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Military Vows to Hunt D | |
2005-05-26 | |
The military vowed Wednesday to hunt down militiamen who killed 18 people and kidnapped scores of others in eastern Congo, while the United Nations said it would investigate the massacre. Government troops are preparing an offensive against militia who carried out the attack, killing their victims with machetes and axes and kidnapping 50 others, said Lt. Kasanda Wa Kasanda, military spokesman for South Kivu province. Kasanda, citing survivors' accounts, said the militiamen called themselves Rastas and were accompanied by Rwandan Hutu rebels from the group Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda, known by its French abbreviation FDLR. "We've decided to track the Rastas and FDLR and save our population," said Kasanda, speaking by telephone from a military base in Walungu, near Ninja.
"They'll be entering heavy forests where the security is not good," said Salmeron, speaking by telephone from Bukavu, the provincial capital located 50 miles east of Ninja. "There will be lots and lots of preparation for this." | |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 The military vowed Wednesday to hunt down militiamen ... while the United Nations said it would investigate the massacre. Doesn't that pretty much sum it up. Those who can do, those who can't form committees. But wait, there's more:"There will be lots and lots of preparation for this.". I weep for the shrimp cocktails who will give their lives to make this noble and no doubt, long running investigation possible. |
Posted by: SteveS 2005-05-26 08:20 |
#1 Rastas! They should be easy to find. Follow the smell of burning ganja. I love this: The United Nations will send a team to the Ninja region to investigate the killings Short guys, wear black, sneaky types?... Nah - haven't seen 'em. |
Posted by: mojo 2005-05-26 02:15 |