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US to send troops to Uganda to help fight LRA rebels
BBC ^ | Oct. 14, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 10/14/2011 3:46:06 PM PDT by fightinJAG

US President Barack Obama has said he is sending about 100 US soldiers to Uganda to help regional forces battle the notorious Lord's Resistance Army.

Although combat-equipped, the troops would be providing information and advice "to partner nation forces", Mr Obama wrote in a letter to US Congress.

A small group is already in Uganda, and the troops could later be deployed in other central African nations.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: lra; uganda; wagthedogafrica
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1 posted on 10/14/2011 3:46:08 PM PDT by fightinJAG
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This is beyond stupid! Obama must be removed from office!


2 posted on 10/14/2011 3:47:55 PM PDT by WellyP (REAL)
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“troops could later be deployed in other central African nations”

What in the world is this man doing spreading our troops all over africa.


3 posted on 10/14/2011 3:47:57 PM PDT by edcoil (The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. -- Joe Paterno)
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To: fightinJAG

Nothing nastier than African wars.


4 posted on 10/14/2011 3:49:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (ALCS/NLCS playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2789907/posts)
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To: fightinJAG

What is this???


5 posted on 10/14/2011 3:50:12 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Cain = National Sales Tax; Perry = Amnesty for Illegals; Romney = Obamacare forever. Who's left?)
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To: edcoil; All

Bambi is (a) setting up Afrika for his ultimate take-over as Emperor with his throne set in Nairobi or Mombasa (nom too many mosquitoes, but he is Lord of the Flies) Kenya, (b) protecting the Muslims in Uganda from the out-of-control (ala Rick Perry) Christians and (c) destroying more of our troops with pathetic ROEs.


6 posted on 10/14/2011 3:53:34 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: fightinJAG

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?83976-Terror-funding-via-KHOT


7 posted on 10/14/2011 3:54:59 PM PDT by EverOnward
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To: fightinJAG

Doesn’t he have famiy there in the old homeland?


8 posted on 10/14/2011 3:55:23 PM PDT by Marcella (Newt will smash Obama in debates. Newt needs money.)
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To: fightinJAG

Clinton under the aegis of the U.N. sent in troops to fight the Christians in the former Yugoslavia who were fighting the Muzzies (Kosovars) and winning!

The title of the article should really say:

“Muzzie Obama to send troops to Uganda to help kill Christians and protect fellow Muuzzies.”


9 posted on 10/14/2011 3:56:19 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: fightinJAG
Two related threads, same CNN source article. Equally worthwhile to peruse.

Obama sending combat troops to central Africa to aid fight against rebels

Obama sending combat troops to central Africa to aid fight against rebels

10 posted on 10/14/2011 3:57:19 PM PDT by thouworm (.)
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To: edcoil

US Troops have been popping in and out of Africa for over 35 years.

Just ain’t news most of the time.


11 posted on 10/14/2011 3:59:54 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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More ...

Obama Sends U.S. Troops to Central Africa to Aid Campaign Against Rebel Group

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/14/obama-sends-us-troops-to-central-africa-to-aid-campaign-against-rebel-group/?test=latestnews

“The White House says the first troops arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. Ultimately, they will also deploy in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Congo. “


12 posted on 10/14/2011 4:00:21 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: fightinJAG

obama, the muslim, sending american troops to harass the Christians?


13 posted on 10/14/2011 4:01:00 PM PDT by ken21
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To: edcoil

“Obama is just doing this so the anti-war crowd in Zuccotti Park will have a war to oppose.” HT http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/44348


14 posted on 10/14/2011 4:02:38 PM PDT by radioone ("2012 can't come soon enough")
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The LRA isn’t “Christian” in any sense you or I would recognize. Its founder and leader Joseph Kony believes that he is a prophet sent from God to purify the people of Uganda and to create a bastion of peace. Kony originally called his terrorist group Uganda Christian Democratic Army.

In any case it isn’t our fight and I don’t want American troops forced to kill children. Both sides grab young children for the fight that has gone on for some 20 years.


15 posted on 10/14/2011 4:03:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (ALCS/NLCS playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2789907/posts)
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From what I’ve read, these ‘christians’ are a fringe element and they are little more than terrorists. Rush was discussing this today and stated they were Christians and I was frothing at the mouth because of that POS in the WH. As it turns out it’s hard to defend a group of barbarians killing children even though they claim to be ‘Christian’.

With that said though, this lousy, POS in the WH must be removed. How much more evidence is needed before impeachment proceedings begin? He clearly does not intend and never has intended, to follow the constitution of the United States.

Don’t think we’ve been sold down the drain by the Repubes? Look at all this marxist has done with very little resistance from the repubicans.


16 posted on 10/14/2011 4:04:03 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman ( HANK 2012)
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What kind of “Christians” are they? They obviously aren’t the pacifist Christians of the West.


17 posted on 10/14/2011 4:05:13 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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We don't want any part of this.

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18 posted on 10/14/2011 4:09:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (ALCS/NLCS playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2789907/posts)
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Obama does nothing that is not designed to further his ideological agenda.

They have been spouting the line for years that violence is not unusually the province of muslims, but every religion is just as bad.

So they have scoured the world and actually found a violent movement, however obscure, which professes to base their ideology on Christianity.

This is a way of bringing attention to the LRA, so that whenever any proposal is made to restrict muslim immigration, use profiling of muslims to counteract muslim terrorism or otherwise scrutinize Islam, the Left will simply say “but look at the LRA, the Christians are just as bad!”


19 posted on 10/14/2011 4:13:07 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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...just nothing more than consolidating the muslim gains throughout Africa. North Africa was the first segment.

See, now that we are the largest muslim nation, it is up to us to aid our brothers wherever they may be. Best part is we can now participate in all the wars without backlash or blowback from the muslim world....cuzz we have a muslim leader and are now “the largest muslim nation”.

Brass Turd


20 posted on 10/14/2011 4:17:29 PM PDT by himno hero (Obamas theme...Death to America...The crusaders will pay!)
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