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Congo Mass Rape Numbers Rise To 240: UN Report

First Posted: 09/02/10 01:49 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:30 PM ET

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Rwanda's FDLR rebels have denied carrying out the mass rape.

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Some 240 women, girls and babies may have been raped after rebels recently seized a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says.

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Some 240 women, girls and babies may have been raped after rebels recently seized a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says.
Some 240 women, girls and babies may have been raped after rebels recently seized a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says.
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courtb
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10:07 PM on 09/07/2010
The number is now over 500...and yet the world remains indifferent!
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Shambles77
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09:57 PM on 09/04/2010
With all of the talk about the treatment of Muslim women by the Teas Bagger's, why do they not EVER talk about THIS?
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rougebaisers
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11:20 AM on 09/03/2010
Ok, you can forget castration. Just murder all of the rapist b*****ds.
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wishfulslinking
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01:19 AM on 09/03/2010
Aazing, this is not front page news on HP.
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arneader
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11:07 PM on 09/02/2010
This is a travesty! Black on black crime has been going on for a long time.
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myaa
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10:29 PM on 09/02/2010
Its all those 'mooselims' in Africa, you know......wait...WHAT?
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Renee Tam
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09:28 PM on 09/02/2010
240 Women. Girls. Babies. 757 comments on puppies thrown into a river. The world is numb to the screaming that is taking place in the Congo right now. It's not that they don't have a voice. No one has a voice. If you think you do then you starting screaming now. NO. ONE. IS. LISTENING. Shame on us for becoming so desensitived.
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habeass
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09:58 PM on 09/02/2010
What a powerful statement. You are right. We are not listening. What has happened to us that we no longer hear, care the cries of these victims? Bless you!
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demsrsilly
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09:24 AM on 09/03/2010
Excellent point. The UN is useless. Yes, the sec. general sent envoy. I am sure this will soon be resolved because of that. Right. What is needed is to send a lot of people with guns and the will and orders to use them to prevent this.

All that was said after Rwanda and Kosovo is "never again...never again!"..

Well, world, it is "again" again.
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tedpikul
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08:19 PM on 09/02/2010
It's worth it for the diamonds.

Right?
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santiago sherwood
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09:22 PM on 09/02/2010
please say that to my exwife, that comment would go right over her head.
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samtee
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06:41 PM on 09/02/2010
You can't do anything with these people we have spent 100's of billions of dollars and the U.N has been there for yrs and it's not gotten any better what a same.
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noladebby
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04:53 PM on 09/02/2010
This is absolutely horrifying.
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writerjohnny
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04:06 PM on 09/02/2010
Even reporting the count at 240 is a freaking disgrace. Is there ANYONE in the universe who thinks it is only 240. If you can't actually type the accurate number stop typing. Now.
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speeddeeps
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03:47 PM on 09/02/2010
We need to intervene... militarily to help these women, the women of congo need us more than the ones in afganistan
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hclinton
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09:55 PM on 09/02/2010
What branch of service are you in?/
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wishfulslinking
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01:21 AM on 09/03/2010
NO, we do NOT. We are not the world's police!
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03:46 PM on 09/02/2010
No one has anything to say about this? The world stands by, yet again as atrocities go on. We went to Iraq in a hurry to "save" Iraqis from tyranny, but ask Rwandans how they feel about the indifference of the world community. Send a real force to protect civilians or don't bother. Same difference.
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hclinton
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09:55 PM on 09/02/2010
There isn't anything holding you back get a gun and GO
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FlamingLibrul
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09:30 AM on 09/03/2010
Wow, you're a mentally sound one. Bitter about some things in life are you?
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MMRDO
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01:09 PM on 09/02/2010
If I am ever in serious trouble and need someone to help me, I hope to God they are not sending the UN.
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samtee
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06:42 PM on 09/02/2010
Really the U.N is horrible.
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demsrsilly
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09:38 AM on 09/03/2010
Yes, I am sure that "envoy" that is being sent will fix everything.
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