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Armed (and under-employed) groups raid South Sudan school, abduct 89 children, U.N. says
CNN ^
| Feb. 21, 2015
| Faith Karimi
Posted on 02/21/2015 11:56:20 AM PST by Mean Daddy
(CNN)Armed groups raided a South Sudanese school and seized 89 children who were taking their exams, the United Nations said Saturday. It pointed out that boys were among those taken.
The abduction occurred near Malakal, where thousands of people have taken refuge following months of violence in the nation.
Kidnappers gathered around a community and conducted house-to-house searches, according to the U.N. children's agency. It said boys over age 12 were taken away by force.
U.N. officials warned the abductors that they're violating international law.
"The recruitment and use of children by armed forces destroys families and communities," said Jonathan Veitch, the UNICEF representative in South Sudan.
"Children are exposed to incomprehensible levels of violence, they lose their families and their chance to go to school."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abductions; childsoldiers; jihad; kidnappings; southsudan; un
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To: Mean Daddy
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posted on
02/21/2015 5:57:34 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Obama: 12 acts of blatant treason and counting)
To: Mean Daddy
Underemployed...
My god these people are stark raving mad. No, not the abductors. Obama and the U. N. are mentally unstable.
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:27:44 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
To: Eleutheria5
Embrace Surrender to the Muslims to stop random violent extremism. Boy, some folks need a new tool chest...
43
posted on
02/21/2015 6:30:02 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
To: Mean Daddy
It must have been Crusaders
To: Mean Daddy
“If only they had minimum wage jobs....”
Living wage!!! Minimum wage make anyone commit workplace violence and end up unemployed.
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posted on
02/21/2015 6:50:08 PM PST
by
sagar
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
46
posted on
02/21/2015 6:57:15 PM PST
by
sagar
To: sagar
47
posted on
02/21/2015 6:58:33 PM PST
by
sagar
To: GrandJediMasterYoda; sagar
Had to look that photo up too. Staged protest stunt.
To: sagar
Ok but do you honestly think they will NOT do that? Of course they will. And this President will not give a damn.
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posted on
02/21/2015 8:32:29 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Obama: 12 acts of blatant treason and counting)
To: Mean Daddy
I know what will fix the problem but I’ll try EVERY OTHER CONCEIVABLE idea first. /Obama
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posted on
02/21/2015 9:08:07 PM PST
by
Personal Responsibility
(Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal or a rose by any other name...)
To: Mean Daddy
Is this one of those fake news stories that the White House tells CNN to make up and run? ....
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posted on
02/21/2015 9:34:49 PM PST
by
uncitizen
(Obama hates America.)
To: Mean Daddy
Abducting 89 kids - yeah, that’ll get ‘em jobs all right.......
To: Perseverando
Oh no!! International law? We're so sorry! My thoughts exactly. Like they give a freep. I bet they'd also give up those assault rifles and high-capacity magazines if international law prohibited them. /s
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posted on
02/21/2015 11:16:38 PM PST
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: Mean Daddy
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posted on
02/21/2015 11:17:29 PM PST
by
American Quilter
(The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule. - H.L. Mencken)
To: Mean Daddy
We we only gave them obama phones with a Candy Crush App this would have never happened.....
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posted on
02/22/2015 4:54:47 AM PST
by
TMA62
(Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Using that stunt shot will only make people think that you are crying wolf. Iraqi Christians don’t need invented victimhood.
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posted on
02/22/2015 11:00:10 AM PST
by
sagar
To: Mean Daddy
U.N. officials warned the abductors that they're violating international law. Well, then issue a hashtag, dammit!
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posted on
02/23/2015 5:35:56 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Mean Daddy
It pointed out that boys were among those taken. Huh? What? Doesn't the word "children" imply that boys would be among those taken? And why is it even necessary to point that out?
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posted on
02/23/2015 6:09:00 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
02/23/2015 9:16:08 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
Not from our vantage point.
From theirs, most likely.
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posted on
02/23/2015 1:05:05 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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