A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)
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Posted on 09/13/2013 4:53:59 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
(Reuters) - The unprecedented deployment of an unarmed surveillance drone by U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed several months due to procurement procedures, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Thursday.
The United Nations has procured an unarmed surveillance drone from Italian defense electronics firm Selex ES, a unit of Finmeccanica, that was due to be deployed in the volatile eastern Congo during August.
"There has been some delay much to my chagrin but these have to do with the rules that member states have made upon us as far as procurement is concerned," peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told a news conference. "Now the goal is definitely for the first days of December."
It will be the first time the United Nations has used such equipment and, if the trial surveillance use by peacekeepers in eastern Congo is successful, officials and diplomats also hope the drones could be used by missions in Ivory Coast and South Sudan.
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Put it over Detroit or Chicago where you can stop some real terrorists trying to kill Americans.
An Italian drone operated by the U.N. flying over sovereign U.S. territory. I'm not big on the idea.
Obama is squandering the resources of the US military providing intelligence to waring factions of his ancestral monkey cage.
It’s not one of our drones. THe U.N. bought it from an Italian manufacturer. Of course I’m sure we’ll let them have control of ours soon enough ...
Give ‘em time.
A map of the Sahel region showing where Al Qaeda operates (AFP/Graphic)
Iran Deploys Troops, Ballistic Missiles To Eritrea
Thanks Pan_Yan.
I’ve noticed that you and Pan tend to post thought provoking articles.
Don't hear much about our new drone base in Niger, do we? Or the 100 advisers we have in Nigeria. Or the 100 advisers in Central African Republic chasing the Lord's Resistance Army.
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