THE DEADLIEST WAR in the world is taking place far from Mesopotamia: it's happening in Congo, where four million have been killed since 1998. Of course, the US is not involved, so hardly any of these correspondents willing to expose the brutality of wars, so busy now in Iraq, are paying any attention. Time magazine has; if you're a subscriber, the article is here; if you aren't, Everyday Thoughts Collected has an extract.

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