Posted on 04/04/2011 7:53:07 PM PDT by marshmallow
Please pray for these victims. Its an underreported story that took place over the weekend. This from Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit:
At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered this week in at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekou, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara. The state-run media has been slow to report the facts.
The conflict in Ivory Coast began in 2002. The country is divided between the Muslim north and Christian south. This is a conflict that has been brewing for years.
Troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the Muslim opposition leader, moved south this past week. They slaughtered 1,000 civilians in Duekoue last week. The victims were mostly men who were shot as they fled the city.
And many tens of thousands of Catholics are in desperate need:
International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesman Jean-Philippe Chauzy told a news briefing in Geneva that some 20,000 Ivorians and West Africans migrants (in Duekoue) had found refuge in an overcrowded Catholic mission with little or no access to shelter, food, water and health facilities.
The UN report of more civilians killed adds to a tally of 462 confirmed deaths since the crisis begin.
The world body is also investigating allegations that 200 African nationals were killed near Guiglo, southwest of Duekoue. (National Post)
More from the UK Telegraph here.
I am unfamiliar with how we might lend aid to this region of the world, though Caritas International (which has condemned the massacre) may be a good place to start looking.
Very sad but true. Prayers for those poor slaughtered souls.
Is it safe to assume then that O-bow-ma will be supporting the north?
Where is the Obama protection force? Where is the UN?
Caritas is very good.
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