DR Congo army seizes three rebel bastions: colonelThe Democratic Republic of Congo's army killed 13 Rwandan Hutu rebels and took control of three of their strongholds in the east of the country, a colonel said Monday. The Congolese army seized the towns of Makola, Magembe and Kihungwe on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
The towns were "sanctuaries" for fighters of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda was the primary anti-Rwanda rebel group during the latter part of the Second Congo War. It continues to operate, mostly within the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (FDLR) in the eastern province, where the army launched an offensive in July to kick them out, Kahimbi told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . "The outcome (of weekend fighting) is very positive, very satisfactory for us because we handed them a heavy defeat," he said. The colonel said 13 rebels were killed, three were injured and nine were captured while 18 weapons were seized after four hours of combat. Three soldiers Three Soldiers is a 1920[1] novel by the American writer and critic John Dos Passos. It is one of the key American war novels of the First World War, and remains a classic of the realist war novel genre. H.L. were wounded, he said. The toll could not be independently confirmed. The dead include the commander of the three FDLR bases, Joseph Ilunga, Kahimbi said. The FDLR is estimated to have 5,000 to 6,000 fighters. Some took part in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi minority in Rwanda before crossing into neighbouring DR Congo. 
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