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Military Totem

Category: Thoughts | Date: Dec 15 2006 | By: admin

Not something you might expect to see in a National Park back home.  But this is Congo.  This is different.   

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Skull, ammo box and jaw staked out on the side of the main road

A brutal reminder to the Interehamwe marks the spot where one of their rebel soldiers was shot just over a month ago.  Psychological warfare of this nature seems to play a key role in a country still haunted by black magic and fetishism.

One Response to “Military Totem”

Scribal Terror, on 19 Dec 2006

Roadsign in the Congo…

It’s a warning to rebels. Robert Muir of the Congo Rangers blog explains:Skull, ammo box and jaw staked out on the side of the main road A brutal reminder to the Interehamwe [Hutu militia — spillover from Rwanda] marks the…

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