Good People!
UN DRC Congo combined Army must keep
on the good work of surging forward aggressively. This is the only hope for the dying souls of
Congolese people.........
For the sake of Human Rights, M23
must be driven out of DRC Congo into Rwanda once and for all. That is where they belong.
The stealing of DRC Congo Wealth and
Resources to Rwanda must be put to a stop.
Kagame and Museveni are not entitled to genocidal damage peace with
Rights in the Great Lakes and get away with it.
They must ultimately face the consequences of the same, since, time and
again they refused to heed all round advice given to them and instead remained
adamant and stubborn.
If this unilateral momentum is
maintain for a little longer, very soon peace and stability for DRC Congo is
guaranteed.........and we all shall say, Halelluia, God is great, he heard our
prayers..........!!!
Cheers !!!
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
Voice of America (Washington, DC)
Congo-Kinshasa: Army Advances in 4th Day of Battle
By Nick Long, 17 July 2013
The Democratic
Republic of Congo's army has continued advancing in a fourth day of fighting
against M23 rebels near the eastern city of Goma.
The scene is a
government army position at mid-afternoon Wednesday, just after the M23 had
started targeting some nearby tanks.
"You men get forward,"
the sergeant is shouting. "Where are you retreating for? Get in front of the
tanks."
For a moment, there
was a brief panic as mortar bombs started falling, causing some casualties in a
commando platoon.
"Take that man and get
him out of here," an officer shouts, pointing to a soldier who has just been
hit.
But the incoming fire seemed to be heavily outweighed by
the army's outgoing fire with tanks, artillery and helicopter gunships that
pounded the rebel positions.
After an hour or more of shelling on both sides, the
commandos moved forward following the tanks.
An intelligence
officer said the unit had advanced 300 meters by mid-afternoon. That rate of
progress may speed up if, as United Nations sources report, the rebels are
running low on ammunition.
The M23 is outmanned
as well as outgunned, having only around 2,000 combatants, against an army that
on paper numbers 100,000. Although the army faces many other armed groups, few
of them support M23.
A civilian, Jules Akili, who traveled through the M23
zone on Wednesday before crossing over to the government side, told VOA he saw
hardly any M23 soldiers.
He says he traveled
from Rutshuru Centre a distance of about 40 kilometers, and saw only five M23
soldiers along the route, which was guarded by M23 police.
The Congolese army's
recent successes have prompted euphoric scenes in Goma, with civilians waving
leafy branches staging victory runs on the outskirts of town.
Tens of thousands of
people displaced by fighting who are living in camps around Goma are hoping the
army can defeat all the rebels so they can return to their homes.
Women at a displaced
peoples camp say they would be very happy to see their villages liberated from
the rebels, and are hopeful the army can do it.
A Congolese journalist told VOA five government soldiers
were badly wounded on Wednesday, and a local journalist also was hurt.
On Tuesday, the
government said 120 rebels had been killed in the fighting since Sunday, a claim
that could not be independently verified
A United Nations
source Wednesday evening said the army had pushed back an M23 counter attack and
was still advancing.
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