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Military Action an Option If Peace Talks Fail

allAfrica.com:"Renewed military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) would be an option if peace talks between the insurgency and the Ugandan government did not lead to an agreement by the end of February, a spokesman for the state delegation said.
'The February 29 deadline is still on and I can tell you in no uncertain terms that [the] government has no plans of renewing or announcing other deadlines,' Captain Chris Magezi told IRIN on 13 February. 'After the expiry of the deadline, the government will have an array of options, including the military option,' he said."

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