A convoy of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) drives down the Beni-Komanda road, home to deadly attacks and ambushes by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. On this commercial artery linking North Kivu to Ituri, rebels of the ADF have meted out extreme violence against civilians -- often with machetes and other bladed weapons. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES