Fighting Near Bunia Prompts Thousands to Flee, Many Feared Dead
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
NEWS
February 28, 2003
Posted to the web February 28, 2003
Kinshasa
At least 2,000 people have fled fighting that has erupted in the region between Bunia, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the border of neighbouring Uganda, Thomas Lubanga, the leader of the Union des patriotes congolais rebel group controlling the city, told IRIN on Friday.
He said reports indicated that about 760 people - primarily civilians - had died. However, these figures have not been independently confirmed.
According to Lubanga, the displaced have come primarily from Bogoro and Tshiayi, respectively 20 km and 15 km southeast of Bunia.
"There has been violent fighting since Monday in Bogoro, and this morning in an attack that we repelled in Tshiayi," Lubanga said.
He alleged that the attacks originated from an area of coalition forces backed by the Forces armees congolaises, with arms and munitions supplied by the Ugandan army.
Lubanga said he also suspected the involvement of the Front pour l'integration et la pacification de l'Ituri, a rival militia created earlier this month.
Although he said he had no information on losses suffered by his opponents, Lubanga reported that his forces had lost eight men, while 12 were wounded.
He went on to warn that the already difficult living conditions for residents of Bunia, including many thousands of displaced who had sought refuge there from earlier fighting, would become even worse with the thousands of new arrivals.
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There you go fellow citizens and members of the International community.
Wars in Yoweri Museveni's OK KRAAL continues.!!!!
Based on the above article, one would conclude that War Lord Yoweri Museveni's rebels, like the one Lubanga mention "Front pour l'integration et la pacification de l'Ituri, with Museveni military hardware, are at it again; killing, maiming, raping Congolese citizens.
Yoweri Museveni's rebels have pretty much thumbed their nose at the UN Security council!
So much for the UN Security Council, I hear "expressing concerned about the deteriorating Humanitarian situation in Eastern DRC."
Now what is the UN going to do about Kaguta creating more rebels ..and then unleashing rebels to kill Congolese? Is the UN Security Council going to play the some politics of appeasement to the NRM military dictatorship? Or are we going to hear more grass shaking (as in Saber rattling) by the UN Security Council about the situation in DRC Congo?
Are we going to hear statements like" the UN condems ALL PARTIES/REBELS IN RDC CONGO WHO ARE VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS OF CONGOLESE CITIZENS. You know the usual!!!
As if by making such statements, the UN believe that some whow Yoweri Museveni's created rebels now occupying Eastern DRC are going to shake and sweat in their boots!!!
Matek
