The Monitor (Kampala)August 18, 2003
Posted to the web August 18, 2003 Joe Wacha
Kampala The Lord's Resistance Army rebels killed 15 people in an attack on Awie Lem parish, Batta sub-county in Lira early on Saturday.Locals in the area told The Monitor that the rebels struck at 4 a.m. and left at 7:30 a.m.One of the residents identified some of the dead as William Enonga, Opio Opolot, Enuku Erimu, Engwo Ochom, Okabo, and Okello.
The rebels are also reported to have taken at least 40 people captive and looted an assortment of household items.Sgt. Charles Odongo, a prison warder who spoke to The Monitor from Batta on phone, said the area where the attack took place is about 4 kms from the border between Teso and Lira district.The Lira-based 5 Division spokesman, 2nd Lt Chris Magezi, said the army was still verifying the reports.
"The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state."
- Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
