{UAH} Acholi Violence

 Use of rape and sodomy to spread HIV AIDS as a weapon of war    The NRA/UPDF became infamous for burning civilians alive in huts, killings,   and the rapes of both women and men in what the Acholi called tek gungu. Tek   Gungu referred to rape of men and women by Museveni's soldiers who would force   a man or woman to kneel down (gungu) before the rape is committed against the   male or female victim. These rape incidents have been documented by Human   Rights Watch and yet remains ignored by most so-called Western mainstream   media. ( <http://www.afrol.com/articles/11238>   http://www.afrol.com/articles/11238)    Later in the war, Museveni's soldiers used rape and sodomy in the concentration   camps in northern Uganda as a weapon of war meant to humiliate, permanently   scar and instill the greatest fear on the local population. These inhuman   practices were part of a deliberate campaign to spread HIV AIDS as a tool of   genocide. In a practice that was planned, concealed and promoted by the   government's political and military leadership and and command as a social and   psychological weapon against IDP camp population, government soldiers   (NRA/UPDF) were screened, and those tested HIV-positive were deployed to   northern Uganda with the mission of spreading the AIDS infection through raping   women and girls and sodomizing men. (Dr. Olara Otunnu, The Secret Genocide, p.   2 July/August 2006). The result of this is that Northern Uganda now has the   highest prevalence of HIV AIDS in the world.    5. Cynical manipulation of atrocities against adversaries as political and   military policy    During the 22-year war, Museveni's army killed, maimed and mutilated thousands   of civilians while blaming it on rebels. This counter-insurgency as a tool of   conflict building was used by Museveni's forces in Central Uganda (Luwero),   Northern Uganda, South Sudan and DRC.    In northern Uganda, instead of defending and protecting civilians against rebel   attacks, Museveni's army would masquerade as rebels and commit gross   atrocities, including maiming and mutilation, only to return and pretend to be   saviors of the affected people. These atrocities were in the latter years of   the war carried out by a pseudo-rebel counter-insurgency brigade called   Battalion 105.    In Lango and Teso sub-region, the army masqueraded as cattle rustlers, and they   stole cattle and killed people, while blaming it on Karamojong livestock   thieves.  The defunct Shariat newspaper reported in the 1990s that the UPDF soldiers   were caught masquerading as the LRA rebels and planting landmines to blow up   civilian vehicles.     One of the most brutal killing carried out by the government army under the   false image of rebels was the Barlonyo massacre in Lira district on 21st   February 2004 in which more than 300 unarmed civilians died.

From Edward Mulindwa series

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*A positive mind is a courageous mind, without doubts and fears, using the experience and wisdom to give the best of him/herself.

 

 We must dare invent the future!
The only way of limiting the usurpation of power by
 individuals, the military or otherwise, is to put the people in charge  - Capt. Thomas. Sankara {RIP} '1949-1987

 *"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent

revolution inevitable"**…  *J.F Kennedy

 

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