Archive for the 'Congo' Category

Africa: The Lord’s Resistance Army Massacres 321 People In The Congo

  One of the biggest pigs feeding off of that Anarchy Gravy Train I was talking about, is the LRA.  If there was any a reason to step in with military action to effectively shut down an insane and highly murderous group, these guys take the cake.
   I posted two stories here, and this first one […]

Congo: The Conflict Mineral Problem and The PMC Solution

Changing this situation requires physically securing the major mines and wresting them away from the control of armed groups. This is an urgent priority, but has thus far been ignored by the UN and other actors. 
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     Ok, this one pisses me off.  All of these ‘Save Africa’ organizations, or anti-conflict mineral groups are pretty […]

Congo: Conrad Thorpe Trains Anti-Poaching Units in the Virunga NP


Congo: U.N. Peace Mission Fueling Violence in Congo, Report Says

   Shameful.  The worlds largest peace keeping mission, and it is a total failure.  I actually think those in the U.N. who were responsible for managing such a cluster, should face a war crimes tribunal for allowing such a thing.
   Now if the U.N. were to pull their collective head out of their ass, and […]

Africa: UN’s Congo Operation Under Scrutiny

   I posted another story below this about the UN screwing the pooch on Afghanistan as well, when they sacked Peter Galbraith for speaking truth to power about the elections there.
   But the real star of this post, is the UN and their criminal work in the Congo.  I say criminal, because to sit there […]