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Titolo: InUganda non ci sono solo i gorillia

Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have killed
several hundred Sudanese civilians in the past week, Ugandan army and
Sudan Catholic Church officials have said. 
Army spokesman, Major Shaban Bantariza said the killings occurred in
several villages in the Imotong mountains of southern Sudan while the
rebels were fleeing from a Ugandan army offensive which began last
month. 
The men and boys were all brutally killed publicly whereas young girls
between the ages of five and 16 were defiled before their parents 
 
Leon Buga, Catholic Priest  Officials from the Roman Catholic Church
in Sudan said the LRA rebels had killed more than 470 civilians and
displaced hundreds from their homes. 
The LRA insurgents raped and abducted girls and women, and burnt down
six villages, a statement from the church's diocese of Torit in
suthern Sudan said. 
Another 500 people were forced to flee the area to escape the
violence. 
Appeal for help 
The bishop of Torit diocese, Akio Johnson Mutek, has appealed to the
international community "to come to the aid of these destitute people
who are forced to desert their villages as they had just begun
cultivating their crops," the statement said. 
"Bishop Akio fears that if the situation continues unabated many civil
populations who are currently scattered in the bushes might become
vulnerable to all kind of dangers and diseases," the statement added. 
In a separate statement on Friday, the Church said that LRA rebels had
raided a further three villages in the area on Wednesday. 
The rebels are reported to have killed an unknown number of men in the
villages - as well as stripping girls naked and forcing them to drink
their own urine before raping and abducting them. 
Starving force 
"The men and boys were all brutally killed publicly whereas young
girls between the ages of five and 16 were defiled before their
parents," the statement quoted a local priest, Leon Buga, as saying. 
The BBC's Ishbel Matheson says that the area where the violence
occurred is very remote and it is difficult to get accurate
information. 
 
The LRA have kidnapped hundreds of children
 
Our correspondent says that some people believe the LRA carried out
the attacks because they think that the local people support the
Ugandan military offensive. 
But she says the 3,000 or so rebels that make up the LRA are starving
and they rely on raiding and looting to survive. 
The rebel force is largely made up of children from Northern Uganda
who have been abducted and brainwashed. 
They are led by Joseph Kony - a fanatic who claims to have magical
powers. 
Fears for children 
Uganda and Sudan signed an agreement in March allowing Ugandan troops
to carry out search-and-destroy operations against the LRA rebels, who
launch cross-border raids from rear bases in southern Sudan. 
But human rights groups have criticised Uganda saying that Operation
Iron Fist, as the campaign to crush the rebels is called, is too heavy
handed. 
 
The troops have been accused of being too heavy handed
 
It is feared that if it comes to a shootout in the remote mountains
many innocent children will be killed alongside Joseph Kony. 
The Ugandan army says casualties are inevitable but from their point
of view once a child has been abducted, been given military training,
and is pointing a gun at you, it becomes a legitimate target. 
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