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U.N. peacekeepers kill 2, wound 15 at border post in Congo [DRC]
Washington Post ^ | July 31, 2022 | Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro and Jean-Yves Kamale

Posted on 07/31/2022 8:31:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin

U.N. peacekeepers returning from leave opened fire at a border post between Congo and Uganda, killing at least two people and wounding at least 15 more, the U.N. mission and Congo government officials said Sunday.

Tensions between the population in restive eastern Congo and the U.N. peacekeeping force have risen dramatically in the past week, with nearly 20 killed in protests calling for the force to leave the region.

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The people want the UN to leave. UN shoots them.

That's "peacekeeping?"

1 posted on 07/31/2022 8:31:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

As of Nov 2021 there were over 12,000 UN troops involved in the DRC deployment. Here are the countries who supply the most troops:

Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Indonesia
South Africa
Nepal
Morocco
Tanzania
Uraguay
Malawi

Bring in 3rd world soldiers and don’t be surprised when you get 3rd world results.


2 posted on 07/31/2022 8:39:03 PM PDT by Freedumb
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To: BenLurkin

Just wait until leftist leaders in the US invite UN peacekeepers to their cities!


3 posted on 07/31/2022 8:44:42 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: All

Bring them to our Southern border.


4 posted on 07/31/2022 8:45:25 PM PDT by BipolarBob (lazy FReepers don't have a homepage.)
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To: BenLurkin

They beat NATO to it?


5 posted on 07/31/2022 8:46:23 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: BenLurkin

Blue helmets make easy targets.


6 posted on 07/31/2022 9:01:29 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Maine Mariner
Target
7 posted on 07/31/2022 10:48:01 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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To: BenLurkin

without the UN, the US Congress would be the most useless, dangerous organization in the world.


8 posted on 08/01/2022 3:59:32 AM PDT by wny
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To: BenLurkin

They won’t try that crap here- we’ll shoot back.


9 posted on 08/01/2022 4:08:16 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Do_Tar

How true! LOL!!


10 posted on 08/01/2022 5:33:55 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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