Monday, August 23, 2010

Rape And Violence In Eastern Congo Is Becoming The Norm


Rwandan Rebels Raped at Least 150 Women in Congo, Humanitarian Officials Say -- New York Times

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — A mob of Rwandan rebels gang-raped at least 150 women last month during a weekend raid on a community of villages in eastern Congo, United Nations and other humanitarian officials said Sunday.

The United Nations blamed the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or F.D.L.R., for the attack. The F.D.L.R. is an ethnic Hutu rebel group that has been terrorizing the hills of eastern Congo for years, preying on villages in a quest for the natural resources beneath them.

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My Comment:
If there is a part of the world where Satan is present .... this part of the Congo must be it. The sad part of this conflict is that it is financed by "all of us" as we continue to purchase the conflict minerals that come from this region.

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