81. Members of the presidential guard also opened fire on the renegade troops. 82. Members of the Rwandan presidential guard murdered the prime minister, Agathe Uwilingyimana, as she tried to escape. 83. Most of the victims were soldiers, policemen or presidential guards. 84. Mrs. Uwilingyimana was killed by members of the presidential guard as she tried to escape. 85. One member of the presidential guard was killed. 86. One witness, speaking on condition of anonymity, said four presidential guards were killed in a firefight with the mutineers. 87. One exception is Gen. Gafur Mirzoyev, chief of the presidential guards, but presidential spokesman Zafar Saidov said he will have to obey the order. 88. Pashtuns routinely complain that Karzai, an ethnic Pashtun, has no power because Fahim controls the army and even his presidential guard who are mostly ethnic Tajiks. 89. Patasse has angered the army by falling behind on salary payments and, most recently, by transferring control of the national armory from soldiers to his presidential guards. 90. Patasse has angered the army by falling behind on salary payments and, most recently, transferring control of the national armory from soldiers to his presidential guards. |