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Questions & Help Mar 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Belgium orders ex-diplomat to stand trial for 1961 murder of Congo's Lumumba

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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/belgium-orders-ex-diplomat-stand-trial-1961-murder-congos-lumumba-2026-03-17/

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After_Ride9911 Mar 17, 2026 +29
Wow. At his age, a 90 day sentence equals life. They certainly took their time bringing charges against him.
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Competitive_Ring4917 Mar 17, 2026 +5
Yeah too little , a ‘bit’ too late…
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Sedert1882 Mar 17, 2026 +2
Germany successfully convicted 90 odd year old men for their roles under Adolf, so there's international precedent for this.
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JaronJervis Mar 17, 2026 -10
everyone knows the CIA killed him. There was not one word in the article about Central intelligence, which is typical. The revisionist assholes at reuters don't want to ruffle no feathers, so f*** them.
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terminalzero Mar 17, 2026 +39
> There was not one word in the article about Central intelligence did you actually read the article >Though he publicly professed his neutrality, Lumumba's overtures to the ​Soviet Union at the height ​of the Cold War alarmed ⁠governments in the West, and some historians have accused Washington's Central Intelligence Agency of involvement in his death.
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FluxusFlotsam Mar 17, 2026 +12
Lumumba was the test run for decades of CIA coups, assassinations destabilizations Going after a Belgian is like suspending the kid throwing paper airplanes while another kid beats a student to death
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