41. They met with no resistance from government troops. 42. Although security forces blamed the militants for the blaze, the rebels said the government troops were responsible. 43. American officials say the Bosnian government troops need mostly antitank weapons, some artillery, and air-defense artillery. 44. Among the civilians, the French medical charity Doctors Without Borders said an entire local church choir was killed by retreating government troops. 45. An associate of Kabila said the rebel leader was equally concerned about avoiding bloodshed in Kinshasa, but saw the government troops as a minor threat. 46. And Bosnian government troops looted homes and farms when they returned. 47. And with few means to monitor distribution, relief food has often gone to feed the rebel factions as well as the government troops, relief officials say. 48. Artillery exchanges between Croatian government troops and rebel Serbian forces continued for the second day near the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, on the Adriatic coast. 49. As the official announcement was being made, Congo rebels said their positions in the north were being bombed by government troops. 50. Ask the families of the hundreds who were killed by government troops. |