Rebel attacks force civilians, soldiers to flee eastern Congo
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
GOMA, Congo -- Mobs stoned U.N. peacekeepers' compounds Monday and thousands of people fled advancing rebel troops as chaos returned to eastern Congo, fueled by festering hatreds left over from the Rwandan genocide and the country's unrelenting civil wars.
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