War's horror lives on for kidnapped girls

GULU, Uganda: Haunted by horrifying memories of captivity, girls kidnapped by northern Uganda rebels during the country's 20-year guerrilla war are discovering that men are rejecting them as wives.

Hundreds of girls were kidnapped by the Lords Resistance Army during the war and were forced to bear arms along with kidnapped boys.

Now as they enter marriage age, many local men are rejecting these women as brides because of rumors that former girl soldiers have violent tendencies which in some cases have led to murder, according to Q.B. Kitara McMot, vice-chairman of Gulu district in northern Uganda.