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The day after Inner City Press asked both US Ambassador Samantha Power and UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric about the UN Mission in South Sudan giving automatic weapons to warlord James Koang, who killed civilians, a new UN outrage was brought to the attention of Inner City Press and after its publishing and asking about it (video here), was confirmed by the UN.
Since the UN covered up its arming of South Sudan warlord Koang, and refuses to answer written questions including about its use of public funds, we published this report on this we'll follow up:
The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq, UNAMI, under the authority of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS), have "lost" 25 weapons from their armory in their base in the Green Zone in Baghdad.
The loss includes 18 Glock 9mm pistols, 5 G36 assault rifles, and 2 G36 sniper rifles. Sources say that 10,000s of thousands of rounds of ammunition are also missing.
DSS only discovered or internally acknowledged this months after the fact and cannot account for their loss. The UN's Fijian Guard Unit have had to start patrolling inside the base.
Source: Inner City Press
Related: Small Arms Survey Sudan [PDF]
Washington Post: Report: U.N. gave arms to South Sudan rebels later implicated in massacre
(Score: 2) by ledow on Wednesday December 21 2016, @05:54PM
Possibly the worst proof-read summary I've ever seen, even if it is a quote.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @06:15PM
The warlords also stole the sense-checker.
(Score: 2) by n1 on Wednesday December 21 2016, @06:46PM
I am working on a more in-depth UN story which I will write myself -- using the same sources -- rather than copy/pasting.
I do appreciate this summary is not the easiest to read and has not been proof-read to a reasonable standard but the information contained within is more important than that. The ICP is essentially one person doing the only critical reporting of the UN, actually on the ground asking the questions when possible.. When the 'press meetings' are not closed to non-accredited reporters... ICP used to be an accredited UN journalist, but for reasons yet to be explained he was evicted from his office and stripped of his credentials. There will be more on this in my original submission coming soon.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday December 21 2016, @08:15PM
The ICP is essentially one person doing the only critical reporting of the UN
I read the summary earlier, but this time I skipped straight down tho the comments and immediately forgot what the acronym meant [youtube.com] in this context. I bet they could do a pretty good video for this, though.
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Thursday December 22 2016, @01:45AM
I didn't think the ICP [stars-without-makeup.com] would be any good at investigative journalism, what with the way they stick out from the crowd.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.