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Defense News - Democratic Republic of Congo |
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| Friday, July 13, 2012, 09:18 AM | |||
| UN and Congolese troops with attack helicopters have opened fire against M23 rebels positions. | |||
MONUC
(Security Council established the United Nations Organization Mission
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and government helicopter gunships
have opened fire on suspected rebel positions in eastern DR Congo. The
attack against the M23 rebels took place north of the town of Goma, close
to the border with Rwanda, the UN said. |
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 A M23 rebel fighter inspects an 82mm mortar at their defense position in Karambi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in north Kivu province, near the border with Uganda, July 12, 2012. |
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Agence France Presse (AFP) reported that three helicopters belonging to
the UN mission in DR Congo, Monusco, and two gunships of the DR Congo
army (FARDC) were seen and explosions were heard around the towns of Nkokwe
and Bukima, where rebels from the M23 group are thought to have some positions.
Officials from the UN and the army confirmed to AFP that attacks were
under way. The Tutsi-led rebels, who took up arms in April as part of a mutiny led by Bosco "Terminator" Ntaganda, began taking positions north of Goma approximately a week ago. They have withdrawn
from several towns they took over the weekend, but have threatened to
retake them should civilians perceived to be aligned to them continue
to be attacked. |
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