War fears as DRC rushes in troops

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Fears of another war in central Africa grew on Monday as the Democratic Republic of Congo sent thousands of troops to its eastern frontier in a move branded hostile by Rwanda.

Up to 10 000 government soldiers have been flown east in a rapid build-up of force which reflects renewed tension between two neighbours, who supposedly buried the hatchet last year.

Officials in the DRC's capital, Kinshasa, said the deployment was an effort to secure a volatile region, rather than a warning to its old foe. "Congo is not going to attack Rwanda," the foreign minister, Antoine Ghonda, told the Associated Press news agency.

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1. The DRC is a client government of the US and France

If you recall the actions and statements of the head of the DRC during the period Aristide was imprisoned there -- sorry -- 'staying there', it's pretty obvious that he wouldn't make a move like this without consulting his liege lords in the US and France.

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2. Another world event ignored and passed over

While we're fiddling in Iraq, the rest of the world is burning.