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CONGRESS: Do Not Allow Our Tax Dollars To Fund Conflict In The Congo!
United States allies, Rwanda and Uganda have pursued a quarter century war of aggression and plunder against the Congolese people. They have invaded the Congo twice (1996 & 1998). The 1998 invasion triggered the deaths of 5.4 million Congolese, half of whom were children under the age of five. The Rwandan and Ugandan armies even fought each other on Congolese soil in the so-called Six-Day War over control of Congo’s natural resource. The battle between the two armies resulted in the injury and death of thousands of Congolese civilians.
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