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Article: CONGO'S ALLIES CAPTURE STRONGHOLD ANGOLAN FORCES TAKE KEY WESTERN CITY, BUT CAPITAL STILL THREATENED.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- August 24, 1998
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Byline: Ian Stewart Associated Press
KINSHASA, Congo -- President Laurent Kabila's quest for regional military support paid off Sunday when his Angolan allies captured a key rebel stronghold in western Congo.
The rebels acknowledged losing the town of Kitona, but said they were continuing their advance on Kinshasa, the capital, and also had captured the important eastern city of Kisangani.
The Angolan victory was a much-needed boost for Kabila, but it also threatened to transform Congo into a proxy battlefield for a regionwide war of shifting alliances.
With air support and tanks, Angolan forces drove into Kitona, near the Atlantic ...