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Sat 01 Jan 2009Rebel general held in DRC/Rwanda raid
WITH CONGOLESE and Rwandan soldiers closing in on his rebel headquarters, Gen Laurent Nkunda turned and ran for the protection of his sponsors on the far side of the border with Rwanda.
What he did not know was that after supporting his rebellion and helping him mop up Hutu forces responsible for genocide in Rwanda, the government in Kigali had finally had enough of the increasingly narcissistic rebel leader.
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