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Despite Scandals, US Wants 4,000 More UN Troops in South Sudan

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 10 2016, @07:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the flawed-logic dept.

n1 writes:

Washington's ambassador to the U.N. this week circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member Security Council, seen by Reuters, that would approve a regional protection force "to use all necessary means, including undertaking robust and active steps and engaging in direct operations where necessary," to secure Juba and protect the airport and other key facilities.

Meanwhile a U.N. report released Friday said the organization's own peacekeepers failed through a "combination of inaction, abandonment of post and refusal to engage" to protect people who were attacked by gunmen within a U.N. Protection of Civilians site in the city of Malakal.

[...] Beyond failing to do their job, U.N. peacekeepers have been embroiled in sexual abuse scandals involving children being paid for sex and raped at the hands of soldiers.

A report last March revealed that at least 98 girls from the Central African Republic were sexually abused by U.N. peacekeepers and French troops, with four of the girls forced to have sex with a dog by a French commander. The soldiers were deployed as part of the U.N.'s mission in CAR known as MINUSCA.

[...] In June, The Intercept reported that rebel forces in South Sudan used child soldiers and that the U.S. State Department, under Hillary Clinton, sent arms despite a law that bans providing military assistance to nations that arm children.

Source: TeleSUR

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 10 2016, @09:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 10 2016, @09:06AM (#386185)

    A father from Virginia has gone to extreme lengths for his daughter, flying to Africa and claiming a “kingdom” between Egypt and Sudan so that she can be an actual princess. --http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10965298/US-father-takes-unclaimed-African-kingdom-so-his-daughter-can-be-a-princess.html [telegraph.co.uk]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 10 2016, @11:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 10 2016, @11:56AM (#386225)

    Hmm. It would be legal to kill this family and claim their land, right?

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday August 10 2016, @10:12PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday August 10 2016, @10:12PM (#386405)

    Wow, the man in that article is a total idiot.
    Any 7 year old is old enough to understand the real world, she is well aware that she will never be a real princess, despite what her fool of a father says.
    He and his wife are in the process of raising a self-absorbed, entitled ratbag.