He then questioned the religious conviction of some combatants, particularly the black African rebels.

The black rebels apparently did not understand.

Violence was initiated not by Arab militias but by the black rebels who in 2003 attacked police and military installations.

Even the black rebels didn't dare torch the plantation.

Whites, he said in an interview, have often looked upon black rebels "as demons and subhumans."

He also fought alongside black rebels against white rule in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

In the days that followed some 2,000 black rebels roamed the countryside, killing two white planters and forcing others to flee for their lives.

Our sister republic (whose motto was liberty, equality, fraternity) must be allowed to crush its black rebels.

You are all that stands between her and the black rebels.

Soon many suspected black rebels are imprisoned as well.