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Why were Burundian officials in Malaysia trying to purchase 40,000 Steyer AUG assault rifles? Why is the United States building a new embassy in Burundi?
Why is Rwanda still holding Laurent Nkunda in a sham detention, when the report and all others sources indicate the General is in regular contact with his loyal officers? Either charge him with something, or let him go. Nkunda has never denied that the mineral wealth of Congo belongs to the Congolese.
CNDP sources tell us that "95 percent" of his forces remain loyal to him. As the report states, there has been no real "integration" of the CNDP loyalists into the Congolese army, unless you count CNDP traitor Ntaganda's "parallel command structure."
What about the flow of refugees from Rwanda into Congo? Are they being forcibly conscripted?
Images: Ilona Jablonski at Rwandan Refugee Camp
Why did the BBC not accurately report the violent protests in refugee camps in Rwanda during January when sources put them and their cameras on the scene? A Polish housewife, Ilona Jablonski, sent us photos of the demonstrations. Rwanda officials confiscated some of her film, but she managed to best the BBC.
Finally, estimates are that 40 tons of gold is stolen from Congo every year, while official records indicate only a few kilos. Astonishingly, the means are as varied as regularly scheduled commercial flights and pirogues across Lake Tanganyika. Perhaps CBS will shed some more light on mineral smuggling during this Sunday's "60 Minutes Report." Their investigation is no big secret.Note: This article first appeared in the Huffington Post. I wish I had urged readers to read the FULL report which is linked in the lede graph. Any paragraph could lead to full investigation for enterprising researchers.
