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2005-03-11 Africa: Subsaharan

U.N. Troops Launch Offensive in East Congo

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-11 9:11:49 AM|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 wow, who knew they could fight?

Posted by 2b 2005-03-11 9:26:31 AM|| 2005-03-11 9:26:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Must be running out of underage girls....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-11 9:32:43 AM|| 2005-03-11 9:32:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Kofi has 10,000 troops and many helicopter gunships in the DRC, but he spent the week trying to define "terrorism". He is responsible for the killing of 50 malitiamen who attacked his foreign helicopter gunships in their homeland. I certainly hope that the 500 troops and helicopter gunships in this operation "respect human rights and the rule of law".

Posted by Tom 2005-03-11 11:13:10 AM|| 2005-03-11 11:13:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 BUNIA, Congo (Reuters) - Hundreds of United Nations troops backed by helicopter gunships swooped into a village in northeast Congo on Friday but failed to find militia fighters blamed for killing nine peacekeepers, officials said. The operation, launched just before dawn at Penie, around 16 miles northeast of the region's main city of Bunia, had aimed to hunt down the killers of the nine Bangladeshi U.N. soldiers who died in an ambush last month, U.N. sources said. "We had names of some people we wanted to arrest in connection with the killings of the Bangladeshis. They were supposed to be in this village but we did not arrest any," said one U.N.
"(The operation) is a failure from the point of view that they did not arrest any militia but in a sense it was a success because word will get around that the U.N. mission is serious," said a second U.N. military source.

Once more the UN mindset becomes clear; words are more important than deeds.

Posted by Steve 2005-03-11 12:49:10 PM|| 2005-03-11 12:49:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Dude! That's my truck! Try not to dent the hood.

I've been looking for the 3rd World Tech Assualt Kit, but sadly, the after market supply chain on this side of the pond is lacking.

Posted by Psycho Hillbilly 2005-03-11 2:13:21 PM|| 2005-03-11 2:13:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 How about droping "launch" from the title?

Posted by gromgorru 2005-03-11 7:37:00 PM|| 2005-03-11 7:37:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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