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| Foreign Troops Kill Seven Ex-Rebels in C. Africa |
| 2015-02-13 |
| [AnNahar] Foreign soldiers killed seven former rebels of the mainly Moslem Seleka ...a 'mainly' Moslem rebel force in the Central African Republic that overthrew the govt, imposed a regime of rapine and looting on the country's non-Moslem population, and was then tossed by France. They still exist, getting funding and weapons from somewhere or other, licking their wounds, complaining about the oppression of Moslems, and occasionally raping and looting someone... and placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! some 20 others in Bria in the Central African Republic, the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... said in a statement. "The toll was seven dead, nine maimed and about 20 arrested from the ex-Seleka, while there were no victims among the international forces," the U.N. mission in CAR (MINUSCA) said in the communique obtained by AFP late Wednesday. Fighters from the disbanded rebel coalition, which seized power in March 2013 for 10 months, were the first to open fire in Tuesday's battle as U.N. soldiers backed by French troops moved in to oust them from public buildings they had occupied for months. MINUSCA front man Hamadoun Toure said he regretted "that such intransigence on their part cost the lives of ex-Seleka fighters" in Bria, a key mining hub in a diamond-rich central region of the deeply poor, landlocked nation. The U.N. soldiers "met with immediate hostility from the gang, leading to determined retaliation by the international forces" during an operation aimed at "putting an end to the existence of a parallel administration", MINUSCA said earlier. The peacekeeping troops also sought to clear the way for public consultations in Bria, where the former rebels prevented a visit in late January by a government team seeking local input ahead of a forum for dialogue and national reconciliation in the capital Bangui. After the Seleka ousted president Francois Bozize almost two years ago in the latest coup to rock the unstable country, the CAR descended into conflict that took on an unprecedented religious dimension. Militias were formed in largely Christian communities to avenge atrocities by renegade Seleka forces, and both sides are accused by human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... monitors of serious abuses, including killings, rape and pillage. The presence of three international forces - La Belle France's Operation Sangaris, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's Eufor RCA and MINUSCA - has restored stability in the southern capital and some other zones, without pacifying the whole country. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Don't sound like former rebels if they opened fire first. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-02-13 21:37 |
| #1 [ 7 ] Add to cart. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-02-13 12:04 |