Ugandan army raids rebels hideouts in Sudan

Jan 29, 2006 (KAMPALA) — Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) has said that its troops raided rebel Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA) hideouts near Juba in southern Sudan on Saturday.

UPDF spokesman Major Felix Kulaije was quoted on Sunday by the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) Radio as saying that the Ugandan army killed five LRA rebels during the attack.

The army also rescued two women and their children from the rebel hideouts.

The spokesman said in another operation in Gulu in northern Uganda on Saturday, the UPDF soldiers killed one LRA rebel and rescued two abducted people.

The LRA rebels, based in southern Sudan, have killed tens of thousands of civilians and displaced over 1.4 million people in their nearly 20-year rebellion in northern Uganda.

(Xinhua)