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Uganda: Reasons for the U.S. Deployment in Central Africa

Oct 18, 2011 | 21:08 GMT

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Summary

The United States announced the deployment of some 100 U.S. special operations troops to Central Africa on Oct. 14. The troops will serve as advisers with the objective of facilitating the capture or killing of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel militant group that began in Uganda but now is scattered throughout the region. However, the deployment has much more to do with regional security, domestic politics and trade relations than it does with the LRA leader.

The deployment of U.S. troops in Central Africa has little to do with its publicly stated goal. ...

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