Slain ex-army chief "planning attack"

The slain ex-Obote army chief, Smith Opon Acak, who was killed by Ugandan troops on Sunday, was reportedly "planning an attack" against the government of President Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan security officials said. The independent 'Monitor' newspaper quoted the officials as saying Acak had been planning war against Uganda since his release from prison two years ago. AFP reported on Tuesday that the Ugandan troops had killed three insurgents, including Acak, after a raid on a rebel camp in the northern Lira district on Sunday. One Ugandan soldier also died during the operation. "We captured four rebels, but the rest escaped. They are helping us to find out whether there are more rebels than those we found in the camp," army commander Jeje Odongo told AFP. The rebels are said to be members of a new armed opposition group, the Citizens Army for Multiparty, led by Acak.