US pays Uganda to arm Somali fighters


	US pays Uganda to arm Somali fighters

tommy2balmy

7-8-2009 7:34 PM

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uganda, us, somalia, arms deal, updf

tommy2balmy says:

The UPDF, which is in Somalia as part of an African Union peacekeeping force to the country, is said to have been paid up to $10 million (Shs21b) for arming and training the TFG fighting force. This is the first time the arms-for-cash deal is being made public and the revelations could mean that the UPDF was violating the neutral terms of its peacekeeping mandate by arming one of the combatants.

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