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Joseph Kony 2012-A name that deserves to be famous.

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Joseph Kony started the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda in 1986. It's an army of tens of thousands of children who live in concentration camps day and night in the fear of getting abducted and being turned into child soldiers or sexual workers. Kony is not supported by anyone. "He's not fighting for any cause, but only to maintain his power". He has repeatedly used peace talks to re-arm and murder again and again.
Kony is No.1 on the International Criminals Court's list of World's Most Wanted Criminals and was indicted in 2005 but has successfully evaded arrest ever since.
Unfortunately 99% of the planet does not know who Kony is and so they don't care if he is arrested. Jason Russell, an American who went to Africa in 2003 learned about Kony and has, ever since, devoted himself to help those children. When he and his friends went back to America, they thought that if the government knew, they would help. But it turned out that the policy makers of the US didn't work that way. "There is no way that the US government will ever get involved in a conflict where our national security or financial interests aren't at stake".
But now their government is listening thanks to Jason's and his friends' efforts who've been working for the past 8 years to spread the word and make this issue a problem for thousands of young americans.The government deployed troops of 100 advisors to Uganda to help the local forces in catching Kony on 14th October 2011. But Kony has evaded arrest ever since. Infact, Kony knows that the US forces are after him and he is now going to change his tactics to avoid arrest and the US government will not continue its efforts if it does not feel that enough people care about this. It has to be done this year.2012.
I write this blog to make KONY famous. I urge you to spread the word to as many people as you can. I believe that if we DEMAND, every government Will listen. 
I believe that it is time that the world came together in order to do one thing and one thing only.
TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
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