One of the world's many forgotten conflicts

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA claims that it's goal is to replace the government with one based on the biblical Ten Commandments.

As a Christian, I have to wonder if these rebels are talking about the same Bible that I read.

The group is notorious for terrorizing the population in northern Uganda, slaughtering innocent civilians like cattle. In the past month alone, the rebels have disfigured more than a dozen females by cutting off their lips, and just last week, they chopped off the lips, ears, and breasts of seven women.

There are no plastic surgeons in Uganda to repair the damage. The victims are lucky to see a doctor or make it to a hospital.

But perhaps what the LRA is most notorious for is their use of children. Throughout the conflict, more than 20,000 children have been abducted, to serve as fighters, porters, or sex slaves. A recent report by Agence France Presse described the story of a 13-year-old girl lucky enough to escape.

"We walked long distances in the bush . . . We were forced to batter to death those who couldn't carry on walking because their feet were swollen."

"Many children died of thirst . . . Sometimes we used to drink our own urine to survive or someone would ask for your urine while thirsty and she could drop dead when you refused."

This story in Uganda is simply one of the world's many forgotten conflicts, where children are not allowed to be children and neighbors dying daily is a common occurrence.