U.S. sends 100 troops to the Central African Advisory

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday (15/10/2011), he has sent 100 troops to the central African combat troops to help fight rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of Uganda has been accused of rape, murder, and kidnapping.
The soldiers, if approved by national governments, could be deployed in Uganda, South Sudan, Central African Republic (CAR), and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said Obama in a message to Congress.
LRA rebels have been accused of terrorizing, killing, raping, and abducting thousands of people in four countries, and tens of thousands of people have been killed by their 20-year war with security forces in northern Uganda.
"The troops will act as an advisor to force partners, which has the purpose to remove from the battlefield Joseph Kony and other senior leaders of the LRA," Obama said. However, he warned, they will not lead the battle.
Although U.S. troops were combat-equipped troops, they will only provide information, advice and assistance on partner countries' troops.
"They will not fight with the LRA forces alone unless necessary for self defense. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of U.S. military personnel in their deployment."
The President said, a small group of soldiers had been sent on Wednesday (10/12/2011), and that additional troops would be deployed in front of the gathering.
Kony, who is accused of committing war crimes and wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), seems to have entered the national political agenda and in recent years has deployed troops to destroy death and destruction in the region.
The civil war has effectively ended in 2006 when the peace process was launched, but Kony and commanders the importance of continued committing atrocities in the territory of neighboring countries that.
Gen. Carter Ham, head of U.S. Africa Command, said last week that in its view, Kony may be in the Central African Republic.
Obama said in his message that the LRA had been "killed, raped, and kidnapped tens of thousands of adult men, women, and children in central Africa".
"The LRA continues to perform atrocities in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Southern Sudan who have unequal impact on regional security," he said.
In 2009, Congress enacted legislation which expressed support for increased U.S. efforts to reduce and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.
A year ago, Obama delivered to Congress a plan to disarm the LRA. The scheme was meant to encourage "defection, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of LRA rebels and the remaining ... continued to increase aid to the community associated".