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DR Congo rebel chief justifies his fight - 21 Nov 08
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Jan 26 09
Witnessed: 1779 times
Regions: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Issues: Armed conflict, Child soldiers, War crimes
Tags: Bukeni Waruzi, DRC, humanitarian, icc, International Justice, nkunda, war
As the UN agrees to deploys more forces to halt the DR Congo conflict, Laurent Nkunda, the rebel chief, acknowledges partial responsibility for the upheaval in an interview to Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege at a secret location in eastern Congo. But insisting that there is "no life, no economy, no administration, no justice", he says "you cannot destroy what is not there".
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