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African Leaders Call Congo Summit – The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/11/24/african-leaders-call-congo-summit.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet

 

 

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3 Responses to “African Leaders Call Congo Summit – The Daily Beast”

  1. Mike Blaxill said:

    from Democracy Now: “Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of what is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lumumba’s pan-Africanism and his vision of a united Congo gained him many enemies. Both Belgium and the United States actively sought to have him killed. The CIA ordered his assassination but could not complete the job. Instead, the United States and Belgium covertly funneled cash and aid to rival politicians who seized power and arrested Lumumba. On January 17, 1961, after being beaten and tortured, Lumumba was shot and killed”

    so that’s what the US press likes to call “Democracy” in places like Africa after the fact – not really the definition of the term, no?

    Posted on 25-Nov-12 at 1:12 pm | Permalink
  2. Michael Butler said:

    The Lumumba conspiracy was an early expose of the CIA’s tactics. He was the best chance for the Congo.It is terrible such crimes are being committed by us. It is our government-supposedly.

    Posted on 25-Nov-12 at 4:18 pm | Permalink
  3. Mike Blaxill said:

    agreed – its the same story over and over in countries like this since the end of wwII – when will it end? why must we impose our hegemony over countries to do business with them?

    Posted on 26-Nov-12 at 7:59 am | Permalink

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