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Africa: Subsaharan
UN Troops + Teenage Refugees = Sex
2004-05-25
Teenage rape victims fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being sexually exploited by the United Nations peace-keeping troops sent to the stop their suffering. The Independent has found that mothers as young as 13 - the victims of multiple rape by militiamen - can only secure enough food to survive in the sprawling refugee camp by routinely sleeping with UN peace-keepers.
Who John F**king Kerry wants to run Iraq
Testimony from girls and aid workers in the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Bunia, in the north-east corner of Congo, claims that every night teenage girls crawl through a wire fence to an adjoining UN compound to sell their bodies to Moroccan and Uruguayan soldiers. The trade, which according to one victim results in a banana or a cake to feed to her infant son, is taking place despite a pledge by the UN to adopt a "zero tolerance" attitude to cases of sexual misconduct by those representing the organisation.
I think the only "zero tolerance" the UN has is to any accountability.
Posted by:Steve

#10  like the French, who supplied a "bordel mobile de campagne"

So that's how, in 1940, the French got caught with their pants down.
Posted by: ed   2004-05-25 6:31:34 PM  

#9  
UN Troops + Teenage Refugees = Sex
Business as usual for the UN, I see.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-05-25 6:23:04 PM  

#8  I get it!

The U.N. is being Culturally Sensitive. This is their homage to the Comfort Women (or sexual slavery) of the Imperial Japanese Army.

(Note - modern Japan does not support such practices as Comfort Women.)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-05-25 4:57:06 PM  

#7  I am sure the UN sends all the troops on their Peace Keeping missions with UN approved condoms. You know the ones with the little blue helmet on the end.
Posted by: TomAnon   2004-05-25 2:52:40 PM  

#6  Soldiers having sex for money (or bananas) ?
How unnatural !
It would be far better to adopt a realistic attitude, like the French, who supplied a "bordel mobile de campagne" where necessary.
Soldiers are not saints.
Posted by: buwaya   2004-05-25 2:24:33 PM  

#5  Bush for the 'coverup'

Nah. For not giving the UN enough respect and cash.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-05-25 12:47:43 PM  

#4  Blanket media coverage on this in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0... -1.. -2... -3...

Oh I see.... can't blame Bush (yet) so this will not be covered. In about 3-6 months the media will pick up on it and blame Bush for the 'coverup'.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-05-25 11:53:59 AM  

#3  These activities in the Congo are probably also the equivalent of a petri dish for the spread of AIDS, too. Nice going, UN. But it is under the auspices of the UN, so it must be OK.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-05-25 11:48:53 AM  

#2  Why would murat have an outrage - it is not American committing these crimes!

these are the same pinheads liberals are forcing on iraq!
Posted by: Dan   2004-05-25 11:47:14 AM  

#1  What? No outrage from Murat? No calls for justice from the perpetually peeved?

I mean, this IS the UN, after all! They're supposed to be the paragon of morality! Why aren't they being held to their own standards?!
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-05-25 11:04:25 AM  

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