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Caesar Acellam, considered the LRA's fourth-highest ranking member,was arrested by Ugandan forces in Central African Republic and wasflown Sunday to the South Sudanese headquarters of the regionalarmies hunting the LRA. "My coming out will have a big impact for the people still in thebush to come out and end this war soon," Acellam told reporters whowere taken to the Central African Republic to see the rebel incustody. The Ugandan army is leading a US-backed African Union force taskedwith capturing the LRA's leaders, several of whom are wanted forwar crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Acellam, aged 49, a tall man walking with a limp from an old wound,was flown to the base in the South Sudanese town of Nzara, at theborder with the Democratic Republic of Congo, for medical checkups.
Acellam was captured Saturday and made available a day later at aUganda army camp to confirm his arrest following a brief firefightnear the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The general of the division, Caesar Acellam, who has fought in thejungle since 1984, is from now on in the hands of the UgandanArmy," Acellam told reporters, referring to himself in the thirdperson. The LRA's top three commanders are Okot Odhiambo, Dominic Ongwenand Kony. All are at large and wanted by the International CriminalCourt along with another man, Vincent Otti, who is however thoughtto be dead.
"He's a big fish," Ugandan army spokesman Felix Kulayigye said ofAcellam, who was captured along with a Ugandan woman, a CentralAfrican teenager and a baby. None of them was hurt in the arrest. "The fact that Caesar Acellam is prisoner is a major step for ustowards ending the rebellion," Kulayigye said. Ugandan army units had reportedly waited in ambush for three weeksfor the rebel after they tracked his group of around 30 fighters,army sources said. However, Acellam split from his men a few days ago, for reasonsthat were not immediately clear.
He surrendered after the armyfired a few shots. Kony started his rebellion in northern Uganda more than two decadesago, but has since been chased to the jungles of neighbouringcentral African states. The LRA has since been wrecking havoc in the Central AfricanRepublic, South Sudan, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kony's global notoriety soared over the past year through Internetvideo campaign "Kony 2012" which has been watched tens of millionsof times since it was posted online by the US advocacy groupInvisible Children. The video was criticised by some who said it oversimplified theroot causes of the LRA's devastating insurgency.
Kony is wanted by the ICC for rape, mutilation and murder ofcivilians, as well as forcibly recruiting children to serve assoldiers and sex slaves. A multi-national force, led by Uganda and helped by 100 US SpecialForces, has been chasing Kony in Uganda, Central African Republic,South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo. Joseph Balikudembe, commander in chief of the Uganda operation,recently said the combination of US military aid, the weakening ofthe LRA and Kampala's efforts in hunting them would lead to theirelimination. The ICC's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said on May 10 thatKony would be captured or killed this year, although he did notspecify why he felt the elusive rebel leader would finally befound. A day later, a top UN envoy said hunters were closing in on theAfrican guerilla leader who may now be in Darfur. I am an expert from Garment Display Supplies, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as fabric transfer paper , credit card shredder.
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