REBELS KILLED 321 VILLAGERS IN DRC

EVIDENCE OF THE MASSACRE OF 321
IN DR CONGO HAS BEEN UNCOVERED

AFRICA (BBC News) - Fighters from the notorious Lord's Resistance Army raided several villages in a remote part of north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing and abducting children. The killings took place last December but have not previously been reported. Human Rights Watch says this is one of the worst massacres carried out by the LRA, whose fighters roam across several countries after spreading from Uganda. The rebel leaders initially claimed to be fighting to install a theocracy in Uganda based on the Biblical Ten Commandments, but they now sow terror in Sudan and Central African Republic, as well as DR Congo. In the latest attack, the rebels hacked to death villagers and made others carry looted goods. Some 250 people were abducted. The United Nations had heard rumours that an attack was to be launched around Christmas, and reinforced their troops in the area. But they were deployed to towns like Dungu and Niangara rather than the remote villages where the killings finally took place.

Human Rights Watch, working with local groups, has verified 321 deaths - but other activists have given far higher estimates. Witnesses say the stench of death hung over the area for weeks. Children were a particular target of the LRA. At least 80 were taken by force - boys to become fighters, girls to be used as sex slaves by LRA combatants. Quite why they killed so many of their victims is a mystery. "We don't understand what their strategy really is, but they clearly like killing, like destroying things," said Father Joseph Nzala, the Catholic priest at Tapili. Many villagers are still too frightened to go home, and they continue to live in a makeshift camp on the edge of Niangara.


Some armed groups use violence causing extreme suffering to civilians and justify their actions on religious grounds, but the real cause lies in the unbridled desires of material enjoyment, lust and anger, all sins that God does not approve.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Sin is the cause of sufferings. Cause of sin is desire for committing sin. Misconception of self is the cause of desire for committing sin. Nescience is the cause of misconception of self and aversion to Absolute Knowledge is the cause of nescience. So the root cause of sin is aversion to Sree Krishna, Who is All-Existence, All-Knowledge and All-Bliss. This Divine Knowledge only can be imparted by a bona fide Guru, the absolute-counterpart and grace-incarnate form of Supreme Lord.

Śrīla Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaja :
“Process of Initiation”
Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math
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