usual Black Africans. If you create problems for us we create more problems for you.”The President was meeting leaders from the West Nile region at Arua Public Primary School on Monday.In supporting Kony, the President argued, Sudan thought it would also intimidate the NRM and deter it from backing the South Sudanese.He said both the northern and Sudan conflict had been managed, which had boosted trade and bilateral relations in the Great Lakes region......
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What are you saying here? Do you mean that Kony and the LRA and its child soliders have not been carryng on a 20-year war? Are you saying Museveni is seeking to sign a peace agreement with the wrong people? What involvement did Museveni and the Ugandan government have in the Southern Sudan war? Your commentary/news release invokes interest but is devoid of what I am sure is much more content.
William Reed
This is not commentary. This is direct reported speach. The word are Museveni.
What are your argument with the Museveni's assertion?
And while you are answering be careful not to kill the messenger.
William Reed > KWASI AkyeampongMay 7, 2008 at 8:19am
Kwasi:
The Messanger is exactly the one I am questioning. How you can condense 20 years of horriffic fighting in Uganda and more than that in the South Sudan conflict(s) into a statement of less than 25 words at a primary school leaves a lot of history and content wanting.
William Reed
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William Reed
What are your argument with the Museveni's assertion?
And while you are answering be careful not to kill the messenger.
KWASI
The Messanger is exactly the one I am questioning. How you can condense 20 years of horriffic fighting in Uganda and more than that in the South Sudan conflict(s) into a statement of less than 25 words at a primary school leaves a lot of history and content wanting.
William Reed