Congo
Calls M23
Terrorists,
Wants Ladsous'
Drones,
No Mention of
Minova Rapes
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
March 5 -- In
front of UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon and
his and
France's chief
of UN
Peacekeeping
Herve Ladsous
on Tuesday,
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
ambassador
Ignace Gata
Mavita called
the
M23 rebels
“terrorists.”
No one
responded, at
least in the
open
meeting.
Inner City
Press is putting
the DRC speech
online, here.
Despite
even
Ladsous
admitting that
the DRC Army
was
responsible
for at least
126 rapes in
Minova from
November 22 to
22, Ignace
Gata Matava
urged
the Security
Council to
think about
Congolese
women being
raped --
with no
mention of his
government's
army's role,
or failure to
complete
investigation
in now three
and a half
months.
The
UN says it
will not take
any action
under its
supposed Human
Rights
Due Diligence
Policy, which
requires
suspending
assistance to
those
engaged in
abuses like
rape, until
the Congolese
investigation
is
finished. But
Ignace Gata
Mavita did not
mention
Minova, much
less
any
investigation.
Nevertheless
the
call was made
to authorize
and fund an
intervention
brigade, with
what Ignace
Gata Mavita
called
“sophisticated
equipment” --
that
would be
Ladsous'
drones -- to
fight negative
forces, of
which Ignace
Gata Matava's
only example
was M23, not
the FDLR or
APCLS or Mai
Mai.
Some
wonder, if you
call your
enemies
terrorists,
and you have
drones,
what's the
next step?
Watch this
site.
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