During the reign of African dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, Pat Robertson’s Operation Blessing outreach, and a private corporation he operated known as the African Development Co. Based in Zaire, was involved in illicit diamond mining. ADC received vast forestry and mineral concessions while Mobutu dined with Robertson. The diamond mining operation eventually went bankrupt and “Joseph” Mobutu, after a quarter-century of iron fisted rule, died in exile from cancer. [ READ MORE ] [ Pat Robertson and African Diamonds ]

Pat Robertson Did Not Act Alone — That’s Why This Criminal Bigot is Still Running Around Preaching Hate!

“In June 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the Congo’s first prime minister after independence from Belgium. But Belgium retained its vast mineral wealth in Katanga province, prominent Eisenhower administration officials had financial ties to the same wealth, and Lumumba, at Independence Day ceremonies before a host of foreign dignitaries, called for the nation’s economic as well as its political liberation, and recounted a list of injustices against the natives by the white owners of the country. Eisenhower’s Republican government labeled him a “Communist.”

“Eleven days later, Katanga province seceded, in September, Lumumba was dismissed by the president at the instigation of the United States, and in January 1961 he was assassinated at the express request of Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican. There followed several years of civil conflict and chaos and the rise to power of Mobutu Sese Seko, a man not a stranger to the CIA. Mobutu went on to rule the country for more than 30 years, with a level of corruption and cruelty that shocked even his CIA handlers. The Zairian people lived in abject poverty despite the plentiful natural wealth, while Mobutu became a multibillionaire.”

Republicans like Mr. Robertson cashed in, raping the most mineral rich country on earth bare, in the process helping create the chaos you find today in the Congo, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Pat Robertson was investigated but never convicted of any wrong-doing. Of course he had(has) powerful friends, who would go down with him — therefore the need to let this criminal wallow in his ill-gotten wealth.

Pat Robertson declares health reform bills “dangerous,” “rushed through” by president “with a socialist bent“

Robertson says media is “the enemy,” claims NY Times is “a left wing sheet… controlled by liberals or homosexuals“

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