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2008-11-06 Africa Subsaharan

Ban: Approve more 3,000 peacekeepers in eastern Congo

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Posted by Steve White 2008-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 No problem, we'll just pull 20,000 guys out of Afghanistan and let them sit in the Congo while the French lecture to them endlessly on counter-insurgency tactics.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-11-06 00:50|| 2008-11-06 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Okay, Banman. Send your guys over. Oh, you don't have any? That is a problem...

Posted by tu3031 2008-11-06 10:23|| 2008-11-06 10:23|| Front Page Top

#3 two infantry battalions, two companies of special forces, 18 utility helicopters with 260 personnel and two C-130 Hercules aircraft with 50 staff

Quite the shopping list. Conspicuously missing is the will to do something harsh - like actually shooting the bad guys.

Posted by SteveS 2008-11-06 13:08|| 2008-11-06 13:08|| Front Page Top

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