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UN peacekeepers in Congo hold record for rape, sex abuse
Associated Press ^
| Sep 23, 2017 6:59 AM
| Krista Larson and Paisley Dodds
Posted on 09/23/2017 12:22:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
She had been orphaned by a brutal conflict, but the 14-year-old Congolese girl found refuge in a camp protected by United Nations peacekeepers.
The camp should have been safe the day she was raped. A delegation from the U.N. was paying a visit, and her grandmother had left her in charge of her siblings. That was the day, the girl says, that a Pakistani peacekeeper slipped inside their home and assaulted her in front of the other children.
But that was not the end of her story. Even though she reported the rape, the girl never got any help from the U.N. She did become pregnant, however, and had a baby.
If the U.N. sexual abuse crisis has an epicenter, it is the Congo, where the scope of the problem first emerged 13 years ago and where promised reforms have most clearly fallen short. Of the 2,000 sexual abuse and exploitation complaints made against U.N. peacekeepers and personnel worldwide over the past 12 years, more than 700 occurred in Congo, The Associated Press found. The embattled African nation is home to the U.N.s largest peacekeeping force, which costs a staggering $1 billion a year.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: congo; pakistan; peacekeepers; pockeeston; rape; rop; un; unitednations; untiednations
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:22:29 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Screw the UN. For so many reasons. The nations of the world
Are not united. It’s a joke and a waste of Our time and money.
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:25:19 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(Socialism, faithfully implemented, delivers anguish and devastation. - President Trump)
To: Olog-hai
How can it be a “peace-keeping” force when there isn’t any threat of war?
Sounds more like an occupation.
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:25:26 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
That country is so screwed up they know they can get away with it.
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:31:04 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: DIRTYSECRET; All
That country is so screwed up they know they can get away with it.The UN piecetakers pretty much get away with it everywhere they go.
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:41:00 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America returns to the Rule of Law)
To: Olog-hai
Are they Competing with the ISIS Apes for a title?
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:44:52 PM PDT
by
SandRat
( VICTORIES THAT CNABE HAD O)
To: Yaelle
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:47:30 PM PDT
by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: Olog-hai
The A$$ Press actually took time to report on this atrocity.
which costs a staggering $1 billion a year
I hope our tax money is not going to pay for UN troops to brutalize local women and underage girls.
The pedo's and pervs need to be packed up and shipped back to the holes they crawled out of.
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posted on
09/23/2017 12:48:25 PM PDT
by
Moorings
To: Olog-hai
To: piroque
The Siege of Jadotville The First UN mission Good The movie tells the true story of Irish commander Patrick Quinlan and his battalion of 150 men who withstand a siege by 3,000 Congolese troops led by French and Belgian mercenaries working for mining corporations. Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama Actors: Jamie Dornan, Jason O'Mara, Mark Strong Directors: Richie Smyth Country: International Duration: 108 min Quality: HD Release: 2016 IMDb: 7.7
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posted on
09/23/2017 1:34:30 PM PDT
by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: Olog-hai
Pakistani Peacekeeper:
An oxymoron.
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posted on
09/23/2017 3:19:50 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
To: Olog-hai
These pakis need to stay out of peace keeping and go to the battle grinder
What the heck the UN hires them like nurses
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posted on
09/23/2017 3:26:55 PM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
To: Olog-hai
Hey, you un morons. That is “peace” not “piece”.
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posted on
09/23/2017 3:52:47 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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