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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A former member of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the rebels blamed for the recent suicide bombings in Uganda\u2019s capital, says the Islamic State-linked group uses fear to keep its recruits in line.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group is run on Sharia. If you steal, you lose an arm. If you rape a child, you die. If you tell a lie about someone and you\u2019re found out, you die,\u201d Peter, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told the BBC.<\/p>\n

He chuckles rather menacingly throughout our conversation – seemingly to deflect from the trauma he carries.<\/p>\n

The young man was forcibly recruited and spent two years as a militant, witnessing amputations and beheadings – sometimes of his comrades.<\/p>\n

The fear this engendered, as well as an Islamist ideology and the establishment of links with the Islamic State (IS) group, has made the ADF a threat to Uganda once again.<\/p>\n

For years, Uganda\u2019s government has said the ADF was a defeated force, but that no longer seems true.<\/p>\n

A spate of violence since October, including the twin suicide attacks in the centre of Kampala, have killed at least 8 people, including three militants, and injured more than 40.<\/p>\n

The ADF was originally formed in the 1990s by Jamil Mukulu whose adherents were Ugandans disgruntled with government\u2019s treatment of Muslims.<\/p>\n

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Why ADF is targeting Uganda<\/p>\n

It was routed and removed from bases in the western mountainous Rwenzori region, where its fighters had been attacking villages and torching schools in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

The remnants fled across the border, to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

Initially, ADF rebels there worked with local communities to set up businesses, which made them popular with many around the town on Beni, according to a 2011 UN report.<\/p>\n

But that changed when they started attacking local Christian communities.<\/p>\n

Tricked into rebel ranks<\/p>\n

It was after this time that Peter, who was living in Uganda, decided to go to DR Congo to look for a job. Someone had told him there was money to be made there.<\/p>\n

He only realised the real reason he was lured across the border when armed men emerged from the bushes as he was travelling deep in DR Congo and ordered him to march.<\/p>\n

At gunpoint, Peter had been recruited into the ADF – although the organisation now calls itself the Madina at Tauheed Wau Mujahedeen (MTM), meaning City of Monotheism and Holy Warriors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have a moment to absorb what was happening. We took several modes of transport, including boats, before arriving at the training camp,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you arrive, they read you the rules: If you try to escape, you will be beheaded, if you resist training, you will be beheaded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peter says MTM had pledged allegiance to IS at the time it was led by Abu Bakr at Baghdadi. He had come to prominence in 2014, announcing the creation of a \u201ccaliphate\u201d in areas of Iraq and Syria – and led the group until 2019 when he killed himself during a US military operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would not do anything, like attack an army barracks, before receiving orders from the top,\u201d Peter says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll fighters know that their one leader is the head of IS. They are Allah\u2019s army.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Fearless\u2019 child fighters<\/p>\n

Plotting an escape was tricky as it was impossible to work with anyone without fear of being reported, he says.<\/p>\n

However, over time many of them became committed to the cause, seeing the AK-47 as \u201cpart of their body\u201d, according to Peter.<\/p>\n

Some of the most dedicated fighters were children between 10 and 15 years old, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are quick to volunteer themselves for missions. They have no fear, because they believe the teachings of going to janaah [heaven]. Many are Congolese children, taken away from families during attacks on villages,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Investigations by the UN Joint Human Rights Office show that between January 2019 and June 2020, 1,066 civilians were killed and 59 children recruited by ADF in DR Congo\u2019s North Kivu and Ituri Provinces. The ADF transformed into a group with a more global outlook when Musa Baluku, a Ugandan in his mid-40s, inherited the leadership. His predecessor had been arrested in 2015 in Tanzania, which neighbours both DR Congo and Uganda, and was extradited to Uganda where he is on trial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Mukulu founded the ADF with the intention of returning to Uganda to establish an Islamic government that would be the envy of similarly minded militants around the world, Baluku wanted to position the ADF as part of a broader global movement,\u201d a recent report from the George Washington University\u2019s Programme on Extremism says.<\/p>\n

In a video released via Mujahideen TV last year, Baluku declared: \u201cThere is no ADF anymore. Allah willing, ADF ceased to exist a long time ago.<\/p>\n

Jamil Mukulu formed the ADF in 1990s. PHOTO\/COURTESY<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, we are a province, the Central Africa Province, which is one province among the numerous provinces that make up the Islamic State.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under his leadership, the organisation is said to have gained access to funding through IS financial networks.<\/p>\n

In addition, between 2016 and 2017, ADF posted more than 30 videos across IS\u2019s social media platforms, prominently featuring the MTM logo and showing that it was now part of an international jihadist movement.<\/p>\n

When Kangbayi prison in Beni was attacked in October 2020 and more than 1,000 prisoners freed, both ADF and IS said they were behind it.<\/p>\n

Baluku, who was added to the UN Security Council\u2019s sanctions list in August 2020, seems to have attracted fighters from the Great Lakes region and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group\u2019s objective is not just Uganda,\u201d says Peter.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir target is having Islam dominate the whole world. There are Tanzanian fighters, Kenyans, Rwandans, Burundians, Somalis, even Arabs,\u201d the former militant says.<\/p>\n

Amnesty for fighters<\/p>\n

What is not clear following the recent attacks is whether the suicide bombers came across the border or whether they were recruited, trained and armed within Uganda.<\/p>\n

The authorities say they have managed to dismantle what they call domestic terror cells across the country – from Rwenzori to Kampala\u2019s slums, which indicates a widespread threat.<\/p>\n

In its crackdown following last week\u2019s attacks, the government has arrested more than 100 people and killed seven suspects.<\/p>\n

It is also trying to entice militants away from a life of violence.<\/p>\n

Peter finally made his escape a few months ago and has received an official pardon through Uganda\u2019s Amnesty Commission, one of 23 ADF ex-combatants who have sought amnesty since 2019.<\/p>\n

He received a small resettlement package worth around $100 (Shs357,076). But he has not received any psychological support or rehabilitation and has found it difficult to find regular work.<\/p>\n

Such issues will make it harder for the authorities to dismantle the emboldened militant network.<\/p>\n

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