According to Wikileaks, the makers of the viral Kony 2012 video have apparently helped the Ugandan government to arrest a former child soldier. They also backed an operation that killed more civilians than militants.
RT reports that Wikileaks has obtained a memo which was written by a public affairs officer at the U.S. embassy in Uganda. This memo documents the collaboration of Invisible Children with Ugandan intelligence services. The memo can be viewed here.In the memo, it states that the U.S.-based NGO had tipped the Ugandan government to the whereabouts of one Patrick Komakech. Komakech is a former child soldier who participated in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. He was wanted by security officials for apparently extorting money from government officials, local tribal leaders and NGO's.... read full article.
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