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In an eastern part of the DRC in a town called Beni, 26 people were killed overnight by a rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces which has been targeted by the Congolese army and U.N. peacekeepers. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Oliver Hamuli said the attackers' identities have yet to be discovered. This attack comes a week after another attack in the town of Oicha in which the ADF killed nine people. 40 women and 7 boys from a remote village were also abducted last week by a different rebel group called Maimai-Simba. The ADF gets it funding from trafficking timber and gold. The group is accused of rights abuses such as murder, rape, and use of children soldiers.
The greed and the need for power in the DRC is scary. Any group that is against any other group will do anything in order to further their own agenda to gain more power and money. Even if it is just something for their own entertainment, they will ruin other people's lives just to get what they want. Almost every group in this twisted civil war acts like a mean playground bully. They are two focused on their own wants that they endlessly displace and murder innocent civilians and it is simply disgusting.
Does it ever make you wonder why other countries do not get involved to help the innocent civilians? Why do you think countries like the US shy away from places like the DRC?
ReplyDeleteMost likely for monetary reasons. We usually involve ourselves in conflicts when it benefits us, and often times it is not good cause at all. We invade countries we definitely shouldn't and don't aid countries we should.
DeleteMost likely for monetary reasons. We usually involve ourselves in conflicts when it benefits us, and often times it is not good cause at all. We invade countries we definitely shouldn't and don't aid countries we should.
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