Congolese soldiers sit in a military base in Rumangabo on January 28, 2009. African leaders from the Great Lakes region Saturday hailed Kinshasa's improved ties with Rwanda as a means of helping end the long-running conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. (AFP/File/Lionel Healing)

In Congo, Fresh Anxieties -- Washington Post

Operation With Rwandan Troops Targeting Hutu Militias Could Become Civilian Bloodbath, Rights Groups Warn

NYAMILIMA, Congo -- By late afternoon, an unusual delegation of Congolese and Rwandan army officials, ex-rebel lieutenants, spear-carrying militiamen and shiny-shoed politicians had arrived at this dirt-road village in a dusty convoy -- a kind of roadshow aimed at explaining perhaps the most improbable twist yet in the deadliest conflict since World War II.

Stepping onto a stage, a politician told a gathering crowd of an extraordinary deal between Congo and Rwanda that has suddenly made friends of enemies and enemies of friends, bringing 7,000 Rwandan troops to Congo for a potentially ruthless joint military operation.

"Aren't you happy?" the politician shouted at the villagers, who mostly stared, seeming to calculate what fresh calamity or possible hope the operation might imply. "Can't you clap? The president of the republic has decided to end the war!"

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