9 Officers Say They’ll Join Rebellion in East

Nine senior military officers said they would join the rebels fighting to overthrow President Mobutu Sese Seko in eastern Zaire. The officers were among those who were leading the Zairian army when Goma and Bukavu--key cities on the border with Rwanda--fell to Laurent Kabila’s Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire last year. The officers said they were called back to the capital, Kinshasa, and were suspected of supporting the rebels. They recently fled across the Zaire River to Brazzaville, capital of Congo.