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Africa: West
Security Council vote; Expand UN force
2003-07-30
In a fresh attempt to help bring peace to Congo, the Security Council voted unanimously Monday to strengthen the UN military presence and impose an arms embargo in the resource-rich east where rival factions continue to defy a cease-fire. The council's resolution will increase the UN peacekeeping force from 8.700 to 10,800 troops, a move welcomed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who called for an expanded UN military presence with a more robust mandate.
Like maybe to include shooting bad guys and protecting civilians? Nah. That'd never work...
The additional troops are expected to replace an emergency French-led international force sent to Bunia in northeastern Congo last month to stem fighting between rival tribal factions that has killed hundreds of people. The international force, expected to reach 1,500 troops, is scheduled to leave by Sept 1. It reinforced 750 UN troops that have been deployed in Bunia since April. An advance 450-strong Bangladeshi contingent that will lead the UN force once the French-led force departs is already in Bunia.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#10  UN Peacekeepers: The Other White Meat
Posted by: tu3031   2003-7-30 9:53:46 PM  

#9  France is a morass. They don't have to wander anywhere to find it.
Posted by: SPQR 2755   2003-7-30 4:45:48 PM  

#8  Remember Diem Bien Phu? Fifty years later...
Posted by: john   2003-7-30 2:15:11 PM  

#7  I prefer that the French are meandering into a morass. heh...
Posted by: Brian   2003-7-30 10:59:09 AM  

#6  How about Taiwan? They could really bunch Kofi's panties if they volunteered troops every time the UN asked their member states
Posted by: Frank G   2003-7-30 9:26:57 AM  

#5  Where are the extra 2100 troops going to come from? (hint: it won't be the US)
Posted by: Watcher   2003-7-30 3:21:27 AM  

#4  Nobody mention the Q word.
Posted by: mojo   2003-7-30 2:31:28 AM  

#3  Yes, it does.. and it's French.
Posted by: Dishman   2003-7-30 1:54:03 AM  

#2  The U.N. has a military presence?

Haa..hahahaa...hahaaahaHAAHAHAAAA!!!!!
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-7-30 1:36:39 AM  

#1  impose an arms embargo

LMAO. The tried and tested solution.
"Owww, Mon Dieu! I've been shot!"
"Silence! They have no guns here!"
Posted by: Rafael   2003-7-30 1:06:35 AM  

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