Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] life in Congo

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> When I read stories like this, I am filled with a combination of rage 
> and a sense of helplessness.  How can we help these people?

I think we have to start by making people aware of what is going on in 
Congo.  Encourage people to write to their congressmen and senators asking 
them to do something.  Presumably, congressmen and senators are in a 
better position to know what might help.

The group of killers who wear shiny track suits and LA Lakers shirts have 
to be pretty easy to identify.  My guess is that it would be very easy to 
find a group of US soldiers who would love to track down and shoot every 
last one of them.  It might be really hard to do if there is a lot of 
dense jungle though.

Mike


> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/africa/07congo.html
> >
> > N.Y. Times
> > October 7, 2007
> >
> > Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War
> >
> > By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
> >
> > BUKAVU, Congo -- Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, cannot bear 
> > to listen to the stories his patients tell him anymore.
> >
> > Every day, 10 new women and girls who have been raped show up at his 
> > hospital. Many have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, 
> > butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their 
> > reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair.

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