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- initialism military, Uganda Lord's Resistance Army; a terrorist army of Uganda formed in 1987. Originally started as the "Holy Spirit Movement" by Alice Auma (Lakwena) in the 1980's, it was a way for her to act upon what the "spirit told her to do."
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Examples
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I don't want to have to hear the name LRA in Congo any more.
Louis Belanger: LRA victims in their own words Louis Belanger 2010
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The Ugandan government believes the LRA is weakened and ready to make peace and in April 2006 announced plans to begin to resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in camps, backed by a budget allocation of over $2.1 million.
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The LRA is a self-sustaining predatory guerilla group that replenishes itself through plundering villages and abducting children to use as soldiers, porters and sex slaves.
Why Obama Sent Troops to Africa Mia Farrow 2011
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The LRA is a self-sustaining predatory guerilla group that replenishes itself through plundering villages and abducting children to use as soldiers, porters and sex slaves.
Mia Farrow: Why Obama Sent Troops to Africa Mia Farrow 2011
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Not only is The President implementing an overwhelmingly supported bi-partisan 2010 bill called The LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, but he is also fulfilling a promise made by the United Nations Security Counsel.
Jedidiah Jenkins: Obama Made the Right Decision in Africa, Here's Why... Jedidiah Jenkins 2011
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The LRA is a relatively small force these days, probably numbering less than 1,000 hard-core fighters who remain loyal to Kony, but it is still causing mayhem and suffering well disproportionate to its size.
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The LRA is a brutal, predatory militia that originated in northern Uganda in 1986 and has terrorized civilian populations across central Africa ever since.
John Norris: Field Dispatch: The Arrow Boys of Southern Sudan 2010
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The LRA is a brutal, predatory militia that originated in northern Uganda in 1986 and has terrorized civilian populations across central Africa ever since.
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The LRA is a relatively small force these days, probably numbering less than 1,000 hard-core fighters who remain loyal to Kony, but it is still causing mayhem and suffering well disproportionate to its size.
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The LRA is a Ugandan militia specializing in the abduction of children to be used as soldiers and sex slaves.
Sean Carasso: Dare to Dream - Rally To Rescue Child-soldiers Saturday 2009
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