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United Nations launches drones over Congo
Associated Press ^ | 12/03/13

Posted on 12/03/2013 7:16:03 AM PST by oxcart

Edited on 12/03/2013 7:34:24 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- At a ceremony held at a pockmarked airport in Congo's troubled east, the United Nations launched the first of five drones which will be used to gather intelligence about the myriad armed groups still lurking in the nation's vast jungles.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airforce; drone; un

1 posted on 12/03/2013 7:16:03 AM PST by oxcart
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To: oxcart

Invasion.


2 posted on 12/03/2013 7:17:39 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: oxcart

Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.


3 posted on 12/03/2013 7:20:47 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US.

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Never happen as long as this “administration” is in the White House....after all, where would he find so many people that hate the USA and its free people as much as he does??


4 posted on 12/03/2013 7:27:05 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: oxcart
They will be used to annihilate some unwanted faction; probably Christians.
5 posted on 12/03/2013 7:27:34 AM PST by John Leland 1789
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To: EagleUSA

Colleges, any inner city, or internet start up company.


6 posted on 12/03/2013 7:34:24 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: oxcart
Here's some background information from back in September:

U.N. deployment of surveillance drone in Congo delayed to December

They are Italian made drones. What could go wrong?

7 posted on 12/03/2013 7:43:15 AM PST by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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To: oxcart

I don’t suppose they’ll be delivering books or DVDs either...


8 posted on 12/03/2013 7:52:10 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: oxcart

Under what authority!? This is an act of war by a rogue element.


9 posted on 12/03/2013 8:30:01 AM PST by Bulwyf
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