European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse 4 the stars and stripes november Congo mercenaries turning the tide against rebel bands six year military Rule ended by Robin the con go Warrior Bandi who six months ago erupted the Eastern Congo to threaten the life of the nation now stand snarling at each Day brings fresh por or rot in the fabric of the Artel congolese Peoples re Public in there Molm Tshombe is fear that the revolts col lapse will bring barbarism and darkness in its Bora of frustration and Dis the rebellion has so far vented its fury on educated escapees from the rebel zone Tell of being forced to watch rebels Hack to death or Burn alive hundreds of Congo Tele whose crime was that they could read and the congolese the rebels had sold out their country Independence to but there Are signs that their frustration is seeking other scapegoats and the rebels ire turning their rage against the White directly menaced Are More than most Are but they include m american teach ers and government officials tripped inside the rebel realm of self proclaimed president Christophe rebel radio Stanleyville has relentlessly painted the Ameri cans As villains of an imperialist last Ibenye belgians to the claiming his regime would no longer protect belgian lives and rebel lieutenant Gen eral Nicholas Olen a radioed local chieftains of the popular liberation ordering them to place All foreigners under House arrest on a Leopold due government listening Post picked up a desperate radio message from Ibenye to five african Ibenye demanded their help within a few he he would begin a policy of scorched you have left me alone be Neath the bombardments of the belgians and 1 utter this last cry Ibenye a Mannock doled to Ghanas president k w a m e algerian president Ahmed Ben president Gamal Nasser of the United Arab guineas president Sekou Toure and Modibo president of these leaders of revolutionary have aided the rebels with Money and diplomatic pressure in other but so none is known to have replied to Benyes a Benyes Sim has Lions of the libera Tion army and their ungovernable teenage allies from local tribes Are being pushed Back by while mercenaries hired to fight the rebellion by the Leopold due government of mouse backing them up Are a hand Ful of Light bombers and make shift strike planes with rockets and machine guns piloted by cuban exiles and other Mer the stench of death lingers Over reconquered hundreds of rebels Are dying in front of withering machine gun fire As the mercenary com Mandos move in re the rebels have killed Only six in their the Feath ered rebel fighters were Mas ters of Mere than on Quarter of the congos vast their raiding parties swept South Down the Shore of Lake Tanganyika to seize Baudouin Volle and the North Katanga tin mining Center of in the Central the Reb Els captured the towns of Lus Ambo and stalk life to within 100 Miles of former capital of in the North the spread like an Oil Slick across the former provinces of Klavu and orientate after Stanley the congos most import ant Northern fell into rebel hands at the beginning of the rebels took Over a Terri tory stretching from the Congo River town of Llusala to the sudanese pinching the Leopold due forces into a pocket round Lake they came within an Ace of Captur ing former capital of in the truckloads of Reb Els drove through the Jungle trying to seize Only 200 air Miles from Coquil hat had this Center the rebels would have succeeded in cutting the Congo in two and linking up with rebel troops in the Congo Brazza Ville although the rebels captured thousands of weapons and tons of ammunition abandoned by fleeing congolese this As to be the highwater Mark of the since Leo troops have driven them out of North the have been forced North of Mongolo and a Lars Escale involving More than 200 is being readied for a strike against capital of Man Lema province in the heartland of the in the Lusa Kata Kokobu and Blende have been in the Llusala and Only to Miles Welt of fell to the hammering machine guns of the when their Opportunity Arris sudanese communists moved it by George Mcarthur Khartoum a groggy but the biggest nation in Africa is rejoicing Over he end of six years of Mili tary the smiling Street crowds Are disdainful of the shattered Glass the smashed windows and burned that Are among the scars of 10 dramatic Days thit left to 200 wounded and a political question the startling emergence of the Small sudanese communist party As a major political Force is a matter for Western Diplo Mats and old fashioned politicians but is nothing to Dampen the happiness of the Ordinary amid the the soda Nese still Are trying to figure out what happened during the riotous Days that saw benevolent dictator Ibrahim a Boad reduced to abject sur Only to emerge again As with problematical probably the Man with most of the answers is Abdul Khalid the shrewd and affable Secretary general of what one Western Diplomat Calls the bes disciplined communist party in Africa or the mid dle by any the Maneu vers of the sudanese party Dur ing the crisis were Quick and by african standards they were dazzling membership in the party is no More than and prob ably yet they emerged with four scats in the 15man Cabinet and come close to get Ting a count ing one pro egyptian and one known member of the moslem brotherhood the Cabinet has a solid ant Western though proclaiming a continued policy of prime minister sir Al Khz Oitim Al Khalifa an educator with no experience in politics will have a Tough time sticking to the Middle of the the most evident Rea son Why emerged on lop was that though almost everyone in the Side wished the downfall of the military regime Only the communists prepared for when the moment came they recognized exploited it shrewdly from behind the scenes and carefully avoided antagonizing the traditional political which out number the communists Over it was the death of a communist student which Iii the two weeks ago Stu dents of Khartoum in Defiance of a government held a meeting to discuss the problem of South where Africa ii tribesmen Are in bloody guerrilla revolt against the moslem after a ing one and wounding though the news was sup pressed by the radio and the newspapers it spread More than marched next Day at the students funeral and demonstrations broke out All Over the almost everyone agrees the demonstrations were i h o n g h in cited by communist Ami mos lems from the Stu Dent body of the within 24 hours of the out Breaks the communists began Ibrahim Abboud working for a National front to overthrow the re with thousands of their members taking to the the old line political parties were swept unwillingly they swallowed the communist bait that the front include recognized representatives of the unionized University Engi neers and other professional these Long disdained by the old line Politi Are led by usually hardworking and soft spoken men who had in Many cases proved their opposition to the regime by prison a portly 64yearold general known behind his Back As reacted with unexpected army reinforcements poured into the though violence continued and the deals toll slowly mounted it was evident by the weekend that the army con trolled the the front then culled for a general sir Lac which was to tally cutting Tele graph communications with world the closing shops and even forcing army technicians to Man the radio Abboud prepared to go 01 toe air with threats of a total military takeover the riots and strike after his tape he was id by a revolt within his Young whose ship is still is told Abboud to get the i out of politics and undo the argument by putting g around the houses of All i Bers of Abbous military Abboud gave Ann the end of the military ment and called in lives of the National name a civilian the Street erupted with Lant demonstrations and Boud appeared the National de he step and he 1 and agreed to i an Cabinet including the Only Styli in question was the role r the new govern whether it would have also by Council or somebody made a Melsi the moslem Brothers the communists accuse to add pressure to someone peed the Street crowds to on the presidential Abboud report watched from a window As the mob along Broad Street where i the last Century the of the Mahdi made a Ful assault on the British Gen Charles the armoured cars before u Palace Gates swivelled t h 11 Turret to face the mob and i Loose with mad fifteen demons were killed and Many this blood Day stiffened i Young who insist that Abboud at least remain chief of state and con i chief of the in the next 48 hours the i tonal front and the off i thrashed out an acceptable i inet with Secretary general 1 Moud remaining in the t the communists play accepted the four offered curo Pian lotion Izmir Frank a Jewr Obama not Berlin Ici it flu 1c h it mtg i us Usami ii c i Mimi Ivury Nummer 111 Forem m prom Apo Kurt lir Public to m Natii Jolon 1 intr
