1. But as soon as the Ingilima were positioned in Goma, they turned on the Zairean soldiers, Kamata said. 2. In a nearby field, groaning Zairean soldiers were trained in hand-to-hand combat. 3. What they got instead was a welcoming committee of armed Zairean soldiers, who told them their father had been arrested. 4. Poorly-paid Zairean soldiers trying to enforce law and order have frequently been ill-disciplined and badly supplied. 5. Despite Rwandan objections, the Security Council on Friday welcomed the deployment of Zairean soldiers to patrol refugee camps where former Hutu militiamen are intimidating fellow Rwandans. 6. He said instead the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees would provide monitors to back up Zairean soldiers in the camps. 7. Now, only the U.N.-paid Zairean soldiers are allowed in the camps to conduct normal policing. 8. He has already summoned the help of foreign mercenaries with indecent salaries compared with those of Zairean soldiers. 9. He said some Zairean soldiers had joined the rebels, and the rest were so disillusioned without pay that they were no longer capable of fighting. 10. He reiterated that the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan army was not involved in fighting in eastern Zaire between Zairean soldiers and local Tutsi rebels, known as Banyamulenge. |