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...lines. The CIA, since its founding after the war, has always had a paramilitary unit, which has carried various names. At the height of the cold war, the agency had hundreds of paramilitary operatives fomenting coups around the world. It was involved in assassination plots against the leaders of Congo, Cuba and Iraq and was linked by a 1976 Senate inquiry to ousters that resulted in the deaths of the leaders of the Dominican Republic, Vietnam and Chile. When Ronald Reagan wanted to roll back communism in the 1980s, the agency organized paramilitary operations in Central America. These adventures...
...dropping the word political and adding that nobody "acting on behalf of" the U.S.--such as contract killers--could assassinate someone. The ban was issued, it will be recalled, because the CIA had been trying to bump off a lot of world leaders, from Patrice Lumumba in the Congo to Castro in Cuba, where the agency hired the Mafia to try to put botulinum toxin in Castro's soup...
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Cannibal Rebels An investigation found evidence of systematic cannibalism, torture and the rape of women, children and babies by rebels in the eastern Ituri province, U.N. officials announced. The Uganda-backed Movement for the Liberation of Congo reportedly committed the atrocities between October and December in an effort to drive out supporters of rival militias. The rebels dismissed the reports as attempts to smear their leader Jean Bemba, who is set to become Congo's Deputy President...
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kabila Verdicts A military court sentenced around 30 people to death for their role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila, who was shot in January 2001 by one of his bodyguards. The trial was described as unfair by human-rights organizations. Although prosecutors claimed the murder of Kabila - who seized power in 1997 - was a failed coup attempt, the sentences are unlikely to end speculation about the motives behind it. The defendants appealed to his son and successor, current President Joseph Kabila...
...inconsistency undercuts the moral stance of the Kimberly Process. Frequently the government is just as bad as the rebels, if not worse. I wouldn’t want to put a lot of stake in the distinction between the two sides. Just look at the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the current government was a start-up rebel group not five years ago, fighting the recognized but despicable government of Mobutu Sese Seko. Under the definition of the Kimberly Process, Mobutu’s diamonds are fair game, but the rebel diamonds would have been illegal. It?...