6/14/08

Uganda's Museveni confident rebels pushed into Congo would be defeated if they returned

Uganda's Museveni confident rebels pushed into Congo would be defeated if they returned

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas: The president of Uganda said he is confident that his African nation can defeat any attempt by rebels to return to his country from neighboring Congo.

President Yoweri Museveni was visiting Fort Leavenworth on Friday to watch his son, Maj. Muhozi Museveni Kainerugaba, graduate from the Army's Command and General Staff College.

Museveni said members of the Lord's Resistance Army were in Congo now and that it would be up to that nation, along with the United Nations, to take the lead in fighting the rebels.

"If they want our support, we are ready and able to assist them," Museveni told reporters after the graduation. "Otherwise, it is really a problem of Congo and the United Nations."

The U.S. State Department numbers the rebels only in the hundreds but considers them a terrorist group. Formed more than 20 years ago, the Lord's Resistance Army became known for raping children and using them as soldiers, and its leaders are wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.






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