U.S. to step up efforts to hunt down bloodthirsty Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
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Joseph Kony is the African warlord made infamous by the 2012
documentary Kony 2012
Kony has been indicted by the UN killing and mutilating innocent
civilians and kidnapping thousands of children, forcing them to be
soldiers and sex slaves
Kony has not been definitively seen in quite some time
President Barack Obama has ordered troops and aircraft to Uganda to
help local authorities hunt Kony
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 04:57 GMT, 24 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:06 GMT, 24 March 2014
Wanted: Ugandan forces hunting for warlord Joseph Kony (pictured) have
hailed the arrest of one of his top commander's as an 'intelligence
coup'
U.S. President Barack Obama has reportedly stepped up efforts to
capture Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.
Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, which
is accused by the United Nations and human rights groups of killing
and mutilating innocent civilians and kidnapping thousands of
children, forcing them to be soldiers and sex slaves.
Obama has reportedly dispatched military aircraft to the central
African nation to help track the brutal warlord, with several CV-22
Osprey aircraft arriving in the troubled country by the middle of the
week.
The Washington Post, which broke the story about the Obama
administration's increased effort to track down Kony, reports that the
White House began notifying Congressional leaders about the plan on
Sunday night.
Officials emphasized that the Ospreys 'will be used for troop
transport and that the rules of engagement for U.S. forces remain the
same as for about 100 Special Operations troops that Obama first sent
to help find Kony in October 2011,' the paper reports.
U.S. military personnel will be allowed to 'provide information,
advice and assistance' to an African Union military task force
responsible for tracking Kony and the LRA.
U.S. forces are authorized to track Kony and his forces across Uganda,
the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Congo.
The U.S. soldiers are not authorized to engage the LRA unless it is in
self-defense.
The number of U.S. forces who will be a part of the operation to track
Kony are unlikely to exceed 300.
Horrific: Kony's guerilla army has abducted thousands of children in
central Africa to join it, forcing them to commit horrific acts of
violence
The new effort to bring Kony to justice comes as many believe that
much of his organization has been decimated in recent years -
especially after a 2012 documentary that brought the atrocities he's
alleged to have committed into the mainstream media.
According to the Washington Post, LRA attacks have decreased and the
number of people his regime is suspected of murdering has decreased by
more than 75 percent since 2010.
Additionally, there hasn't been a definitive sighting of Kony,
himself, in quite some time.
Kony recently became the focus of international attention after the
U.S. advocacy group Invisible Children made an online video seeking to
make him famous.

Scarred: Kony's LRA has ordered his young army to carry out acts of
mutilation on the faces of other youngsters
In 2005 the ICC indicted Kony, along with four other LRA commanders,
for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Two of them have since
died.
In 2011 Obama sent 100 troops to help regional governments eliminate the LRA.
But the manhunt for LRA leaders has proved tough, with the rebels
moving in very small groups and avoiding technology.
Encounters between Ugandan troops and the rebels are very rare. Only
about 200 LRA members remain the jungle, according to Ugandan
officials.

Out there: Northern Uganda where Kony was believed to be hiding with
members of the Lord's Resistance Army
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More News On Reports That The US Is Sending Military Aircraft And More
Special Forces To Hunt Down Ugandan Rebel Leader Joseph Kony.
Hunt for Joseph Kony takes U.S. into one of world's most dangerous
countries -- Washington Post
US to send more troops, aircraft to search for African warlord -- AP
U.S. sending more forces, aircraft to seek Uganda warlord Kony
-Pentagon -- Reuters
Obama sends aid to find Joseph Kony -- USA Today
Joseph Kony: US military planes to hunt LRA leader -- BBC
More U.S. Troops to Aid Uganda Search for Kony -- New York Times
US sending more troops, aircraft to hunt Ugandan warlord Kony -- FOX News
The Hunt for Ugandan Warlord Joseph Kony Just Got a Lot More Intense
-- Charlie Campbell, Time
My Comment: This is a major escalation of US forces in this conflict
.... and no debate in Congress.
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