Posted on 09/18/2009 6:40:19 AM PDT by BGHater
Suicide attackers breached security at the African Union base in Somalia’s capital by using vehicles with United Nations logos to carry out a deadly double car bombing, the organization told CNN.
“The vehicles had U.N. logos on them and they entered inside the headquarters and then exploded,” said Gaffel Nkolokosa, spokesman for the African Union mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM. “We do not know if they were, in fact, U.N. vehicles.”
Jean Ping, chairman of the African Union Commission, issued a statement strongly condemning the attack on the base in Mogadishu, saying it had killed “a number of peacekeepers.” It was unclear how many casualties were caused by the twin suicide car bombs, Nkolokosa said.
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Which, of course, is in violation of the Geneva Conventions which means (according to the Geneva Conventions) that they lose all protections.
By now everyone in every country ought to know that the UN is not there to help or protect the innocent.
They’re there to promote violence, genocide, and brutal acts of depravity on the citizens.
marking for later
UN vehicle shoot first ask questions later. War crime? No! self defense.
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