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| UN, Embassy Do Nothing As South Sudan Soldiers Gang Rape And Torture Americans |
| 2016-08-17 |
| [Daily Caller] A contingent of United Nations peacekeepers and the U.S. embassy failed to respond to multiple calls for help from a group of aid workers under attack in South Sudan, according to an Associated Press report published Monday. The assault on the Terrain hotel complex was perpetrated by South Sudanese government troops July 11. Soldiers singled out U.S. citizens before gang-raping several women, beating aid workers and executing a local journalist, while forcing others to watch. "All of us were contacting whoever we could contact. The U.N., the U.S. embassy, contacting the specific battalions in the U.N., contacting specific departments," said one woman who was raped by as many as 15 men. Records collected by the AP show that the U.N. Joint Operations Center in the South Sudanese capital of Juba was contacted about the attack at 3:37 p.m., just minutes after it began. Several other reports followed, but a quick reaction force was not mobilized by the U.N. Department of Safety and Security until 4:33 p.m. That team would never arrive. The timeline went blank for an hour and a half, ending with the words "DSS would not send a team" at 6:52 p.m. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 The sad fact is that the tribal Nuer, Dinka and Equatorians have never, and will never, live in peace. One day we'll get past all of this pointless navel-gazing and realize that "colonization" isn't always a bad thing, particularly when those being colonized are their own worst enemy. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-08-17 18:24 |
| #8 The sad fact is that the tribal Nuer, Dinka and Equatorians have never, and will never, live in peace. It's my impression that separately none of them would be able to stand up against reconquest by the North African Sudanese, Glairong Sforza7574, who will then return to their jihadi raiding. So what is to be done? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-08-17 17:01 |
| #7 The sad fact is that the tribal Nuer, Dinka and Equatorians have never, and will never, live in peace. The emerging South Sudan should have been divided in thirds. One third to the Bahr al-Ghazal Dinka, one-third the Nuer of the White Nile, and a third the equatorian ethnics who do manage to live together in peace. |
| Posted by: Glairong Sforza7574 2016-08-17 13:24 |
| #6 Ambassador Airways is really pretty light in aircraft count, seat miles and service hubs. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-08-17 12:45 |
| #5 The harsh reality is that the US Embassy cannot do squat in situations like this. Most US citizens have a VERY poor understanding of what an Embassy can or can't do. We don't have a QRF ready to launch in case of emergency. I've actually had a person asks if the Embassy helicopter can go out and search for their missing family member - in Bangkok. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2016-08-17 12:23 |
| #4 Yes, I'd be perfectly willing to let the Sudanese or South Sudanese or whoever they are figure it out for themselves in the future. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-08-17 11:48 |
| #3 If they want to help people in a war-torn hell-hole, why not Chicago? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2016-08-17 11:48 |
| #2 I'm sympathetic, but aren't there other spots in the world that need aid workers, missionaries and do-gooders that are a bit, um, safer than SOUTH-FRIGGING SUDAN? I mean, Haiti has decent people who need help. Ditto Guatemala. The Solomon Islands. There's no shortage of shit holes in the world today. If the people of South Sudan don't appreciate you maybe it's time to go elsewhere. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-08-17 11:00 |
| #1 after Benghazi, what did they expect from this regime? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-08-17 08:34 |