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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 889016" data-attributes="member: 25159"><p><span style="color: #0000CD">Didnt something like this happen back in the 60s...and they were advisors too.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000CD"></span></p><p>President Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to help local forces battle the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group that the administration says has waged a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping for more than two decades. </p><p>Obama said Friday the troops will act as advisers in efforts to hunt down rebel leader Joseph Kony but will not engage in combat except in self-defense, according to a letter to Congress that was obtained by Fox News. </p><p></p><p>The White House says the first troops arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. Ultimately, they will also deploy in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Congo. </p><p>A senior administration official downplayed the notion that the armed troops could be drawn into a hostile, combat situation, saying the move was sparked by Congress passing a law year urging the administration to do something to crack down on the Lord's Resistance Army. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/14/obama-sends-us-troops-to-central-africa-to-aid-campaign-against-rebel-group/?test=latestnews#ixzz1an0vh0S8" target="_blank">Obama Sends U.S. Troops To Central Africa To Aid Campaign Against Rebel Group | Fox News</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 889016, member: 25159"] [COLOR=#0000CD]Didnt something like this happen back in the 60s...and they were advisors too. [/COLOR] President Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to help local forces battle the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group that the administration says has waged a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping for more than two decades. Obama said Friday the troops will act as advisers in efforts to hunt down rebel leader Joseph Kony but will not engage in combat except in self-defense, according to a letter to Congress that was obtained by Fox News. The White House says the first troops arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. Ultimately, they will also deploy in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Congo. A senior administration official downplayed the notion that the armed troops could be drawn into a hostile, combat situation, saying the move was sparked by Congress passing a law year urging the administration to do something to crack down on the Lord's Resistance Army. Read more: [url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/14/obama-sends-us-troops-to-central-africa-to-aid-campaign-against-rebel-group/?test=latestnews#ixzz1an0vh0S8]Obama Sends U.S. Troops To Central Africa To Aid Campaign Against Rebel Group | Fox News[/url] [/QUOTE]
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