King Leopold's legacy of DR Congo violence
by Tathagata Mukherjee on Mar 05, 2008 02:02 AM

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Leopold claimed he was doing it to protect the 'natives' from Arab slavers, and to open the heart of Africa to Christian missionaries, and Western capitalists.

Apart from killing 10 million (conservative estimate) people!

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