Mohamath,+Nurchanah+5

The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda has Europe, North America, and Africa as their backbone of operations such as formulating its military strategy. The U.N. found out that the network of people helps rebels in Congo to transfer money and buy arms; the findings were to be discussed of how the international community hasn’t done much to cut off logistical support. In violation of U.N. sanctions, the Congolese army has also been funneling weapons and ammunition to the rebel militia. The rebel group controls lucrative gold mines in eastern Congo, which allows them to traffic millions of dollars in minerals to get through the country’s porous borders. The group’s Germany-based president Murwanashyaka was arrested in Germany earlier this month because of his rebel activities; but despite that, he continued to funnel money to his colleagues. Prior to the arrest, he made over 240 calls to satellite phones, which most likely have to do with rebel activities.
 * __Congo Army Helps Rebels Get Arms __**
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The Seattle Times and the New York Times articles were written completely different. The Seattle Times article seemed to have more quotes from officials scattered throughout the article, while the New York Times article had quotes mainly concentrated near the end; different people were also quoted in both articles. The New York Times article was lengthier and provided a little bit more background knowledge than what the Seattle Times article did; the Seattle Times article only mentioned about the things that were needed to be explained, while the New York Times article gave you some information about things similar or related. The style in which both articles were written were also very different, the New York Times article seemed to be more of a hearsay article, while the Seattle Times article was more of an anecdotal. How the international community hasn’t done much to cut off the logistical support, seems to be a necessary discussion to take place. Helping rebels get arms for the war, is not something that should be happening, the opposite should actually be happening; attempting to get rid of the arms to help end the war. How do the rebels get away with trafficking millions of dollars in minerals such as gold, through the country’s borders? Shouldn’t the U.N., or anyone else, have realized that something was going on sooner? Or if they already did, shouldn’t they have done something sooner? I honestly don’t even think that the rebels should have control of the lucrative gold mines in east Congo in the first place.
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