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From: Vovi Uganda e.V. 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:03 PM
Subject: Recalling Mulindwa Won't Stop the War


Letter  
Monday, March 1, 2004  
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Recalling Mulindwa Won't Stop the War
THE DECISION by President Yoweri Museveni to recall the commander of the army's 403 Brigade with a view to sending him for further training following the February 21 massacre in Lira will not end the conflict in northern Uganda. 
According to the president, the massacre occurred because Lt-Col Mulindwa, who was responsible for the area, did not have enough military training.  

But even if a better trained commander replaces Lt.Col Mulindwa, the fact that Amuka, a local militia trained to fight alongside the Uganda People's Defence Forces in their campaign against the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Lira district, were not able to foresee the massacre, suggests the difference would be the same. 

The attack could only have been avoided if the Ugandan troops had been vigilant enough. 

As long as the government remains aloof about fighting the rebel movements in the north, the LRA will always be the greatest and most sustained threat to stability. 

Even if LRA leader Joseph Kony is arrested or killed, there is fear that another rebel movement will emerge. The LRA, which began as a group of ethnic Acholi supporters of former head of state Tito Okello, who was forced out of office by Museveni in 1987, is determined to overthrow his government because they believe he removed Okello from power unjustly. 

Fr JOACHIM OMOLO OUKO 
Nairobi 

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