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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Diplomat Says Rwanda Troops in Congo |
| 2004-11-29 |
| EFL Rwanda has sent thousands of troops into Congo in recent days, a Western diplomat in Congo's capital said Monday, but U.N. officials said they had found no evidence of such an incursion. No evidence? Makes sense. It's hard to see things from inside a walled compound with servants meeting your every need. "Jeeves, can fetch my slippers. Like I was saying, Kofi. Everything is going swimingly here. You should drop by sometime." The Western diplomat, speaking on condition he not be identified, said that Rwandan troops have been seen crossing in the Congo since Friday. Probably just some lost French troops who lost their way. Jacqueline Chenard, a spokeswoman for U.N. forces in east Congo, said U.N. helicopter missions and other patrols had found no evidence of any Rwandan presence. "To our knowledge, there's no Rwandan presence," Chenard said in Goma, the largest city of Congo's east, near the Rwandan border. "It's a rumor." "Move along kids. You are disrupting our Tutsi-for-food agreement." Rwanda last week warned it might act soon act to force disarmament of 2004 Understatement of Year Award goes to... |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #1 "The heart of darkness..." |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-11-29 6:17:17 PM |