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OBJECTIVE:
1. Discuss the unique capabilities of the LRA 2. Examine the environment and human terrain exploited by Joseph Kony and the LRA 3. Identify the local and regional culture exploited by the LRA
Surviving
Kony has thus far successfully eluded the joint operations of Uganda, the CAR, the Congo, and Sudan, in addition to the African Union, the UN, and US Special Forcesall contributing to various degrees in the apprehension of the LRA leader.
Orchestrated Catastrophe
Kony and the LRA dislocate entire villages or main elements of it, while creating mass misery, mass population movements, and resource disasters. The LRA exploits these conditions in order to disrupt opponent intelligence networks; recruit children for soldiers/manpower; enslave women and children for sale in the sex trade (human trafficking) and thus financial ends, and screening movements, among other MILDEC (Military Deception) operations.
Summary:
Joseph Kony and the Lords Resistance Army possess a unique mixture of capabilities that pose not only a major threat to the region of southcentral Africa, but also to US interests in the area, including access to strategic resources and creating regional stability to deny international terrorists a safe-haven. In short, Kony and the LRA have some of the standard capabilities that make many insurgent groups succeed at their nefarious aims (effective organization, elusiveness, domination of the human terrain, exploitation of regional resources and interstate borders) and other capabilities more unique (ability to exploit mass population removals and exfiltrate in the face of superior and dense presence of opposing armies and forces).
Selected Bibliography
Asiimwe, Agnes. US Forces Arrive to Hunt for Joseph Kony, The New African. 513. January 2012, p.42. Joseph Kony, Exclusive Interview. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdBcypx1DfE (accessed 31 July 2012).
Kisekka-Ntale, Fredrick. Roots of Conflict in Northern Uganda, The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies. Vol. 32 Issue 4. 2007. p. 421.
Ruaudel, Heloise. Catch Me if You Can! The Lords Resistance Army, Forced Migration Review, March 2011, p. 13. Vesley, Milan. Uganda, the Cult of Death, African Business. May 2000. p. 23.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Martin Scott Catino, Ph.D. Instructor American Military University Martin.Catino0@mycampus.apus.edu