Posted on 08/16/2014 12:08:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and nine others injured in a suicide attack on a patrol base in northern Mali, the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said on Saturday.
A vehicle exploded on Saturday morning next to the base in the village of Ber, about 60 km (40 miles) east of the desert city of Timbuktu, the statement said.
It did not give the nationalities of the soldiers, although one MINUSMA official said that both the soldiers who died were from neighboring Burkina Faso.
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Have they graduated to Ebola infected suicide bombers yet?
Easier to be a suicide bomber if you know you are going to die a horrible death, whether you trigger the bomb or not.
Why are the Muslims attacking their UN Allies?
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
Ah the UN... terrorists can see another coward easily..
Cowards attacking cowards is a good thing..
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