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2008-01-13 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Bobby 2008-01-13 07:46|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Wow...a formal protest, from the Secretary-General himself! Why didn't it work? I'm drawing a blank here.

Posted by gromky 2008-01-13 08:50|| 2008-01-13 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Throw in the 'progress' in Kosovo and Haiti and then compare result with getting Iraq back in order in four years, the critics don't have much to show as a 'good' example when their hands are in the process.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-01-13 09:00|| 2008-01-13 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Please tell me that we don't have troops involved in this.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2008-01-13 09:26|| 2008-01-13 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 "The United Nations' chief peacekeeping official, Jean-Marie Guehenno, vowed to "repel" future attacks against U.N. and African Union personnel."

Can't have that. The UN needs to replace this cowboy.

Posted by danking70 2008-01-13 10:36|| 2008-01-13 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow...a formal protest, from the Secretary-General himself! Why didn't it work? I'm drawing a blank here.

They haven't Fed Ex'd the Sternly Worded Letter yet...

Posted by Raj 2008-01-13 11:14|| 2008-01-13 11:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Sudanese vs. UN "peacekeepers"? Were they fighting over access to the local elementary school?

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2008-01-13 14:28|| 2008-01-13 14:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like they failed their first challenge.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-01-13 14:54|| 2008-01-13 14:54|| Front Page Top

#8 When you don the blue helmets, you must have to up-armour your vehicles with Scotch-Brite products.

Posted by Super Hose 2008-01-13 15:39|| 2008-01-13 15:39|| Front Page Top

#9 A setback for the UN? Not meaning to be snarky, but when have they had any successes other than the WHO's victory over smallpox however many years ago?

Posted by SteveS 2008-01-13 21:58|| 2008-01-13 21:58|| Front Page Top

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