The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Resistance_Army" id="mwAaE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lord's Resistance Army">Lord's Resistance Army</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda" id="mwAaI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Uganda">Ugandan</a> rebel group, begins a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Christmas_massacres" id="mwAaM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2008 Christmas massacres">series of attacks</a> against civilians in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" id="mwAaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, massacring more than 400.<sup about="#mwt224" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-42"}}' id="cite_ref-42" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-42" id="mwAaU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 42;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAaY">[42]</span></a></sup>
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