U.S. Special Forces are now teaming up with African troops in the hunt for Joseph Kony, one of the world's most wanted warlords
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and the subject of a recent viral video campaign. (April 30)
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SHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYFILE: Ri-Kwamgba, Sudan - 12 November 2006+4:3+1. Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader, Joseph Kony, emerging from the bush with his soldiers to meet the then UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, Jan Egeland and the then chief mediator in peace talks, Riek Machar (now Vice President of South Sudan) 2. Various of Egeland and Machar greeting Kony 3. Mid of Kony4. Mid of LRA delegation AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYObo, Central African Republic - 29 April, 201216:95. Aerial of Uganda People's Defence Force base at airstrip AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYStuttgart, Germany - 24 April, 201216:96. SOUNDBITE (English) General Carter Ham, Commander of U.S. Africa Command, speaking in Stuttgart, Germany:"It's a very large area, very heavily forested, looking for a very small number of people in a wide, wide area. So it's a very difficult mission."AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYObo, Central African Republic - 29 April, 20127. Tracking shot from vehicle driving through Uganda People's Defence Forces base 8. Tracking shot from vehicle of children carrying water in village9. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Gregory (only first name given), 29, from Texas, US Army special forces:"Our goal is helping to rid Kony, to bring peace and stabilisation back to this region, so they can go back to their normal lives." AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYBobi, near Gulu, Uganda - 27 April 201212. Mid of children in Bobi Health CentreAP PHOTOS - AP CLIENTS ONLYFILE: Congo, near Sudan border - 31 July 2006xx. STILL of Joseph KonyAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYBobi, near Gulu, Uganda - 27 April 201212. Various of children in Bobi Health CentreSCRIPTAuthorities in Africa have been hunting for Joseph Kony for many years -- and that intensified in the past seven, since the International Criminal Court issued a war crimes indictment against the Lord's Resistance Army leader.In recent months the search has ratcheted up even further, with US special forces assisting troops from Uganda and the Central African RepublicSOTUS personnel work from four forward operating locations as they seek out Kony, believed likely to be hiding out in rugged terrain northwest of Obo, a Republic town not far from the border area. They provide intelligence, look at patterns of movement and try to get the forces of the different countries in the region working together...SOTThose who've fled the violence stirred up would no doubt agree that they won't be safe until the man who's one of the world's most wanted warlords is found...SOTThe many communities disrupted are counting on it.(****END****)VIDEO PRODUCER/VOICER: Karen Sloan------------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: POOL/ AP TELEVISION/ AP PHOTOS--------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: Samira Becirovic------------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY----------------------------------WIRE SOURCE: AP------------------------------------
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