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Africa: Subsaharan
Former UN peacekeepers revolt for back pay
2004-10-07
I'd laugh 'cept I should cry.
Mutinous soldiers demanding pay for peacekeeping duty abroad killed the commander of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces on Wednesday and seized key buildings in the capital of the former Portuguese colony. Portuguese foreign ministry spokesman Antonio Carneiro Jacinto said the mutineers had killed Gen. Verissimo Seabra Correia, the man who ousted Kumba Yalla as president of Guinea-Bissau in a coup last year. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior appealed for calm in the West African country, which has a history of instability, and sent a delegation including the United Nations special representative to negotiate with the leaders of the mutiny.
"Cheez, guys, calm down already! I got the boodle right here!"
Posted by:Steve White

#6  The head crooks in the U.N rake in the dough (oil, kickbacks, payoffs) while the poor schnooks in arms way can't even get paid properly? Incredible!
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-10-07 11:11:02 PM  

#5  One of the traditional reasons to send troops to UN peacekeeping duties was to remove troublesome officers and units from this sort of temptation. Bangladesh has reputedly kept some of its troops abroad for a decade or more.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2004-10-07 12:10:20 PM  

#4  Shit. I can't find my "BANG HEAD HERE" sign.
Posted by: Dave D.   2004-10-07 11:01:49 AM  

#3  The UN stiffing its workers? Never![/SARCASM]
Posted by: Steve from Relto   2004-10-07 10:51:05 AM  

#2  They should not have ripped them off. If you pay people they usually are happy. You screw them and you get trouble. Want to bet the kleptocracy pocketed their pay?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-10-07 7:31:24 AM  

#1  Sada sad place they lost dearly since we got out from there in 70's.
Posted by: Anonymous6361   2004-10-07 3:32:46 AM  

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