 Diplomats unsuccessfully tried to restart the talks on 26 April 2008.On 26 May 2008 the government set up a special war crimes court with the mandate to try the LRA in an attempt to convince the ICC to withdraw its indictments against LRA leaders.Since April 2008, the LRA had begun rearming and abducting recruits, with the "BBC" stating that 1000 new abductees had been added to the 600 old LRA fighters by June.