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World Court Issues First Warrants

HeadlineOct 07, 2005

The International Criminal Court has issued its first arrest warrants since it was founded in 2002 amidst strong opposition from Washington. The warrants were issued Thursday for five members of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army. The group is alleged to have killed thousands of civilians and forced more than a million to flee their homes.

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