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This didn't reach the list on 24.03; I'm trying again now, 26.03.02. - RM NEWS ON CONGO 040: GLAC: The Congo in danger [Posted: 24.03.02] NOTE: On websites with information on the DR Congo and for some contact addresses, see endnote last in this posting. INTRO NOTE: Below follows, in my translation from the French, a recent message from GRANDS-LACS CONFIDENTIEL (GLAC), Canada, a spe- cial edition of its regular bulletins, published on 23 March and posted to the CONGOTRIBUNE mailing list (address see endnote) today 24.03: "ATTENTION: CONGO EN DANGER". The original message cited in this special edition had the date 23 January 2002. In the DR Congo, then called "Zaire", an uprising against the Mobutu dictatorship which had oppressed and fleeced the people in favour of imperialism since 35 years back, started in late 1996 and was victorious on 17.05.1997, when the pre- sent state, the Democratic Republic of Congo, was founded. The liberation struggle was led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila, who also became the first president of the DRC. The DR Congo from the start set itself the goal of freeing the country from imperialist exploitation and building up an actually democratic form of government in it, thereby also setting up an example for all of Africa and for simi- larly exploited countries elsewhere. Because of this, the US and other imperialists instigated a war of aggression against that country on 02.08.1998 by three neighbouring states, a war which so far, directly or indirectly, has cost the lives of over 3,000,000 people and which still continues. One-half of the DR Congo today is under foreign occupation. The people in the whole country continues to suffer enormously. It very much needs the support of the people in all other countries. After the foul murder of L-D Kabila on 16.01.2001, his son, Joseph Kabila, was installed as president; a government led by J. Kabila has continued the struggle against the aggres- sion since then. Since some weeks back now, a conference is being held in Sun City, South Africa, in which attempts by the imperia- lists to gain control over the whole of the DR Congo by so- called "peaceful" means are confronted by the strivings of the Congolese people and the country's lawful government to retain the independence of the DRC. The UN Security Council on 19.03 by its Resolution 1399 (2002) condemned the recent military seizure by the aggres- sors, in flagrant violation of the present armistice, of the city of Moliro in the south-east of the DR Congo, and demanded the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the forces of the so-called "RCD-Goma", one of the agres- sors' puppets, from that city. End of intro note [QUOTE - in translation:] GRANDS-LACS CONFIDENTIEL Founded on 13 January 1999 SPECIAL EDITION 23 March 2002 ATTENTION - ATTENTION - ATTENTION To the attention of: - The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo - Congolese present at the Intercongolese Dialogue at Sun City, South Africa - The United Nations organization - Member countries of the European Union - All human-rights organizations - The African Union - The press Bujumbura (Burundi), 23 January 2002 Troops of mercenaries specially recruited by Rwanda and Ugan- da [aggressor countries which are now, together with Burundi, occupying approximately half of the DR Congo, at the instiga- tion of the US and other imperialists - RM] are stationed in the military camps in Bujumbura for transit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they are to prepare for staging a final assault for conquering the copper-producing city of Lu- bumbashi, capital of the Katanga province. Well-informed sources in the Burundian capital have disclosed that "more than 15,000 mercenaries recruited in Somalia" are stationed in the military camps in Bujumbura (Gakumbu, Ngaga, Muha) in transit to Muliro (in the north of Katanga) at Lake Tanganyika. At the time when GLAC received this message, a contingent of these Somalian mercenaries had already continued to the Congolese front. A the time of our publishing this information, our sources have said that the remaining contingent of the Somalian mer- cenaries were still at Bujumbura late in the evening. At the time of writing, these troups reportedly are on their way towards Katanga. According to the same sources, Great Britain, supported by certain other Western countries, does not believe in the ongoing dialogue at Sun City and fears that a success of this dialogue would be detrimental to the alliances which it has signed with Western multi-national companies for control- ling the Congo. Paul Kagame [strongman of Rwanda - RM] on his part is encou- raging such an option as would permit him to conquer the Ka- tanga, the mining heart of the Congo. If Katanga were conquered, a march on Kinshasa would be only a question of days. All this comes only days after the Angolan defence minister's declaration in which he clearly hinted that Angola [one of the countries which has importantly supported the DR Congo with military forces in its struggle against the aggression, from the beginning of that aggression in August 1998 and in the following years - RM] at present needs to concentrate on questions having to do with its own security and would no longer be involved in the Congolese crisis. *Note for our readers' attention* Because of technical problems which Grand-Lacs Confidentiel has encountered lately, GLAC has opened a temporary mailbox for priority messages to its readers. Please do not use this mailbox for replying to us. For all replies and comments, please continue to write to us at the following usual mailbox: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. [END OF QUOTE] ______________________________________________________________ "NEWS ON CONGO" postings bring statements by the Congo National Association in Sweden and the DR Congo Committee in Sweden and also reproduce information and analysis from other sources. [This endnote is being updated continually, in order to show readers where at the time they can best get information. Last update of this note: 24.03.2002.] Some websites with information in English and/or in French on the DR Congo: Official site of the DR Congo (new, May 2001): http://www.rd-congo.com/ Site of the DR Congo's Permanent Mission at the UN: <http://www.undp.org/missions/drcongo> (With much information, i.a. continually updated news in French and English) Kinshasa newspaper l'Avenir: http://www.groupelavenir.com/Avenir-Quotidien/index.html Great Lakes Press: <http://pages.infinit.net/glp/index.htm> Congolese League for Peace (abbr. LICOPA): <www.multimania.com/licopa/> Congo 2000: <www.congo2000.com> Two Belgium-based sites support the struggle of the DR Congo: <www.lai-aib.org/index_fr.htm> and <www.ptb.be/Solidaire.htm>. Two other Belgium-based sites: ATMA <www.atma.net> and Congon- line <www.congonline.com> (the last only for subscribers). An English-language website managed by Richard Alcorn, USA, with i.a. much material from August 1998 on from us supporters of the DR Congo in Sweden: <www.crocker.com/~acacia/congo.html> (This site has no more recent material; last updated Nov. 1998) Africanews: <www.africanews.org/central/congo-kinshasa/> CIDES, and Comité de la Communauté Congolaise du Nord de la France (Committee of the Congolese Community in Northern France): <www.cides-congo.org> NCN: <http:www.marekinc.com> (Managed by Ed Marek, formerly of the US Air Force. Often ap- parently well-informed and, of late, containing considerable criticism of the official US position on the aggression. Its informations should be treated with great caution anyway, ex- perience shows.) "Rebel" aggressor puppets, a site based in South Africa: <www.congo.co.za> Two discussions sites of interest: <www.egroups.com/list/congokin_opinions> (Belgium-based. E-group discussions are in French and English. For participation, contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <congokin_ [EMAIL PROTECTED]>.) and <www.egroups.com/list/cdf> Some contact addresses: Congo National Association Box 5343 SE - 102 45 Stockholm Sweden Tel: +46 - 8 - 471 96 26 (chairman) +46 - 8 - 84 57 18 (facility) Fax: +46 - 8 - 751 26 06 DR Congo Committee (Chairman: Bony Ndjov-a-Shamalo) c/o Rolf Martens Nobelvaegen 38U4 SE - 214 33 Malmoe Sweden (new contact address, change from former post box one) Tel: +46 - 40 - 12 48 32 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
