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At 10:30 pm local time, 11 July, synchronized bombs ripped through a crowd in Kampala, Uganda, that had gathered to watch the World Cup Finals.  This morning, Somalia's most feared insurgent group, the Shabab, claimed responsibility for the cowardly terrorist attack.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/world/africa/13uganda.html

Photo:  Yannick Tylle/European Pressphoto Agency

Among the dead was Nate Henn, an Invisible Children aid worker.  Please join us in sending a prayer to the friends and family of Nate Henn, as well as to his coworkers at Invisible Children.

We have yet to make contact with our Director of Operations in Uganda, David Lubaale, to learn about our extended Humanity Healing family.  Please send your prayers of safety to them as well as prayers of Healing to the victims of the attack.

Much Metta,
Christopher Buck
President
Humanity Healing International

KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan presidential adviser says that more than 5,000 people whose lips and ears were cut off by rebels will receive compensation.
Richard Todwong told The Associated Press on Thursday that victims have begun registering after the president announced that mutilated victims would receive aid.
The Lord's Resistance Army has been waging one of Africa's longest and most brutal rebellions for more than 20 years. Its leaders are the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.
The rebels are accused of abducting children and cutting off people's lips and ears as warnings. Human rights groups say the rebels also have attacked civilians in Congo, Central African Republic and Sudan.

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