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Africa: Horn
U.N. runs away withdraws from Darfur camps
2005-07-08
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 8 (UPI) -- International aid workers have been forced to withdraw from refugee camps in Darfur after being attacked by young men with sticks and stones.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but....Ouch, that hurts! We're outta here!"
Eight aid workers were injured, none seriously, in camps serving up to 70,000 internal refugees in the war-torn region of Sudan, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva. The attacks occurred at the start of a registration process for food distribution conducted by the U.N. World Food Program.
"Initial reports from UNHCR staff indicate that as people were lining up to be registered, some groups of young men armed with sticks and stones began attacking aid workers who were supervising the registration," said Ron Redmond, a spokesman for the refugee agency.
Ya know, armed guards can put a damper on that kind of thing. Just a thought.
Workers with UNHCR, WFP, the U.N. Children's Fund and all non-governmental organizations withdrew from most camps in western Darfur and were escorted to safety by African Union forces, he said.
Who apparently have no intention of stopping the guys with rocks.
The attacks come two weeks after the United Nations had upgraded its estimate of how many people in Darfur would need food aid, from 2.8 million to 3.5 million
Posted by:Steve

#3  Yet another U.N. "FEET DON'T FAIL ME NOW!!!" response....
Posted by: borgboy   2005-07-08 19:33  

#2  Brave Kofi ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Kofi turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Kofi!

He is packing it in and packing it up
And sneaking away and buggering up
And chickening out and pissing off home,
Yes, bravely he is throwing in the sponge...
Posted by: DMFD   2005-07-08 17:26  

#1  This is just ... sad.
More proof the UN is a spineless, blood sucking blot on humanity.
Free advice to UN: HIRE SOME FUCKING GUARDS DIPWADS!
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-07-08 16:23  

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