Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have opened an investigation into war crimes in northern Uganda, where government forces have been battling an 18-year rebellion by the shadowy Lord's Resistance Army. The LRA is notorious for raiding villages, stealing food and abducting children for use as soldiers, workers and sex slaves (Associated Press, July 29). In February the group struck the Barloonyo camp for internally displaced persons, killing more than 200 people, many of whom were burned alive in their huts.