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Charity: Aid workers raping, abusing children
CNN ^ | May 27, 2008 | By Stephanie Busari

Posted on 05/27/2008 7:46:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Humanitarian aid workers and United Nation peacekeepers are sexually abusing small children in several war-ravaged and food-poor countries, a leading European charity has said.

Children as young as 6 have been forced to have sex with aid workers and peacekeepers in return for food and money, Save the Children UK said in a report released Tuesday.

After interviewing hundreds of children, the charity said it found instances of rape, child prostitution, pornography, indecent sexual assault and trafficking of children for sex.

"It is hard to imagine a more grotesque abuse of authority or flagrant violation of children's rights," Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive of Save the Children UK, said. [snip]

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; un; unfailures; unsexscandals; usoutofunnow

1 posted on 05/27/2008 7:49:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

US out of UN NOW!!!


2 posted on 05/27/2008 7:50:46 AM PDT by weegee (We cant keep our homes on 72 at all times & just expect that other countries are going to say OK -BO)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Just Molek's minions making the sacrifices normal people won't make.

Why couldn't the 19 have flown into the UN building?

5 posted on 05/27/2008 7:53:44 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What they really need are baby blue condoms with a UN globe logo over the tip, just to make things abundantly clear.


6 posted on 05/27/2008 8:00:47 AM PDT by gridlock (Now that Polar Bears are protected under ESA, where do I go to apply for a permit to breathe?)
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To: knarf

“Why couldn’t the 19 have flown into the UN building?”

Because that would have been an “own goal.”


7 posted on 05/27/2008 8:02:35 AM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Paging Foggy Bottom....


8 posted on 05/27/2008 8:03:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Essentially a duplicate (different source) of http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021711/posts “Six-year-olds sexually abused by UN peacekeepers”


9 posted on 05/27/2008 8:12:55 AM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does this scandal rate an Abu-Ghraib scale expose by Sy Hirsch?

I guess not, since Bush isn’t involved anywhere.


10 posted on 05/27/2008 8:14:42 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Rush on McCain: "We're so screwed.")
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To: weegee
"US out of UN NOW!!!"


11 posted on 05/27/2008 8:15:26 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Such a noble humanitarian organization. I bet we donate more next year.


12 posted on 05/27/2008 8:23:28 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think folks are missing the point here.

We should be insisting on knowing how the UN is holding those responsible accountable. And to punish them severely.

Repatriation of those who commit these acts? What deterrence is that?

The Catholic Church has been held accountable, and appropriately so, for the behaviors of a small fraction of its priests. And the libs claim that the Church has not done enough.

Where is their outrage here? Where is their call for accountability? Where is the blanket condemnation of the entire organization?

This is NOT, NOT, NOT about whether we should be in or out of the UN. It is about punishing the retrobates, predators, and scum that are doing this. And holding the UN itself accountable.


13 posted on 05/27/2008 8:41:44 AM PDT by drellberg
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It is about punishing the retrobates, predators, and scum that are doing this. And holding the UN itself accountable.

Well said.

14 posted on 05/27/2008 9:11:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...a more grotesque abuse of authority” - I love the implied superiority and racism in this phrase. It is a true statement, but is the UN there to help these people or rule them?


15 posted on 05/27/2008 10:13:14 AM PDT by Darth Tokarev (E pur si muove)
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To: knarf

“Why couldn’t the 19 have flown into the UN building? “

professional courtesy ?


16 posted on 05/27/2008 10:13:20 AM PDT by stompk
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