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To: nigel bates who wrote (40558)	10/28/2008 6:10:58 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

Thanks, Nigel. I read that and into a little more yesterday. In reading over the years about the colonial days I feel rather stupid that I missed Belgium's part altogether. I've always had this notion of them as an artsy lil country. I'll check up on the darkside past. this from the Congo today - Soldiers, UN retreat as rebels advance in Congo BY MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press Writer KILIMANYOKA, Congo -- Congolese troops are retreating from rebels by tank, truck and foot just seven miles north of the eastern provincial capital of Goma. Refugees who spent the night in the open lobbed rocks at U.N. tanks also moving away from the battlefield. U.N. officials have ordered staff to stay home the day after mobs hurled stones at U.N. compounds in Goma to vent their outrage at the failure to halt the rebellion. A U.N. helicopter was patrolling Tuesday near the front line above Kilimanyoka. Peacekeepers in attack helicopters fired at rebels Monday trying to stop their advance but refugees say the fighters are a few miles from the provincial capital. Renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda has vowed to seize Goma in his fight to protect minority ethnic Tutsis. salon.com