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The hunt for Joseph Kony has been marked by one spectacular failure after another. In 2006, in an unprecedented move, the United Nations mounted a covert operation to capture or kill him. A squad of U.S.-trained Guatemalan Special Ops soldiers set out into Congo's Garamba National Park, a longtime LRA refuge and the scene of last year's Operation Lightning Thunder. Trained in jungle warfare and accustomed to surviving in the bush for long stretches, the Guatemalans were equipped with M-16s and the latest special-operations technology. But they were no match for Kony and his CHILD WARRIORS. Makassa recalls the day the Guatemalans appeared. He had left Garamba park briefly to pick up food and supplies in southern Sudan, just across the border. On his way back he got a call: "The situation is bad. Unknown soldiers came to fight us. Hurry up and help us." The caller described the unknown soldiers as muzungu—a Swahili word meaning "white man."

By the time Makassa reached the scene, the battle was over. Five LRA soldiers had been killed. But not one of the Guatemalans had survived. The LRA fighters slaughtered them all and, according to one account, beheaded the commander. Some reports put the U.N. dead at eight; others say as many as 40 counterinsurgency troops may have died that morning. The LRA left the corpses in the jungle but took the weapons—including heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.

Hard Target - The Hunt For Africa's Las Warlord by Scott Johnson
Neewsweek, May 25, 2009




I'm one of those boys who likes to shine his machine gun
I'll make you take off your clothes after I shoot your family
I will watch your silence while older ones go on raping you
Feeling proud for my comander pats me on the head and smiles
shouting 'Good job, boys... now take their honour and leave their lives.

Oh-oo-oh, I don't think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, I don't think you're something else

Okay, so now you beg me to shoot you
That don't impress me much
So you had the life but now it's cold if you touch
Don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep alive in the middle of the fight