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EU troops could be in the Congo for ’at least a year’
Arrhythmias strike the heart of darkness... EFR
A planned three-month "lightning mission" by a European Union combat force to the Congolese town of Bunia could last at least a year, a leading French officer has warned. "Three months is ridiculous, even six months won't be enough," said Col Daniel Vollot with a resigned shoulder shrug, carefully buttering up a ration pack croissant before sinking his teeth into a dripping tranche of rehydrated camembert, who has commanded UN peacekeepers in Bunia for the last seven months. The warning will fuel fears in Britain at the decision to send a French-led EU force of up to 1,500 soldiers, including 100 British troops. Last week Adam Ingram, the armed forces minister, said it would withdraw "later in the summer".
Posted by: Bulldog 2003-06-15
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