UN investigating possible war crimes in Congo -
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer John Heilprin, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 31 mins ago [image: Congolese displaced by fighting carry bags of blankets distributed by aid] <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Congolese-cholera/photo//081126/481/e83c73cf93984a87b345bc8b9ebeabbf//s:/ap/20081126/ap_on_re_af/un_un_congo;_ylt=AsEVtiQPO7ku6C_fty5EL4MV6w8F> AP – Congolese displaced by fighting carry bags of blankets distributed by aid workers at the stadium in … - [image: Democratic Republic of Congo] <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Democratic-Republic-Congo/ss/events/wl/072606congo;_ylt=AtBF8.O2uKJ0izSYB1tYrkQV6w8F> *Slideshow:* Democratic Republic of Congo <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Democratic-Republic-Congo/ss/events/wl/072606congo;_ylt=Ah8wJjrO5_wmRkD_6zUnqpoV6w8F> UNITED NATIONS – U.N. officials have opened investigations into whether war crimes have been committed in eastern Congo, saying they have alarming evidence of targeted killings and possibly massacres of civilians. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon raised the possibility of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a report Wednesday to the Security Council that recommends U.N. peacekeepers who make up the world's largest such contingent should remain in Congo through 2009. "The forced displacement of populations and evidence of the targeted killings of civilians are alarming. In the current climate, the possibility of massacres of civilians cannot be ruled out," he said in the report.
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