Few faces evoke more hatred and fear in northern Uganda than
Joseph Kony, one of Africa's most wanted men whose army of child
soldiers preyed on this town for years and whose brutal legacy has
been thrust back into the spotlight by a hugely popular Untied
States video.
A wave of anger and depression swept over 27-year old Isaac
Omodo as he stared at fuzzy images of young boys mutilated by the
rebel warlord whose drugged and vicious fighters abducted Omodo's
brother at the height of northern raids by Kony's Lord's Resistance
Army (LRA) in 2001.
Those grainy pictures came from the first screening in northern
Uganda yesterday of a 30-minute YouTube video filmed by a
California-based charity, whose appeal for US-backed Ugandan troops
to capture the LRA leader went viral on the Internet over the last
week.
"When I see some of those things Kony did I get mad," said
Omodo, whose sibling is still missing.
As the sun dipped over a dusty park in Lira, Omodo was among
thousands who gathered to watch the screening of the video, which
has been seen by more than 77 million people. It has attracted
massive support on Twitter and Facebook and endorsements from
celebrities like George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey in its quest to
press for Kony's capture.
more: http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/anger-kony-video-shown-ugandans-4777862
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