they're going to elect republicans. you know a demonstration of principle over politics and there is no reason actually they should be opposed. but they want to elect republicans to ideologically driven and the people who drive ok it's not driven from the ground it's driven. by. a need to get rid of everybody and their way all right well james. the third thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you for having me back. and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me. and stacy herbert my guest james the third is going to see me an email please do kaiser report r t t v are you. guys are saying.

he's available in international. shirts and. shirts. in the. resort and spa. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our team certainly good to have you with this storm over the. becomes the first russian leader to. at

the island's sparking anger in japan moscow denounced the protest saying the president does not need permission to travel across. tokyo has claimed sovereignty over since the end of world war two. baghdad's christian community takes to the streets over iraqi security forces handling of the. fifty eight dead many question if the police are capable of maintaining security in the country more than one million christians have been forced to flee the country because of sectarian violence since two thousand and three. the image of the enemy shouldn't exist anymore and must be left in history we view russia as a strategic we've got mutual interests russia and germany set the tone for the upcoming nato lisbon summit but moscow wants more clarity from nato about the alliance is a planned missile system in europe. and investigates how some african countries are enslaved in the hunt for the black metal our cell phone and computers are made.

since two thousand and one. and has been leading a powerful organization in a little known campaign. a campaign involving a device that has become indispensable in our daily lives. it's simple stuff the cell phone this mobile phone is a remarkable piece of engineering but look inside yet there's blood in this machine there's blood in this device because your mobile contains tiny electronic circuits and they couldn't work without a mineral called coal towns that it's mined in the eastern congo. yet the song there is blood here the blood of congolese who are dying in a terrible conflict.

to learn more about co tan the precious metal at the heart of every mobile you must go to the congo fourteen hundred kilometers from the capital kinshasa near the rwandan border in south keep. this region is a geological miracle stuffed full of minerals and it's ravaged by war four million people have died in the past thirteen years the violence feeds off the abundance of natural resources. we're driving towards the mountains where the mines are it's a dangerous region the congolese army and not in full control here joseph is coming with us he's the mayor of a small town called z.b. era office municipality is occupied by goodness if not he says he did and came to this area and they never left. and that's a real problem for you isn't it whole communities of congolese have been driven out there have been skirmishes only if you don't was of course the congolese population

have suffered serious consequences yet there are killings massacres kidnapping that's in it isn't it. before reaching rebel territory we stop at the zone commanders checkpoint it's guarded by the congolese army. good morning comment on a mill it's captain sorry captain one of the soldiers a suspicious they're not completely in charge here. i don't know how far you going and we going as far as the mine. follow and joseph introduces us to the officer but he's the only person who can give us a pass to let us go on. now. you know. a few kilometers of no man's land. pretty soon there's no one to be seen.

the congolese are too afraid to come this far deep in the valley after the bridge the land is controlled by the rebel militias. this is the last outpost of the congolese army. a handful of soldiers hold the bridge we showed the pass given us by the zone commander. it's somewhat of a fall from here to two and a half kilometers do you ever see them when they come we see them. to say hello no we wave at them and really you get on with them ok good luck see you later. that's it after the bridge we're in the rebels are on the track is deserted but we sense that we're being watched from the hills. suddenly we have to stop. a small group of rebels and surrounded the car. with all of. the well.

we're french journalists. they want to talk to an officer. and they come on announce that went because of all. the guerrillas the suspicious their leaders and the way to be seen for. these agendas from french television. we would like to meet one of your leaders to ask him to explain what's happening here and what your aims are. what kind of aims. and the situation in congo in rwanda. that's why we'd like to meet one of your leaders. they're not here but go to the next village and wait first then. we went

about to argue the rebels cut across the hills while we continue along the track. they told us to meet them in this village. had. no chance to get the camera out of the car. cook at the border and. the men are carrying sacks of minerals on their heads under the beady eyes of the rebel soldiers who were never far away. the more all right all right. come fall. yes we've come a long way we just in the i'm a member of the f.t.l. . forget everything quiet yes it's quiet no problems here. the f.t.l. is the name of the rebel movement they come from neighboring rwanda and they've been here for thirteen years. a village you know agrees to tell us a little about the coltan mines. once he's safely inside our vehicle. we never stop

digging. because he isn't clear because. these people are afraid to dig because of the danger. but the minerals are still there but as soon as you mention the militias no one wants to talk. how do they live this is where they get their money how do they buy their weapons their ammunition through their connection with the mines. i can't say anything about that when you say it's ok ok i don't see them i'll be back. the local chiefs agree to meet us but they refused to be filmed. many of these men have international markets for their arrest they call these are wondering rebels into ham wayne these are the people who committed the rwandan genocide in one thousand nine hundred forty eight hundred thousand tutsis were massacred by hutu militias.

when the situation was reversed tens of thousands of hutus had to cross the congolese border the fear of being massacred by the tutsis. among them women issue men of the former rwandan regime and the soldiers who carried out the genocide and army in full flight crossed into congo with their weapons and supplies these are the people we're meeting today we're carrying a hidden microphone or. whatever we have from french television we come from paris we're making a documentary about the mines for me. there are mines everywhere around here. they stretch from here to chembur and. everywhere around here. and that's as far as we get the rebels discover a microphone they are going to show us any mines we decide to meet. on the way back we passed people carrying minerals coltan.

they want to get out of this is known as fast as possible to sell their merchandise for their own they especially want to avoid paying a few notes in taxes to the rebel militiamen. but that isn't the end of their troubles crossing the bridge should mean crossing to freedom but each barrel is shaken down as we watch. they don't want us to film they don't want us to record the congolese people being ripped off by their own soldiers. like . what joseph is disgusted by the situation he lectures the soldiers on the subject. and the mineral carriers take advantage of the moment to slip away. but this only checkpoint makes people pay to post and that's not allowed it's

extortionate. the mineral carriers meet up a few kilometers further on at this house in run. this is the village where all the coal time in the region is gathered some of these men have worked for four days to get here. that's. it and much to the sex wit. forty kito forty. a barrel gets fifteen euros for this job. another to feel safe away from the militias joseph tells us the whole story. isn't with the places where this or is found a. often occupied by foreigners and the mineral is a form of currency is ok that the problem abroad there are two aspects to the problem the political side and the economic side the political side is the fact that there are always foreigners on congolese soils they should leave this land and

return home. but in the meantime they're stealing from the congolese the foreigners are getting rich. but not the ordinary congolese. to get to a mine we have to travel a few dozen kilometers west to a region recently retaken by the congolese army. after three hours drive in a rough crack we reach a plateau congolese soldiers go with us they're supposed to protect the mine from the rebels. in fact the mine is a quarry the workers are adolescents who slave like convicts. and . this is colton the black gold of the congo pieces of rock attached to

limestone just what you know what colton is used for no we don't really know we know it's a mineral it's quite a muddy. every able bodied young person in the village must dig the mountain they have no choice the mine is the only way to earn a living. how old are you fifteen. someone just young children. as in a gold mine the earth is washed several times. the impurities are washed away leaving gray sand dotted with little black pebbles. this is the coat and that the armed groups want so much not long ago they came to get it with weapons as anatole the village had remembers. they were an issue groups the f.t.l. and they often attack just to get the call to. acoustical till they came when they

knew people had. they came to steal it but they kill people to. never stop doing that though they come into the area they steal the cows the goats. because. that identically colton anymore no they don't come here because we're well protected here. at home i know this is their protection a handful of civilians commanded by a soldier fully armed and ready paid they to sometimes extort money from the miners . for the precious mineral is heated sifted and carefully packed before being resold to local dealers. well it looks. as if it did at least discuss

ten dollars yes. ten dollars for a small tin of colt and yet several days work for a minor to go through with. their few roads so every plains of the usual way to take the coal times of the town's. bukavu airport is the hub of the region's mineral trade. inquisitive people are not popular here with filming with a hidden camera the planes make a. daily trips to the mining zones to supply them with food and equipment we joined one of the flights. the pilots are well paid each flight costs two thousand five hundred dollars the shuttle missions are particularly dangerous. there have been many accidents crashes

in the hills i'll show you a few wrecks. they were in the clouds and they didn't see the hills it was too heavy they couldn't climb. and. the other danger is the armed men who are everywhere around here. usually we know what's happening around here if there are any armed groups in the area. to return back very often if we land and we see that an armed group has taken over the airport we have to take off again. has anyone ever shot at the planes many times. this is more along the strip five hundred meters of hard a pocket handkerchief landing it's always scary here. you can't afford to make a mistake or the plane will end up in the trees. sacks

of flour sugar cases of beer supplies to be sold on to the minus. for the most important thing is what they'll be taking back cult and. this is one week's production the sec's are not especially big but they weigh on average forty kilograms called tan is one of the most dense metals in the world. was eight hundred twenty nine kilos. this plane will be carrying about eighty thousand dollars with. the details on the manifest a very sparse just the amount in the recipient of the oral nothing about its origin it's. the plane comes to malone who just once every ten days without it the village would be completely cut off. if we didn't exist and there's been no road since one thousand nine hundred sixty eight so there are no trucks nothing you get here on foot and you carry things on your back up yesterday my that's what it

says it's difficult how many days it take to get to book a who almost a week. this is our office and this is where we have the radio let's look at the control tower that's the control tower. that's. the town and its equipment above the base of. this is the v.h.f. transmitter that goes in the control tower it helps the pilot to land safely and it will you know that if you sign to. the radio can be used to warn pilots if rebels have taken over the zone that hasn't been peace in this region since one thousand nine hundred for the full democracy but exam many people have died here and maybe thirty the fighters wanted control of the minerals like colton and. now we have protection and security there's trouble elsewhere we've heard about it there are still rebels where are the rebels you have to see them yes they ransack some of the

villages around here. and. it will take less than an hour to get to the town. i. think. this is because of the capital of south kivu where in the cathedral. we've come here to me john both school a follower of liberation theology he's one of the leading critics of the blood trade in call time. simply to ever get bored of talking about natural resources things like that. as that's exactly what has caused the problems here how do you expect us to. it's as if by giving us natural resources the lord has trapped us because other people come and take them from us and instead of improving our lives

they've made us much more unhappy when it was. for john bosco his work is a celebration every believer is waiting for a single moment his seven. may the peace of the lord be upon you. and upon me i needed as much as you. well what if a difference why doesn't the country function properly after the collision because many of the people here want to play before they have worked that's cheating story that's corruption if they are prepared to sell themselves to foreigners and that's why we have the war in the congo they on the hutus and tutsis fight each other you fools they give them all weapons bang bang they fight and while they fight the cult time is mind colton gold's diamonds. to see this

gesture. be ebay's popular in this town he's warning cry finds an echo with the poorest of the poor. who only they organize the war so they can carry on pillaging us but i say it's not a good thing for the waste the west would earn much more here if they stopped draining the country dry and started to help the congo to take off economically the congo's riches would do more good for the world without this greed the western state should take another look at this system and crack down on the traffickers and the other modern pirates who are behind this war. to come with them something to consider give us. the base closest allies this woman christine discrete she's the daughter of a belgian planter and the congolese teen pika i would jump she runs an association

for women who've been victims of the violence here she attacks the rwandan rebels who control the mines. these women have had a miraculous escape they just got away from their hutu torturers they've been raped several times by rebel soldiers. cecile was sixteen years old they kidnapped her and have been. illegal for. they held her in the forest for a year and a half using her as a sex slave six years. one day she managed to escape i think she was pregnant and she is the little result of the rape little sylvie. they took my mother and my two brothers my two brothers were taken to work in the mines they were cotinine. did you work in the mines no the men did they were taken to work in the forest like slaves. and when you were

too exhausted they cut your throat that's how your life ends. either they burn you alive or they cover you up with a machete so far if you're lucky they shoot you in the head. so yes they have lots of mines. and there are people in the town who bring the money. those people leave with the minerals from which they sell in the town. ok. christine is often their only hope in a region where terror is everywhere she gives each one of them ten dollars a month that's a lot of money here. if a minute you know. abidjan bosco does more than denounce this situation he records the crimes hoping that one day the torturers will be punished by divine justice and by human justice for the

barbarous acts they are still committing. so what keeps these armed groups going is the knowledge they can get money for the minerals they dig up and selling of and when you see things like this way if you ask yourself do the people who buy their minerals is the product of their rapes do they have a conscience told you their happiness schemes all look at the kinds of things they didn't before. the problem of bukavu is that money and conscience don't go together there's no bank here no industry but people are building everywhere they call these houses. this town is full of small air freight companies and his specialist transporters.

hypocrisy is everywhere everyone makes money from the mineral trade john b. and c. kill a freight taken c they supply the miners with basic goods. such as these are the products so much is batteries and so on that sit at our own people use it for support for the clients. see the plans for clients of the traders who transport their stuff to the interior. possible to my friend isn't it yeah well the ones i love what you do is you're going to eat by the even go to radio to communicate with them and while they're in the forest. they arrange the transport of coke time and other minerals for the businessmen in the town and they also buy call time to resell on their own account about a hundred dollars a kilo that's the export price of contact. with the business we do business business. and we make

a small commission if you do and who sets the prices you feel pretty who sets the prices you do. sit. in the white set the prices. but still it's the world market it's you if you're the one to make the telephones it's it i think. it's. as for knowing where the money they pay the producers of the cult and ends up they prefer to be careful. whether it goes to financing the rebellion. we don't know. and yet today money set in lead does finance the gorillas in this region. on the other side of lake kivu we visit goma capital of the neighboring province of north kivu. this region is full of minerals too and wrecked by rebels.

millions died here. and many looked forward to be held done say. the pain and suffering will never be forgotten. as well as the joy of women ration. here a spring the nineteen forty five on our team. the close up team has beans enough growing region where russia first free elections were held after thousand years ago. now hardy goes to the area they used to be a place of exile since the seventeenth century. where businesses take advantage of

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