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By Cathy Majtenyi
Nairobi
28 September 2006
Members of a northern Ugandan rebel group who were to participate in negotiations1 with the Ugandan government have reportedly left their camps, leading some to speculate that peace talks to end almost two decades of civil war may be in jeopardy2.
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Members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (July 2006 file photo) |
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Ugandan presidential adviser3 John Nagenda tells VOA that the rebels have left the camps, breaking the terms of the peace process.
"The time comes when you wonder whether these people are serious," he said. "We have never known these people to go into negotiations to the end. They always find some lame4 excuse to get off."
But the BBC quoted a rebel spokesman as denying that the rebel fighters had left the camps.
He said that helicopters and truckloads of troops from the Ugandan army are surrounding the camps, and that he believes it is the Ugandan government who is not serious about the negotiations.
Uganda's military has denied deploying5 troops near the rebels.
From its inception6 in August, the peace process has been plagued by problems.
One of the biggest obstacles has been the issuing of arrest warrants against the top rebel leadership by the International Criminal Court.
The rebels have said they would not attend the talks until the ICC drops the war crimes charges. The ICC says the charges stand.
Northern Uganda has been plagued by civil war since the late 1980s. Members of the elusive7 rebel group have been blamed for committing atrocities8 and gross human rights violations9 in the area.
1 negotiations | |
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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2 jeopardy | |
n.危险;危难 | |
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3 adviser | |
n.劝告者,顾问 | |
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4 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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5 deploying | |
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的现在分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用 | |
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n.开端,开始,取得学位 | |
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7 elusive | |
adj.难以表达(捉摸)的;令人困惑的;逃避的 | |
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8 atrocities | |
n.邪恶,暴行( atrocity的名词复数 );滔天大罪 | |
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9 violations | |
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸 | |
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