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Bodies of 2 UN Experts Found in Democratic Republic of Congo
WISC TV Channel 3000 ^ | March 29, 2017 | Euan McKirdy

Posted on 03/29/2017 9:21:34 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

The bodies of two UN experts who went missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo this month have been found, the United Nations said in a statement Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UN peacekeepers discovered the bodies of US citizen Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zaida Catalan on Monday outside the city of Kananga. The body of their Congolese interpreter, Betu Tshintela, was also discovered with them.

A Congo government official told CNN that Catalan's body was found decapitated, but Sharp and Tshintela were not beheaded. Their cause of death is not determined, according to government spokesman Lambert Mende.

"They were found together with the body of a Congolese interpreter who was working with them and who was identified clearly by our police," Mende said.

The bodies are at a municipal hospital in Kasai province and Mende said their remains will likely be transferred to Kinshasa on Thursday.

(Excerpt) Read more at channel3000.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; congo; unpeacekeepers
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1 posted on 03/29/2017 9:21:34 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Experts in what?


2 posted on 03/29/2017 9:24:29 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

>>The bodies of two UN experts who went missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo this month have been found

Well.. it’s a start...


3 posted on 03/29/2017 9:24:44 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~u/base)
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To: All

Posted mainly because this happened on Nikki Haley’s ‘watch.’ Awaiting the fallout...

“It is always difficult to lose a brave American dedicated to service,” Haley’s statement reads. “Michael was working on the front lines of what we try to do at the United Nations every day: find problems and fix them.”


4 posted on 03/29/2017 9:25:03 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Catalan's body was found decapitated... cause of death is not determined...

Perhaps an autopsy could determine if the lack of head had anything to do with it.

5 posted on 03/29/2017 9:25:58 AM PDT by C210N
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To: Texas Eagle

Not staying alive, for sure.


6 posted on 03/29/2017 9:25:58 AM PDT by sport
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To: sport

But it’s the DEMOCRATIC Republic. Those things don’t happen.


7 posted on 03/29/2017 9:27:29 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: vikingd00d

Yeah, cause people working to stop human trafficking deserve to die. Asshole.


8 posted on 03/29/2017 9:27:43 AM PDT by stormer
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To: Texas Eagle

Surviving deep in enemy territory.


9 posted on 03/29/2017 9:28:26 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

...and they died pursuing what loony un idea?


10 posted on 03/29/2017 9:28:27 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: stormer

The UN is NOT the, ‘tool’ to use to beat back some of the world’s problems.

Superior Fire Power on the other hand... ;)


11 posted on 03/29/2017 9:29:27 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Were the bodies found drunk, at a whorehouse, with underage girls?

There’s certain ways to identify UN Experts, and that is one.


12 posted on 03/29/2017 9:29:34 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I am going to offer my help to the UN here. Zaida Catalan was decapitated. That means they cut her head off. Ok one death solved. The American and the interpreter were shot and killed by negative forces. There all three solved right here from my desk.


13 posted on 03/29/2017 9:29:38 AM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: hal ogen

See my Post 11. Agreed.


14 posted on 03/29/2017 9:30:03 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Texas Eagle

According to the report, experts at “investigating widespread human rights violations in the region”. Supect the violators were feeling violated and moved to eliminate a threat. Not a real surprising outcome.


15 posted on 03/29/2017 9:31:20 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: GingisK

Well, apparently they weren’t experts then. Novices, greenhorns, tenderfoots, , webelos, perhaps.


16 posted on 03/29/2017 9:31:51 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: stormer

The UN... stop anything?
You haven’t been paying attention ,have you.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35724978
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/world/2016/02/27/peacekeepers/?utm_term=.dcce9b83e29a


17 posted on 03/29/2017 9:33:06 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Just remember the rule that any country that puts “Democratic Republic” in its name, isn’t.

CC


18 posted on 03/29/2017 9:34:29 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

You got it!


19 posted on 03/29/2017 9:35:12 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (McCain has got to go. The boy is crazy.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

20 posted on 03/29/2017 9:37:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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