Gorilla Warfare

have traditionally begun, the fighting continues
to rage.
Hutu extremists who retreated to the
park after their massacre of Rwandan
Thtsis back in 1994 have settled along its
edges; three years ago some 8,000 Rwandans
crossed the border into Virunga
looking for pastoral land, and mowed
down more than 3,000 acres ofprime gorilla
habitat in less than three weeks. Earlier
this year Thtsi forces loyal to a renegade
Congolese general also moved into
the park, which houses not only one of
the world's most remarkable collections
of biodiversity but gold, coltan, zinc and
valuable timber. According to local human-rights
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