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Saturday, March 05, 2005

UN Troops in Congo Kill 50 Militiamen in Gun Battle

United Nations troops killed at least 50 militiamen in a stepped-up campaign to clear northeastern Congo of rogue gunmen who have preyed on residents and are suspected in the recent slaying of nine peacekeepers, United Nations officials said Wednesday.

...The militia, which belongs to the ethnic Lendu political party, the Nationalist and Integrationist Front, has been terrorizing villages of the rival Hema tribe for months. The fighters have killed dozens of people, looted and burned homes and forced more than 70,000 people to flee to the hills since December.

..."This group continues to loot, kill and rape these people, making life miserable," Ms. Nabaa said. "It's time to put an end to this militia."

As far as I'm concerned, the world should go in there and kill all the cowardly bastards who are committing these atrocities.

Jack Clark 9:23 PM [+]   
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