Who are the Lord's Resistance Army?

[dArKeR]

Gulu, Uganda - The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), set to be the subject of an inquiry by the International Criminal Court, is a little-known yet extraordinarily brutal rebel movement that has waged a low-level insurgency in northern Uganda for the past 17 years.

The avowed aim of the group, which has its rear bases in southern Sudan, is to set up a regime based on the biblical Ten Commandments.

Yet the LRA seldom attacks any strategic target, preferring nocturnal hit-and-run raids on rural communities, and is known mainly for its brutality towards civilians and for the abduction of 20 000 children over the years.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1075435023742B225&set_id=1

Didn't the Moral Majority change their name to the Lord's Resistance Army or something like that?

[David__77]

1. Aren't they British agents?

I understand that they are carrying out British aims in the region and are supported by some British rightists. They use their gangs their now that their empire has crumbled.

[punpirate]

2. From this link...

... they sound more like an autonomous group:

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/lra.htm

Have to admit, these religious wackos are nothing like our religious wackos....

[Young Socialist]

3. what?

errrr the empire crumbled 50+ years ago. do you actually know where Uganda is?

[bemildred]

4. Thanks, that was interesting.

Singularly perverse, and a strong indication of the fictional
nature of central government control in the region. A medieval
mercenary gang with somewhat modern weapons and the usual bizarre
belief system.