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Museveni rejects idea of UN peacekeepers

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    Meanwhile, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said the UN peacekeeping force proposed in Lusaka would not allay Uganda's concerns about rebel attacks against it from within DRC because they could not relied upon to stay for the long haul. "Which UN troops will stay in these (Ruwenzori) mountains for six months? They will run away like they did in the Rwandese case", Museveni was quoted by the independent 'Monitor' newspaper as saying during a speech in Kasese, western Uganda, on Monday. Museveni
    added that, to combat attacks by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on western districts of Uganda from bases in the Ruwenzori mountains and DRC, he had established a special mountain force and would open up mountain roads to improve the military's responsiveness.

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