It's Truly Halloween In the Congo--Darth Vader is in Goma
CNN just had Nkunda on cell phone:
Quote:
Amid chaos in Congo, rebel leader explains himself
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- The rebel general besieging Congo's eastern provincial capital said Thursday that he wants direct talks with the government about security and his objections to a $5 billion deal that gives China access to the region's mineral resources.
Children eat bread and porridge at a displaced people's camp 12 kilometers north of Goma in Congo.
1 of 4 Gen. Laurent Nkunda said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that the reason he called a cease-fire Wednesday as he reached the gates of Goma was to try to stop chaos in the city.
He said he wants U.N. peacekeepers to help refugees return home.
Nkunda, leading a Tutsi rebellion in eastern Congo, said the government is not protecting the country's Tutsi minority. He said he turned down a government offer of $2.5 million to stop fighting because he could not abandon his mission to protect Congo's people.
and to put the FADRC in context:
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On Thursday, army Col. Jonas Padiri said the situation was calm. Soldiers were patrolling the city in trucks; one soldier, sitting by the side of the road, wore a Darth Vader mask. Some soldiers appeared drunk at 8 a.m.
Asked whether the army would respect Nkunda's cease-fire, Padiri told AP: "You're going to have to ask the governor that."
I cannot make this caca up
Tom