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US sends more troops, aircraft to search for Kony

By Washington Examiner
Published March 24, 2014 11:42pm ET
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US sends more troops, aircraft to search for Kony
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwamba in southern Sudan. A senior U.S. military official confirmed Monday, March 24, 2014 that the U.S. is sending at least four CV-22 Osprey aircraft and about 150 more Air Force special operations members and airmen to assist African forces in their long-running battle against Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, (LRA) (AP Photo/Stuart Price, Pool, File) | Stuart Price

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending military aircraft and more forces to assist in the hunt for fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony, more than doubling the number of American troops and airmen on the ground to 250.

The beefed up U.S. assistance could be “the decisive game changer” in the hunt for Kony, whose Lord’s Resistance Army appears weaker than ever before amid growing defections and the loss of senior commanders, an expert said Monday.

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