Newsweek: Kony’s children
Newsweek released a moving slide show of victims that have been terrorized by the LRA. The merciless campaign of terror the LRA left on the people of northern Uganda can be seen on their faces. These powerful images were taken by Marcus Bleasdale and they speak for themselves. – Jordan
Marleine Solange Yagasourma, 16
Captive girls give birth in the bush, where many die in childbirth. Newborns will grow up within the LRA, often becoming fighters themselves. “It was my first child, so I didn’t know what was happening. I started having pains early in the morning. I was in labor for two days. I thanked God once it was over, but I wondered how I was going to march in the bush with that baby and what I was going to do if there was an attack.” In southern Sudan, Marleine escaped during an ambush and returned to a family who were simply happy to see the return of a daughter they’d believed dead. Neighbors, however, said she should have left her child in the bush.
Teresa Bela Mbolikia, 18
Marie Mboligele, 31
Abducted and now confined to a hospital ward, Mboligele has been taken from her kids. She says, “They cut off my lips and my ear. All I could do was pray and stay silent.” Mutilations are regularly carried out by children.
Merci Mbolingako, 14
The LRA often disguise themselves in the uniforms of local armies and police to infiltrate villages and abduct civilians. In May of last year, rebels appeared on the road near Lolo, Merci’s village in northern Congo. Moving from village to village, they were dressed in the uniform of the Congolese Army, and some even spoke Lingala, the military’s lingua franca. Some villagers even came out to greet them. Suddenly they were told to lie down. They were tied up. Thirty-four villagers were taken, but many managed to escape when the LRA stumbled upon a Congolese soldier and a firefight broke out. Mbolingako was one of 10 children that were held by the rebels. He was freed a month later when the LRA base where he was kept came under attack from the Congolese Army.
wow, so now we completely make up things?
“The LRA often disguise themselves in the uniforms of local armies and police to infiltrate villages and abduct civilians. In May of last year, rebels appeared on the road near Lolo, Merci’s village in northern Congo”
This is a complete fabrication.