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Uganda: missiles for the rebels against the national forces' helicopters

Kampala, Uganda - The resistance militiamen could have taken delivery of surface-to-air missiles in order to defend themselves against the MI-24s

The Ugandan political situation appears a particularly delicate one, while the country makes efforts to solve the instability in order to favour a concrete democratization process. Such instability is being produced also by the constant struggles between the UPDF (Uganda People's Defence Forces) national forces and the LRA's (Lord's Resistance Army) rebels led by Joseph Kony. The Ugandan armed forces...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 106062
Rome, Italy, 10/26/2004 12:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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