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Capt. Obvious

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Wed Feb 12, 2014, 09:12 PM Feb 2014

Mass grave found in Central African Republic; U.N. warns of 'cleansing'

Source: Reuters

A top U.N. official warned on Wednesday of "ethnic-religious cleansing" in the Central African Republic, as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at a military camp occupied by Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui.

The atrocity is the latest in a that has gripped the former French colony since March, when the mainly Muslim rebels seized power. Their campaign of rape, torture and executions against the majority Christian population triggered inter-religious violence which has displaced a million people.

A Reuters witness saw at least a dozen decomposed bodies at the military camp in the 200 Villas neighborhood of Bangui, where Seleka fighters have been stationed for several months.

The bodies had been stuffed into a large underground chamber, possibly a septic tank.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-central-african-idUSBREA1B1PF20140212

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Mass grave found in Central African Republic; U.N. warns of 'cleansing' (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 OP
Religion of peace is just like "responsible" gun owners cosmicone Feb 2014 #1
You're lucky only a tiny fraction of the world's billlion-plus Muslims... Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #2
 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1. Religion of peace is just like "responsible" gun owners
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 10:02 PM
Feb 2014

The pacifist and righteous statements are just to fool the public whilst the dirty belly of violence is kept hidden fervently.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
2. You're lucky only a tiny fraction of the world's billlion-plus Muslims...
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 10:29 PM
Feb 2014

...believe or behave in the way you slander them all.

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