COIN case: LRA Lords Resistance Army

[davidbfpo]

Post 230 in October 2013 by Crowbat refers to sightings of US military aircraft, which puzzled SWC at the time, it may do so again after a weekend DoD statement:

The Obama administration is sending about 150 special forces troops along with military aircraft to Uganda to help in the search for warlord Joseph Kony.....In the first deployment of U.S. military aircraft to the region, at least four CV-22 Osprey aircraft will arrive in Uganda by midweek, together with refueling planes and special forces airmen to fly and maintain them...US personnel were authorised to "provide information, advice and assistance" to an African Union force tracking Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

Originally a WaPo report, this is a UK version:http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...rd-joseph-kony

Added the WaPo story:http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...9e1_story.html

I am sure Crowbat will wonder at the statement:

In the first deployment of U.S. military aircraft to the region