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A U.N. peacekeeper who contracted Ebola in Liberia will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment, a Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman said Friday. The Nigerian soldier will go into isolation at a "calamity unit" at the University Medical Center Utrecht, according to Inge Freriksen. He is expected to arrive in Amsterdam over the weekend and be transferred by ambulance to nearby Utrecht. Late Thursday, the U.N. mission announced that the soldier had tested positive for the dreaded disease a day earlier. The Ebola outbreak has sickened nearly 17,300 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Of those, about 6,100...

The question of troop involvement in a possible upcoming Martial Law scenario that is being predicted is no imaginary possibility – nor is it a ‘conspiracy theory’. Other tough questions are being discussed such as, “Will the U.S. government confiscate Gold and Silver in an economic collapse?” and “Will there be a round-up of American Citizens to be put into FEMA Camps?” Many believe that the United Nations will be given authority to step in to keep the peace in any civil unrest or economic collapse. This is a strong possibility. Readers should be familiar with the term ‘Hidden In Plain...

This is the first time the Pentagon has officially disclosed the number after previously regarding the information as top secret. A senior defence official said the size of the stockpile represents a 75% reduction since 1989. "Increasing the transparency of global nuclear stockpiles is important to non proliferation efforts," said a statement from the Pentagon. The US government last disclosed details of the stockpile in 1993, releasing figures current up to 1961. The total does not include warheads that have been retired and scheduled for dismantlement - an estimated 4,600 according to the Federation of American Scientists group. The release...

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow my obedient ones yet undoing and harrasment shall be the spoils of the rebellious and defiant , therefore be my Watchmen of unity and delight in my ways .Become Peacekeepers and the Pavilions of my love canopied in my ways for I AM The Stalwart , bridge and guide to all you find in me " For I AM The Kingdom and The Glory forever " and a day in My courts is eternal as you find your way to Zion . Therefore be of Me and walk in My fullness you shall find...

For the second time in two months, a Dutch soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the centre of Tarin Kowt in the province of Uruzgan, killing one soldier and wounding three others. Five Afghan children were also killed in the attack, and thirteen Afghan civilians were wounded. The Dutch soldiers, part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team, were on their way back from a meeting with Afghan women in Tarin Kowt. The group was escorted by a team of heavily-armed Dutch soldiers from the Quick Reaction Force. The car carrying the bomb came out...

KHARTOUM, Sudan - A United Nations peacekeeper who was among a small group of reinforcements sent to Darfur was shot to death at his residence — the world body's first casualty since its long-negotiated arrival in the troubled region, officials said Saturday. Gunmen looted the home of the U.N. peacekeeper — an Egyptian lieutenant colonel — in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, and fatally shot him late Friday, the African Union and U.N. said. "The senseless killing of an innocent man in the confines of his residence is beyond comprehension," said Hassan Gibril, the deputy head of...

The death of Major Paeta Hess-von-Kruedener, the Canadian soldier killed in Lebanon while serving with UN Peacekeepers in that country, has become a political bonus for Kofi Annan, who it appears, would stoop to any depth just to make Israel look bad. As the father of a Canadian soldier, I am deeply saddened that one of our own has been lost in this incessant conflict, but I am dismayed that Annan and Israel’s enemies would use this death to garner some political advantage.

The UN, like many other govermental organizations is overly concerned with being "politically correct". As I gave a little thought to this fact, it dawned on me, in a rather humorous moment of politically incorrect thought, that perhaps what got these "international observers" killed was the very policies the UN prides itself on, being "politically correct". Follow me on this one....these "international observers" are, as their title implies, from other countries, As far as we know, the four who were killed may have been from China, Somalia or even some back-water place like tajikistan. According to UN officials, the four...

Canadian killed from UN force complained his position shielding Hizbullah Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 26 July 2006 "...the tragic loss of a soldier yesterday who I happen to know and I think probably is from my Regiment. We've received e-mails from him a few days ago and he described the fact that he was taking within - in one case - three meters of his position "for tactical necessity - not being targeted". Now that's veiled speech in the military and what he was telling us was Hizbullah fighters were all over his position and the IDF were (sic) targeting...

CHEYENNE - The Peacekeeper nuclear missile, credited by some with helping with the demise of the Soviet Union and winning the Cold War, is to be officially deactivated. F.E. Warren Air Force Base here oversaw the only squadron of 50 Peacekeepers deployed in the United States. Each 71-foot-tall, 8-foot-diameter missile, deployed in the 1980s, carried 10 warheads. Almost 15 years after the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War, the last Peacekeeper, also known as the MX, has been removed from its hardened silo. A ceremony was scheduled Monday at F.E. Warren to mark the deactivation of the...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council condemned sex abuse by peacekeepers for the first time on Tuesday, after hearing from the head of an inquiry into abuse that member nations had ignored the problem for years. Jordan's U.N. Ambassador Prince Zeid al Hussein said no nation in the history of U.N. peacekeeping was blameless. That, he said, should make it easier for them to come forward and punish troops who commit abuses. He said countries had not come forward to admit what their troops had done because of "sentiments of pride mixed in with embarrassment." Abuses have been...

UN sexual allegations double Allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by UN staff more than doubled last year, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has said in a report. Most of the allegations, which include rape, sexual assault and sex with minors, involved UN peacekeepers. Mr Annan says he is "deeply troubled" by the increase but warns the number may rise further. Allegations of misconduct among troops in DR Congo in 2003 sparked an inquiry and an overhaul of procedures. Exploitation claims "The increase in allegations is deeply troubling," Mr Annan says in the report. "Although allegations have doubled since 2003,...

Does anyone else think it is inevitable that U.S. military Forces will someday soon be pitted against French military forces? Could the problems being experienced by the citizens of Ivory Coast, a former French colony in West Africa, precipitate such a military confrontation? What are your thoughts on "who" is in the "right" in the Ivory Coast conflict? Is it the nonfrench citizens of Ivory Coast? Is it the muslim "insurgent" citizens of Ivory Coast ("the rebel forces")? Is it the French from continental Europe? With what knowledge did you form your opinion? Please share this knowledge with us. I,...

<p>Ronald Wilson Reagan won the Cold War through tenacity, grit, determination, wisdom, courage and a profound understanding of the evil we confronted in the conflict with Soviet totalitarianism. Understandably, many of his severest critics have said kind words following his passing from us, pretending as if they stood by his side during America's great conflicts. But it is important that these revisionist historians not be allowed to cloud the historical record.</p>

PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro - A U.S. peacekeeper serving in Kosovo was found dead early Sunday, a statement from the main U.S. Camp Bondsteel said. The soldier's body was discovered near the town of Dobercane, about 35 miles east of the provincial capital Pristina. The statement did not give the cause of death. The name of the soldier was not released, pending notification of the next of kin. "Military police are conducting an investigation of the incident," the statement said. About 3,000 U.S. troops are serving with the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, which came under NATO and U.N. control after the...

An unarmed Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on March 12. 03/12/03 - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- An unarmed Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched at 1:29 a.m. March 12. The missile carried eight unarmed re-entry vehicles approximately 4,800 miles across the Pacific Ocean to a predetermined target at the Kwajalien Atoll. This test was a part of the force development evaluation program, which routinely verifies the accuracy and reliability of the Peacekeeper force.

http://www.af.mil/news/Oct2002/100402169.shtmlDeactivation of Peacekeeper missiles begins by 2nd Lt. Matthew Bates 90th Space Wing Public Affairs Deactivation of Peacekeeper missiles begins by 2nd Lt. Matthew Bates 90th Space Wing Public Affairs 10/04/02 - F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AFPN) -- On a blustery day in a remote corner of the plains of Wyoming, Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James Roche made a special trip to witness the first phase of the deactivation process of the Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile at Launch Facility S-07 near Hawk Springs, Wyo. "It's a momentous point in history," Roche said. "It's a reflection of...

Story Url: http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=LycosScience&storyId=52927Peacekeeping the Missiles This story is Newsmine™ enabled. [Turn off in-story linking]   Monday, June 03, 2002 8:47 a.m. EDT Newsmine Data •  Marshall Islands •  Cheyenne •  Vandenberg VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - An unarmed 70-foot Peacekeeper missile was launched early Monday in a routine test of the country's intercontinental ballistic missile system, the Air Force said. The 198,000-pound missile lifted off from the central California coast at 1:01 a.m. and sent nine unarmed re-entry vehicles toward a target 4,800 miles away on the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands  . The missile...

Peacekeeper Missile Launched In Test Monday June 3, 2002 1:50 PM VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - An unarmed 70-foot Peacekeeper missile was launched early Monday in a routine test of the country's intercontinental ballistic missile system, the Air Force said. The 198,000-pound missile lifted off from the central California coast at 1:01 a.m. and sent nine unarmed re-entry vehicles toward a target 4,800 miles away on the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands. The missile used in the test was randomly selected from missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyo., as part of the...

U.S. Newswire 11 Apr 14:26 Hyde, Others Seek Immunity from ICC Jurisdiction for U.S. Servicemembers in UN Peacekeeping Operations To: National and International Desks Contact: Sam Stratman of the House International Relations Committee, 202-226-7875; http://www.house.gov/international_relations WASHINGTON, April 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The United States should seek immunity from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for 3,000 U.S. servicemembers deployed in Bosnia when the United Nations (U.N.) mandate for that peacekeeping operation is renewed in June, U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.) suggested Thursday. Hyde, chairman of the House International Relations Committee, and a bipartisan group of House and...