Death in the Congo: a mother watches as machete militiamen murder her little girls

The Telegraph - UK ^ | May 30, 2003 | Adrian Blomfield in Bunia

[LenS]

But an intervention in Rwanda would have prevented the spillover into Zaire with it's round-robin between a dozen or so national armies and even more militias.

[Delta 21]

What was that?!

You sound like you are even more parinoid than me.

[ampat]

Yes they will do something soon, after all this has been going on how long? Koffi Annan is probably busy bribing Nobel committee members to give him the peace prize after he does too little too late in Africa.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Gawd, lets hope the Laci Peterson groupie crowd don't see this one.

[Burkeman1]

I don't know. I will defer to you as you seem to be up on the happenings in that region.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Death in the Congo: The UN standby and watches as machete militiamen murder many little girls

[goodnesswins]

This may not be PC, but I would think a lot of people are thankful they are in the US, and not still in Africa....if you get my gist...

[Lijahsbubbe]

I used to drive to work in the morning and reflect about all the killing and bombing and trouble going on in the world and how removed we felt from it here in America. Then Sept 11 happened.

I don't have a tinfoil hat yet, but a few years ago, I had a dream that people were being rounded up and being thrown in large kettles and killed. Makes me wonder if that could happen here if we don't protect our borders. (any jokes concerning the dream are anticipated!)

[goodnesswins]

"Out of America" by Keith Richburg

[blam]

Don't eat anything an hour before you go to bed.

[Joe Hadenuf]

From her hiding place in the woods outside the Congolese town of Bunia, Ruta Bonabingi watched as militiamen roasted and then ate the severed arms of her dying daughters. It was the horrifying finale to 48 hours of terror for Ruta and her family.

Maybe if Bush sends Africa another $15,000,000,000 in tax payer money, we can get them to eat Big Macs.

Sheesh.......

[Pearls Before Swine]

This may not be PC, but I would think a lot of people are thankful they are in the US, and not still in Africa....if you get my gist...

You would think...

[Burkeman1]

Thanks- it was a good book. I have it in a storage warehouse (with most of my books). Wasn't sure of the name.

[Joe Hadenuf]

I don't have a tinfoil hat yet, but a few years ago, I had a dream that people were being rounded up and being thrown in large kettles and killed. Makes me wonder if that could happen here if we don't protect our borders.

Forget the tinfoil, get some sheet metal.

[Sparta]

You sound like you are even more parinoid than me.

We live in interesting times, a little paranoia helps.

[CatoRenasci]

Savages, not even human by any definition other than purely genetic, and then I wonder. Extermination is too good for this offal.

[Polybius]

This may not be PC, but I would think a lot of people are thankful they are in the US, and not still in Africa....if you get my gist...

You wouldn't know it from their demands for "reparations" from current American taxpayers.

[DuncanWaring]

There is no hope for these people, its 2003 and people are still eating each other, Jesus fu**ing Christ.

Well put.

[Bedford Forrest]

I didn't say Bushmen, I said bushmen, advisedly. But a poor choice of words, as you point out. I should have said, miserable, brutish cannibals, genetically indistinguishable from the lower end of the gene pool in Dorchester or Cleveland Park or Anacostia.

[Lijahsbubbe]

I'll be too weak from not eating to hold it!