Last year , the bus in which a young Congolese woman we met named Mary was riding was stopped by a militia . ` Lezhnev , Prendergast : Congo `` conflict minerals '' fund deadly war in which rape is routine . Authors : Gunmen sell minerals used in cell phones , laptops , games to buy weapons . Victim : ` ` If you talk to Obama or the phone companies , tell them what happens here '' and they 'll do something about it'
Lezhnev , Prendergast : Congo `` conflict minerals '' fund deadly war in which rape is routine . Authors : Gunmen sell minerals used in cell phones , laptops , games to buy weapons . Victim : ` ` If you talk to Obama or the phone companies , tell them what happens here '' and they 'll do something about it'