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The Nightmare in the Congo

Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Salem-News.com

It is an understatement to say that everyone wants a piece of this place.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Imagine the entire state population ofArizona murdered in an 11-year period by neighboring rebel

groups, all six million people. The women of Phoenix, Flagstaff,

Camp Verde and other cities brutally raped while their childrenand husbands are forced to watch.

After this horrific act of war, the husbands are shot,

dismembered and the women left bleeding and ruined in their

communities. For the men who do survive, they are unable tolook at their wives for the shame they suffered by not being ableto protect them from the atrocities that occurred.

Imagine the children who were forced to watch their mothers

being violently raped and their fathers murdered only to meet the

same fate at their tender ages. For those children who were notkilled knew they would be taken as child soldiers and bush

wives to the rebels.

The entire state of Arizona left in ruins with only the stench of

dead bodies littered everywhere. Now imagine that themainstream media ignores the entire 11-year massacre. FOXNews, CNN, MSNBC: all report on elections, high-speed car chases and celebrity divorces and never once me

the entire state of Arizona has been massacred. This should seem outlandish yet it is happening every day in t

Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Congo is a very large country in Africa which if placeU.S. would span from California east to Kansas and from T

to North Dakota filling almost half the United States. The C

nine bordering countries and is in the midst of a worldwidestrategic battle for the precious minerals found there inclu

cobalt, gold, diamonds, copper, manganese, uranium and

Congo produces $1 Billion USD of gold per year.

It is an understatement to say that everyone wants a pie

Congo. All of these minerals are vital to the automobile indaerospace industry, production of jewelry and technology.

Since 1996 the Congo has been invaded by Rwanda and

their minerals and is suffering the effects of the war to thi

country that has been ruled by colonialism and dictators sit has seen little peace. This police state has no free press

political space and rulers are determined before and elect

begins. Within the last few months Congo has been enduri

election where the outcome was already determined by neleaders before one ballot was cast.

It is not for lack of other political groups rising up wantin

the long road of bringing democracy to a struggling nation

efforts were in vain and now the people are suffering theconsequences of this election.

Since 1990,

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Congolese civilians have been massacred with the full knowledge of

the US, UK, Bri tain and other western backers which are allowingrebel groups from neighboring countries to kill with impunity. It is

the same atrocity as if the 9/11 tragedy in the United States

happened every two days. Half of the dead are children under the

age of five years old. That would get the attention of the media!Yet, why does this situation the DRC continually go unreported?

Violence is escalating consistently in the Congo and tens of

thousands are murdered every month but there is no consistent or

international reporting on these continued horrors. The diresituation begs the question who will hold these perpetrators

accountable? Sadly, the answer continues to be nobody because thewest is too dependent on the financial interests of minerals and

money coming out of the Congo.

The world ignored the obvious signs of the pending Rwandan genocide in 1994 and did not intervene. The inte

community is doing the same thing today in Congo. The DRC was recently declared one of the worst places in t

to be a woman due to the use of rape as a weapon of war.

These women and children are being held hostage mora

entire communities are being displaced by rebel groups in

destabilize the region to gain access to mines and resourcpoverty is rampant throughout Congo as refugees struggle

on a daily basis.

Rwanda massacred hundreds of thousands of Hutu refug

fled in fear after the 1994 genocide. Yet, why were childr

women also massacred? Why were the sick and the eldermurdered in cold blood? Did they pose a threat to the sta

new Rwanda under the RPF regime or was it done in reventhe death of one does not justify the death of another I do

believe that anyone would disagree with Rwanda seeking

Interahamwe in order to ensure peace in the region.

Today, the Congo is controlled by the corrupt dictatorial

President Paul Kagame, Rwanda; President Yoweri Museveand the currently re-elected President Joseph Kabila with

support of the US, UK and other nations that have vested

the region.

There have been no UN sanctions on the Sub-Saharan region for the ongoing atrocities being committed in thevery day.

U.S. President Barack Obama passed the most comprehensive Public Law,# 109-456, in order to protect the the Congo where he clearly noted in section 105 that: The Secretary of State is authorized to withhold assista

available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), other than humanitarian, peacekecounterterrorism assistance, for a foreign country if the Secretary determines that the government of the forei

is taking actions to destabilize the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

These requirements have been documented in the U.N. Mapping report of 2010 as well as other reports provi

proof that Rwanda is destabilizing the region for monetary gain and exports. Yet, the U.S. has provided $1 Billi

aid to Rwanda since 2000.

The only way to stop the nightmare in theCongo is for the International community to

put pressure on Rwanda and Uganda to stop

their daily murderous and controllingactivities in Congo.

The public law named above must beenacted in order for the citizens of the Congo

to get the justice they deserve. This situationis a global issue affecting every continent.

Yet, why does the international community

bury their heads in the sand and not

intervene?

The answer is a complex web of politicalsituations and peace keeping missions that

the US and other western countries do not

want to intervene in therefore if the westcontinues to allow Rwanda and Uganda to do

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Darfur so the US does not have to. This thinking proves the point that it is easier to have relations with dictato

democracies.

One has to wonder if the international community has asked the people of the Congo permission to mine the

without displacing, murdering and raping them what would their answer have been.

_________________________________Jennifer Fierberg is a social worker in the US working on peace and justice issues in Africawith an emphasis on the crisis in Rwanda and throughout the central region of Africa. Herarticles have been published on many humanitarian sites that are also focused on changing

the world through social, political and personal action.

Jennifer has extensive background working with victims of trauma and domestic

violence, justice matters as well as individual and family therapy. Passionate andfocused on bringing the many humanitarian issues that plague the African Continent

to the awareness of the developed world in order to incite change. She is a

correspondent, Assistant Editor, and Volunteer Coordinator for NGO News Africathrough the volunteer project of the UN. Jennifer is also the media co-coordinator

and senior funding executive for The Africa Global Village (www.africaglobalvillage.com)

Jennifer comes to www.Salem-News.com with a great deal of experience and

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Comments

Kiflu Hussain January 25, 2012 8:31 am (Pacific time)

My Ugandan friends informed me that there is a town in Rwanda which thrived from the plundering in DR Congo.As a result,the

unofficially named "Thank you Congo!"This information has been confirmed to me by a Rwandese national residing in Kampala.S

level of impunity in today's world.

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