Congo: the coming genocide

The Independent says aid workers in northeastern Congo have discovered the bodies of 231 people - many of them decapitated or with their hearts, livers and lungs taken.

The French - yes, those French - have sent military officers to determine whether they'll send troops, and other EU member states (including Britain) are considering a request for soldiers from the UN. But where are the Americans? Have the Americans even been asked? Now that they've given humanitarian rationales for the invasion of Iraq (justified, in my opinion), they're going to look more than a little hypocritical if they don't do anything about yet another looming African genocide.

Posted by damian at May 21, 2003 05:56 AM