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2003-10-07 Africa: West

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-10-07 00:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thank God the UN is there! ~~Otherwise thing like this might happen!~~

Posted by .com 2003-10-7 4:00:52 AM|| 2003-10-7 4:00:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Congo: Guns don't kill people, machetes do.

Posted by anonymous coward 2003-10-7 5:06:51 AM|| 2003-10-7 5:06:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Here are some articles that deal with the different funding methods for assorted rebel groups:
Canadiens called to boycott cell phones.
Tigers funding activities through conscripting child soldiers than turning them over to UNICEF for rehabilitation.

It would be a good to have a list of which products funds which repression and terror. I wouldn't have expected a purchase of a dried flower arrangement to potentially fund North Korea.

Posted by Superhose 2003-10-7 12:20:26 PM|| 2003-10-7 12:20:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Dozens of tribal fighters attacked a village in volatile northeastern Congo with assault rifles and machetes, killing at least 65 people, mainly children, looting property and setting huts on fire, U.N officials said Tuesday. U.N. troops who were sent to investigate the attack, which took place Monday in Katchele, found 23 bodies in a church, others in a mass grave and some in the bush surrounding the village, said Fred Eckhard, a U.N. spokesman in New York. Isabelle Abric, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission in Congo, said the victims were from the Hema tribe and fighters from the rival Lendu tribe were suspected of carrying out the attack. The victims found in the bush "may have been people who went to die in the bush after being injured in the attack," Abric said. "They also could have been hunted down and attacked while hiding in the bush."

Posted by Steve 2003-10-7 2:28:34 PM|| 2003-10-7 2:28:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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