Passage: In a television interview late Monday, General Likulia declared that the Zairean armed forces, the FAZ, was able to hold the city against rebels who have swept across the eastern half of the country, but needed "the support of the people". He claimed that inhabitants of all the towns conquered by Laurent Kabila's guerrillas since October were putting up "strong resistance to the rebels", but denounced wide divisions among Zairean politicians which had weakened the strength of the armed forces.
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