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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

1) Die Hard at Goma: M23 Bank Loot: $17m; & 2) Howard Buffet restores water distribution to Goma

Posted on 02:36 by Unknown

(PHOTO 1: Still of Hans Gruber [Alan Rickman], right, in "Die Hard" [1988])



(PHOTO 2: Howard Buffet "teaches Burundian farmers")



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1) Die Hard at Goma: M23 Bank Loot: $17m



Fans of officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) in "Die Hard" (1988)

certainly remember the memorable moment in the movie when the villain

Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) lists his political outrageous and

impossible demands to authorities.



But soon enough you discover that Gruber's so-called demands are only

a smokescreen to cover up the robbery he's masterminded.



If you are a fan of Bruce Willis' movies and in case you forgot that

memorable moment, here's how it goes (courtesy Google):



"Hans Gruber: The following people are to be released from their captors.



"In Northern Ireland, the seven members of the New Provo Front. In

Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberté de Quebec.



"In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the

Asian Dawn movement...



"John McClane : [listening on the radio]

What the fuck?



"Karl : [mouthing silently] Asian Dawn?



"Hans Gruber: [covers the radio] I read about them in Time magazine."



Now, in Goma, M23 leaders were behaving exactly like Hans Gruber with

their ever growing and changing list of outrageous and impossible

"conditions"--including a revision of the results of the November 2011

presidential election.



Just like Hans Gruber, M23 bandits had discovered their list of

"legitimate demands" by watching Congolese political TV shows.



Still, some people took seriously M23 highway bandits...



Until yesterday, when M23--not unlike Hans Gruber and his team of

robbers posing as terrorists with "legitimate grievances"--went to the

vault of the Goma branch of the Central Bank of Congo and blasted it

open with powerful explosive charges.



In Kinshasa, Central Bank officials estimate the loot of M23 bandits

at around $17 million--as well as an invaluable stash of gold bars!



People in Kinshasa are scratching their heads at the prospect of

seeing these thieves--who've even dismounted toilet sinks to ship them

to Rwanda!--remain at Goma airport as the ICGRL is scheming on doing.



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2) Howard Buffet restores water distribution to Goma



Tapped by Virunga Park Chief Warden Dr. Emmanuel de Mérode, American

business leader and philantropist Howard Buffet helped restore water

distribution to Goma.



Here's the full account of of what I call the BUFFET'S GOMA WATER

MIRACLE posted by LuAnne on the Park's blog (I reformat the text for

readability):



"WATER FOR GOMA



"November 27th, 2012







"The aftermath of war can often be as

destructive as the war itself.



"Last week following the M23 rebel attack on Goma over a period of

three days, power lines to the city were cut causing a collapse of

many services including water to this city of over 1 million people.



"Although the city sits on the edge of Lake Kivu, collecting water

from the lake by citizens and services such as hospitals is a bad

option and can lead to serious cholera epidemics within days, as

happened in the past in IDP and refugee camps.



"On Friday morning last week it became

clear that something needed to be done

quickly.



"Emmanuel called Howard Buffett,

a passionate supporter of Virunga National Park, to see if he would be

willing to purchase four big generators for the four main

water-pumping stations.



"By mid-day Howard had sent $200,000, generators were purchased, and

installation began.



"A team of Congolese engineers worked till late at night and through

the next day to get the generators installed and water

flowing again to the city.



"We would like to express our deepest

gratitude to the Howard G. Buffett

Foundation for their incredibly swift

response to a serious problem, helping to

prevent further tragedy for these

Congolese people."



(Source: gorillacd.org/2012/11/27/water-for-goma/)





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PHOTO CREDITS: Photo 1: © Twentieth Century Fox, Via: www.imdb.com; &

Photo 2: Melissa L. Hickox, Via: online.wsj.com
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