1. And in the days after Goma fell to the rebels, trucks full of tired but elated Rwandan soldiers were seen coming back from the direction of Zaire. 2. A statement from the rebel group backed by Uganda said the fighting started after Rwandan soldiers blocked the road to the airport and fired at Ugandan soldiers. 3. A young officer of the defeated Rwandan army strode down a side street of this border town in an area where Rwandan soldiers have congregated. 4. But Emmanuel Nzahiro, a spokesman for the Rwandan Defense Ministry, strongly denied that any Rwandan soldiers could have been involved in any massacre. 5. By early morning Sunday, almost all of the bodies of those killed had already been buried by Rwandan soldiers, U.N. peacekeepers said. 6. Earlier in the day the Rwandan News Agency reported that the fighting began after several hundred Ugandan soldiers were flown to Kisangani to drive Rwandan soldiers from the airport. 7. Eventually, Rwandan soldiers swarmed into Goma to root out extremists among the refugees. 8. Hundreds of Rwandan soldiers, on foot and in passenger cars, were fleeing farther west. 9. Hundreds of Rwandan soldiers were on the road on Saturday, making for Goma. 10. In the process, Rwandan soldiers have been accused of killing both Hutu rebels and some Congolese as Rwanda sought to create leadership in Congo friendlier to its concerns. |