M23's coercive rallies & Lumpenproletariat; & calls for "state of war" with Rwanda

From Alex Engwete Wed Nov 21 2012, 22:12:00

Early in the morning of Wednesday Goma residents were forced to attend

an M23 rally.

Goma residents I spoke to afterward were mad at the international

press coverage of the rally, especially reports claiming that they'd

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