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>> Logan: VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN
ABOUT A SENSITIVE MISSION BEING
CARRIED OUT BY A HUNDRED U.S.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS TROOPS DEEP
IN THE JUNGLES OF CENTRAL
AFRICA.
THEY'VE JOINED SEVERAL THOUSAND
AFRICAN SOLDIERS IN ONE OF THE
BIGGEST MANHUNTS THAT'S EVER
TAKEN PLACE.
THEIR GOAL IS TO HELP KILL OR
CAPTURE THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED
WARLORD, JOSEPH KONY, AND
DESTROY HIS ARMY.
THIS MISSION IS PART OF A
BROADER U.S. EFFORT TO COUNTER
THE EMERGING THREAT TO AMERICA
FROM THE GROWTH OF TERRORIST
NETWORKS ACROSS AFRICA.
JOSEPH KONY HAS BEEN ON A
MURDEROUS RAMPAGE THAT HAS
LASTED ALMOST THREE DECADES,
KILLING THOUSANDS AND BUILDING
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARMIES OF
CHILD SOLDIERS IN HISTORY.
KONY STARTED OUT IN NORTHERN
UGANDA, BUT HIS CAMPAIGN HAS
SPREAD TO FOUR COUNTRIES, AND
HE'S NOW OPERATING IN THIS VAST,
LAWLESS AREA IN THE CENTER OF
AFRICA.
OUR STORY, WHICH INCLUDES IMAGES
YOU MAY FIND DISTURBING, BEGINS
IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
WITH AN ELITE TRACKING TEAM FROM
THE UGANDAN MILITARY THAT'S
SEARCHING FOR KONY IN SOME OF
THE MOST REMOTE JUNGLE ON EARTH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MUCH
TIME HERE TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S
SO HARD TO FIND JOSEPH KONY.
IT'S AS ISOLATED AND UNFORGIVING
AS IT GETS.
THE UNDERGROWTH SO THICK, EVERY
STEP IS A BATTLE.
WHEN OUR PRODUCER, JEFF NEWTON,
JOINED THIS UGANDAN TRACKING
TEAM, THEY'D BEEN SEARCHING FOR
KONY AND HIS ARMY-- CALLED THE
LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY, OR
L.R.A.-- FOR THREE MONTHS,
TRACKING THEM THE WAY YOU WOULD
AN ANIMAL.
>> Kasim Lukumbo: RIGHT NOW, WE
ARE SEARCHING FOR THE ENEMY
TRACKS.
>> Newton: FOOTPRINTS?
>> Lukumbo: YES, THE FOOTMARKS
OF THE L.R.A.
>> Newton: YEAH.
>> Logan: 27-YEAR-OLD LIEUTENANT
KASIM LUKUMBO'S SOLE MISSION FOR
THE PAST THREE YEARS HAS BEEN
FINDING KONY, AND HE'S ONE OF
THE UGANDAN ARMY'S TOP TRACKERS.
THE FOOTPRINTS ARE THE FIRST
SIGN THEY'VE SEEN OF KONY'S ARMY
IN SIX DAYS.
( SOLDIERS WHISPERING )
AS THEY FOLLOWED THE TRAIL, THE
SOLDIERS WHISPERED SO AS NOT TO
GIVE AWAY THEIR POSITIONS.
AFTER AN HOUR, THEY REACHED THIS
STREAM, BUT THE TRACKS
DISAPPEARED INTO THE WATER.
>> Newton: NO L.R.A.?
>> Ugandan Soldier: NO L.R.A.
LET'S GO BACK.
>> Newton: OKAY.
>> Logan: THERE WERE NO GREEN
BERETS ON THIS MISSION.
THEY DO GO OUT ON OPERATIONS
LIKE THIS, BUT THEY PREFER TO
STAY IN THE BACKGROUND.
KEEPING A LOW PROFILE IS PART OF
THE U.S. STRATEGY.
>> Col. Kurt Crytzer: THEY'RE
THE LEAD.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE LEAD.
WE'RE RELATIVELY NEW HERE.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE JUST ABOUT
A YEAR.
IT'S REALLY AN AFRICAN PROBLEM.
IT'S BEING HANDLED BY AFRICANS.
>> Logan: COLONEL KURT CRYTZER,
A VETERAN GREEN BERET OF 23
YEARS, FLEW WITH US OVER THE
SEEMINGLY ENDLESS JUNGLE, WHERE
THE AREA THEY'RE SEARCHING IS AS
BIG AS TEXAS.
HE TOOK COMMAND OF THE U.S.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS MISSION HERE
NOT LONG AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA
DECIDED TO SEND IN TROOPS 18
MONTHS AGO.
>> Crytzer: THE ENVIRONMENT IS
SOME OF THE MOST UNFORGIVING ON
PLANET EARTH.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE JUNGLE, 50
FEET IN, YOU DISAPPEAR.
>> Logan: YOU'RE LIKE A GHOST.
>> Crytzer: YOU'RE LIKE A GHOST.
>> Logan: JOSEPH KONY WAS 26
WHEN HE DISAPPEARED INTO THE
JUNGLE MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO.
SINCE THEN, HIS ARMY HAS WIPED
OUT ENTIRE VILLAGES AND BURNED
HOUSES DOWN WITH CHILDREN
INSIDE.
THEY'RE KNOWN FOR CUTTING OFF
THE EARS AND LIPS OF INNOCENT
PEOPLE AS A WAY TO TERRIFY THEM
INTO SUBMISSION.
AND NO ONE HAS SUFFERED MORE
THAN THE CHILDREN.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS KONY'S
ARMY HAS ABDUCTED MORE THAN
25,000.
HE TURNS THE BOYS INTO KILLERS,
THE GIRLS INTO A HAREM OF SEX
SLAVES AND WIVES.
THIS VIDEO OF KONY ADDRESSING
HIS FOLLOWERS IS ONE OF THE FEW
TIMES HE'S BEEN FILMED.
HE'S FROM A RELIGIOUS FAMILY IN
NORTHERN UGANDA, AN ALTAR BOY
WHO BECAME A WITCH DOCTOR.
WHEN HE STARTED OUT, HE WANTED
HIS LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY TO
ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT BASED ON
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT HE'S
BROKEN ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM
AND HIS ARMY IS LITTLE MORE THAN
A MURDEROUS CULT.
>> Crytzer: SOME THINGS YOU JUST
CAN'T TURN YOUR... A BLIND EYE
TO, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE
CASE OF THAT.
>> Logan: THE U.S. TURNED A
BLIND EYE TO JOSEPH KONY FOR
MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
>> Crytzer: I CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR
WHY WE DID OR WHY WE DIDN'T
COME.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, WE ARE
HERE NOW.
>> ( SINGING )
>> Logan: COLONEL CRYTZER AND
HIS MEN ARE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN
FOUR AFRICAN ARMIES WHO ARE
WORKING TO FIND KONY AND HIS
FIGHTERS.
THESE SOLDIERS ARE FROM THE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC WHERE
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE KONY MIGHT
BE HIDING.
THE AMERICANS TRAIN THEM IN
THEIR NATIVE FRENCH, USING THE
LANGUAGE SKILLS THAT COME WITH
BEING A GREEN BERET.
AND THEY SHOW THEM HOW TO MAKE
THE BEST OF THE LITTLE THEY
HAVE, LIKE USING THEIR BERET AS
A FIELD DRESSING OR A STICK AS A
MAKESHIFT TOURNIQUET.
COLONEL CRYTZER SAYS THEY HAVE
TO KNOW HOW TO TREAT THEMSELVES
OR THEY DIE.
>> Crytzer: OUR GUYS BRING
SUPPORT IN SMALL NUMBERS.
THIS IS TRADITIONAL ADVISORY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS
LIKE TWO AMERICAN ADVISERS OUT
WITH 40 UGANDANS ON A TRACKING
TEAM.
THIS IS ONE GUY GOING AROUND
THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGES TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS.
>> Logan: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
IS CENTRAL TO THE MISSION OF
GREEN BERETS NO MATTER WHERE
THEY ARE IN THE WORLD.
TO EARN THE TRUST OF THE LOCALS
IN THESE VILLAGES, COLONEL
CRYTZER'S SOLDIERS USE THEIR
SKILLS IN UNLIKELY WAYS, HELPING
OUT AT THE LOCAL DENTIST AND
EVEN DELIVERING BABIES.
TOGETHER WITH DIPLOMATS FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT, THEY MEET WITH
THE LOCAL TRIBES EVERY DAY.
>> Crytzer: SO, I THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION
WITH US, HELPING PROVIDE THE
WHEREABOUTS OF THE L.R.A.
>> Logan: THEY'RE TRAINED TO
HELP, AND IT'S A CHANCE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THEIR TARGETS.
>> Crytzer: IF YOU THINK ABOUT
OUR EXPERIENCES WITH OSAMA BIN
LADEN, WE HAD SOME OF THE BEST
PLATFORMS IN THE WORLD FLYING IN
ALL THE WRONG PLACES FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
IN THE END, IT WAS HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE THAT LED TO HIM.
IN THE END, IT'S GOING TO BE
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE HERE THAT
LEADS TO JOSEPH KONY.
>> Logan: HE TOLD US SOME OF THE
BEST HUMAN INTELLIGENCE HAS COME
FROM THOSE CLOSEST TO KONY, LIKE
THIS MAN CAPTURED BY UGANDAN
FORCES LAST YEAR: MAJOR GENERAL
CAESAR ACELLAM.
THE UGANDAN MILITARY GRANTED US
A RARE INTERVIEW WITH HIM.
HE'S THE HIGHEST-RANKING L.R.A.
COMMANDER EVER TO BE TAKEN ALIVE
AND KNOWS MORE THAN ALMOST
ANYBODY ABOUT WHAT KONY'S DOING
TODAY.
>> Acellam: KONY IS ONLY
STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL.
>> Logan: AS KONY FIGHTS FOR HIS
SURVIVAL, HE'S STILL KILLING
PEOPLE.
HE'S STILL TERRORIZING VILLAGES.
>> Acellam: YES, HE'S DOING IT.
>> Logan: ACELLAM, WHO CLAIMS HE
WAS ABDUCTED AS A YOUNG MAN,
SPENT 20 YEARS WITH KONY, AND
FOR MUCH OF THAT TIME HE WAS HIS
CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE.
WE PRESSED HIM ON THE ROLE HE
PLAYED IN THE COUNTLESS
ATROCITIES CARRIED OUT IN KONY'S
NAME.
YOU WERE PART OF AN ARMY THAT
ABDUCTED CHILDREN, THAT TAUGHT
CHILDREN TO KILL IN A TERRIBLE
WAY, TO BEAT PEOPLE TO DEATH, TO
CRUSH THEIR SKULLS, WHERE YOUNG
GIRLS WERE ***.
DID YOU WITNESS THAT?
>> Acellem: I WOULD SAY, IN A
SENSE.
>> Logan: NOT "IN A SENSE."
YES OR NO?
>> Acellam: THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT
HAVE WANTED TO DO, BUT YOU DO
IT.
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE DOING
ATROCITIES, DO IT UNDER KONY'S
INSTRUCTION.
>> Logan: INCLUDING YOU?
>> Acellam: UNDER KONY'S
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> Logan: INCLUDING YOU?
>> Acellam: YES.
>> Logan: ACELLAM TOLD US KONY
RULES BY FEAR AND CLAIMS HE HAS
MYSTICAL POWERS, A FORMIDABLE
COMBINATION IN THE MINDS OF THE
CHILDREN HE KIDNAPS.
THESE YOUNG MEN WERE ALL
SOLDIERS IN HIS ARMY, RESCUED
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO IN THE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND
BROUGHT HOME TO NORTHERN UGANDA.
THEY WERE ALL YOUNGER THAN 13
WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> Franklin ( translated ): WE
WERE TOLD THIS WAS GOD'S WAR,
SO, OUT OF FEAR OF GOD, I
BELIEVED EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD,
AND I FOLLOWED.
>> Logan: FRANKLIN, DENNIS AND
JAMES ALL DESCRIBED A BIZARRE
RELIGIOUS CEREMONY THEY HAD TO
UNDERGO WHEN THEY WERE INITIATED
INTO KONY'S ARMY.
>> James ( translated ): WHEN
YOU JUST ARRIVE, THEY SMEAR SOME
OIL IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS ON
YOUR FOREHEAD HERE AND ON YOUR
CHEST AND YOUR BACK.
AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO CHANGE
YOU.
>> Logan: DOES IT WORK?
>> James ( translated ): YES, IT
WORKS.
IT CHANGES YOU COMPLETELY.
>> Dennis ( translated ): IT
NUMBS ANY THOUGHT YOU MAY HAVE.
IT KILLS EVERYTHING.
YOU JUST LISTEN TO WHAT JOSEPH
KONY SAYS.
>> Logan: AND WHAT KONY AND HIS
COMMANDERS TOLD THESE YOUNG MEN
TO DO IS ALMOST BEYOND
DESCRIPTION.
>> Franklin ( translated ): IF A
NEW ABDUCTEE TRIES TO ESCAPE,
ALL OF THE CHILDREN WERE ORDERED
TO BITE THEM TO DEATH.
>> Logan: THEY WOULD... THEY
WOULD BITE THEM WITH THEIR
TEETH?
>> Franklin: YES, UNTIL THEY
DIED.
>> Betty Bigombe: THEY WERE
ROBBED OF THEIR RIGHTS AS
CHILDREN.
>> Logan: AND ROBBED OF THEIR
INNOCENCE.
>> Bigombe: ROBBED OF THEIR
INNOCENCE.
>> Logan: BETTY BIGOMBE HAS
SPENT MORE THAN TWO DECADES
TRYING TO HELP UGANDA'S CHILD
SOLDIERS RETURN TO THEIR
FAMILIES.
SHE TOLD US THIS IS WHAT
NORTHERN UGANDA LOOKED LIKE JUST
A FEW YEARS AGO-- ENTIRE
VILLAGES OF CHILDREN ON THE
MOVE, DRIVEN BY FEAR AND WALKING
FOR MILES TO SLEEP IN A PLACE
WHERE KONY'S ARMY COULDN'T
*** THEM FROM THEIR BEDS.
FOR YEARS, THEY WOULD DO THIS
EVERY NIGHT AND RETURN HOME IN
THE MORNING.
>> Bigombe: YOU LOOK AT THESE
CHILDREN AND SAY THEY CANNOT
FEEL SECURE TO THINK I CAN SLEEP
WITHOUT THINKING OF ANYBODY
COMING IN TO ABDUCT OR TO KILL
THEM.
>> Logan: DID YOU HATE KONY FOR
WHAT HE'D DONE?
>> Bigombe: OH, YES.
OH, YES.
>> Logan: YET FOR MANY YEARS,
SHE'S BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE
BEHIND THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT'S
EFFORTS TO MAKE PEACE WITH KONY.
WHEN SHE FIRST TRIED TO CONTACT
HIM, HE RESPONDED BY SENDING HER
A MESSAGE THAT WAS DELIVERED IN
THE MOST HORRIFYING WAY.
>> Bigombe: I WAS FACED WITH
FIVE PEOPLE.
THEY'D BEEN AMPUTATED AND GIVEN
LETTERS TO BRING TO ME.
>> Logan: FIVE PEOPLE WITH THEIR
LIMBS HACKED OFF, WITH A LETTER
FOR YOU THAT SAYS WHAT?
>> Bigombe: YES.
THE LETTER WAS ALL VERY BLOODY.
THE LETTER WAS SAYING THAT THEY
WERE COMING TO KILL ME.
I SHOULD STOP MOBILIZING PEOPLE
AGAINST THEM.
>> Logan: BUT THAT DIDN'T PUT
YOU OFF?
THAT DIDN'T STOP YOU?
>> Bigombe: NO.
IF ANYTHING, IT GAVE ME EVEN
MORE DETERMINATION.
>> Logan: KONY FINALLY AGREED TO
MEET WITH HER IN 1994.
TO FIND HIM DEEP IN THE JUNGLE,
SHE SAYS SHE HAD TO WALK FOR
HOURS, ESCORTED BY HIS CHILD
SOLDIERS.
>> Bigombe: THE SPEED AT WHICH
THEY MOVE IN THIS JUNGLES IS
AMAZING.
THEY LITERALLY GLIDE IN.
YOU SEE DUST.
AND WHEN HE WAS COMING, MY GOD,
THE DRAMA.
>> Logan: BIGOMBE, WHO YOU SEE
HERE, GAVE US THIS VIDEO OF THE
MEETING.
♪
>> Bigombe: HIS SUPPORTERS WERE
DRESSED LIKE NUNS, AND THEN THEY
WERE SINGING.
AND THEN OTHERS WOULD DROP DOWN
THAT THE DEMON WAS COMING.
SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING AT THE
SAME TIME.
AND, OF COURSE, YOU LOOK AT
THIS: "MY GOD, WHERE AM I?
WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?"
NOW, WHEN I'M SEEING HIM SITTING
RIGHT THERE, I'M THINKING, "I
WISH I COULD JUST OPEN HIS BRAIN
AND UNDERSTAND WHY HE DOES WHAT
HE DOES."
>> Logan: BIGOMBE LEFT THAT
MEETING WITHOUT A PEACE DEAL,
AND TODAY THE U.S. IS POURING
MILLIONS INTO GETTING KONY'S
SOLDIERS TO GIVE UP.
CAESAR ACELLAM WHO ONCE STOOD AT
KONY'S SIDE, IS AT THE CENTER OF
THAT EFFORT, WORKING WITH THE
VERY ENEMY HE ONCE FOUGHT.
HE'S HOPING FOR AMNESTY AND IS
NOW THE FACE AND THE VOICE OF
THIS CAMPAIGN, RECORDING
MESSAGES THAT ARE THEN BROADCAST
OVER AREAS OF THE JUNGLE WHERE
KONY'S SOLDIERS ARE BELIEVED TO
BE HIDING.
AND WHEN COLONEL CRYTZER'S MEN
HAND OUT LEAFLETS TO THE
VILLAGERS, IT'S ACELLAM'S FACE
THEY SEE.
>> Crytzer: YOU HAVE A PICTURE
OF CAESAR ACELLAM ON THERE.
THAT'S PRETTY POWERFUL.
>> Logan: SO, THE IDEA IS, IF
MEMBERS OF THE L.R.A. SEES
SOMEONE WHO WAS AS SENIOR AS
CEASAR ACELLAM AND HE'S SAFE AND
WELL, THAT THAT WILL CONVINCE
PEOPLE THAT THERE'S A SAFE WAY
OUT OF THIS?
>> Crytzer: THAT'S CORRECT.
>> Logan: COLONEL CRYTZER SAYS
HE KNOWS IT'S WORKING BECAUSE
KONY'S SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN
DEFECTING IN INCREASING NUMBERS,
AND HIS ARMY IS DOWN TO JUST A
FEW HUNDRED MEN.
RECENTLY, THE UGANDANS AND THE
U.S. TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THEIR
HUNT IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC BECAUSE OF POLITICAL
UNREST, BUT NOT BEFORE UGANDAN
SOLDIERS KILLED KONY'S CHIEF
BODYGUARD CLOSE TO WHERE WE
FILMED THEM, A SIGN THAT JOSEPH
KONY'S DAYS MAY FINALLY BE
NUMBERED.
HOW HAS ONE MAN BEEN ABLE TO
EVADE SO MANY FORCES FOR SO
LONG?
>> Crytzer: HE'S A SURVIVOR.
HE'S NOT AN ADMIRABLE HUMAN
BEING, BUT HE'S... HE'S AN
ADMIRABLE ADVERSARY.
>> Logan: SO, DO YOU THINK YOU
AND THE UGANDANS ARE... ARE
GETTING CLOSER TO KONY?
>> Crytzer: I BELIEVE WE ARE.