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International-UN-NGOs
UN military vehicles disappear in Africa
2006-02-04
The equipment was Belgian, but Belgium's not really the focus of the story.
Belgian military material valued at several million euros went missing in the African nation Equatorial Guinea at the end of last year. Some 15 expensive armoured Pandur vehicles, several trucks, radio equipment and tents went missing, newspaper 'Het Laatste Nieuws' reported on Friday. The material was meant to be delivered to UN peacekeeping troops in Benin. The troops are to protect election observers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo later this year. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is now negotiating with the Equatorial Guinea government in a bid to regain the military equipment.
How high has the bidding gone, do you think?
Check Kojo's pockets ...
The Belgian Defence Ministry said the equipment departed
from Zeebrugge in December and travelled to Tanzania on a Ukrainian container ship. The captain moored the ship at an island near Equatorial Guinea, but the four soldiers entrusted with guarding the equipment were captured. The military equipment was then unloaded and has since disappeared. The Defence Ministry fears the armoured vehicles and other equipment have been sold.
Posted by:Seafarious

#5  It wasn't our stuff - it came from Belgium.
Posted by: lotp   2006-02-04 20:12  

#4  A Carribbean news forum about a year ago mentioned quite a few illegal Eq. Guineans had been caught with forged Carribbean passports, enabling them to island hop. Can't remember the island, but it seems they were going to Venezuela to work. With Chavez' ties to Haiti and Cuba, as well as Iran and all the drug smuggling, the hellhole Africa has become, and now the corrupt and clueless UN losing equipment, it could be anywhere. Why don't they tag this stuff, as well as all missiles and other military equipment? We have the technology but we don't use it appropriately.
Posted by: Danielle   2006-02-04 12:51  

#3  It's in the same garage as Kojos' Mercedes.
Posted by: 6   2006-02-04 11:24  

#2  suspect we will see these vehicles cruising the streets of gaza in a few weeks full to the brim with rancid screaming jihadis
Posted by: ShepUK   2006-02-04 05:59  

#1  It's a pretty big place. Did they check under the sofa cushions?
Posted by: Flimble Jitle8716   2006-02-04 00:19  

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