U.N. troops buy *** from teen refugees

[seruriermarshal]

U.N. troops buy *** from teen refugees

United Nations peacekeeping troops are ******ly exploiting teenage rape victims fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an investigation by the The Independent newspaper of London.

Many of the girls, as young as 13, are mothers who give up their bodies to the U.N. soldiers in exchange for food to feed their hungry children.

The girls, who live in the Internally Displaced People camp in Bunia, northeastern Congo, already are victims of multiple rape by militiamen.

The British paper interviewed girls and aid workers who said every night girls crawl through a wire fence to an adjoining U.N. compound to sell their bodies to Moroccan and Uruguayan soldiers.

In exchange, they receive a banana or a cake.

The U.N. has pledged a "zero tolerance" attitude to cases of ****** misconduct by its respresentatives and has announced an inquiry into the allegations. But the London paper says doubts remain about the effectiveness of the probe and the ability of the U.N. to bring the perpetrators to justice.

A 13-year-old girl, Faela, told The Independent her infant son is the result of rape by militiamen in her village. Consequently, she is ostracized in the camp and has no one to take care of her.

"It is easy for us to get to the U.N. soldiers," she told the paper. "We climb through the fence when it is dark, sometimes once a night, sometimes more."

The Independent said it spoke to more than 30 girls over five days, and half said they made the journey under the fence to the compound run by MONUC, the U.N. mission in Congo.

A worker with the aid group that manages the camp, Atlas, said staff knew about the *** trade but were afraid to address it.

"There is nothing to stop them and the girls need food," he told the paper. "It is best to keep quiet, though. I am frightened that if I say something I may lose my job, and I have children of my own to feed."

The head of the U.N. in Bunia, Dominique McAdams, said she she saw no evidence of ****** violence in the camp, although she believe it was taking place.

[Ichhabe]

That is a crying shame. But the worst is that there is even bader cases than this. Some even hunt down younger girls than those of 13.

This problem has unfortunatly not been taken serious enough by UN, and now I'm talking from Top level(Kofi Annan) and down to squad-size.
I t is each and every UN-soldiers duty to behave according to rules, may they be etichal or juridical. Doing this does not only hurt UN's image, but that individuals country.

[mattnwnc03]

the un to me is nothing but a joke.they seem to do more harm than good when it comes to human beings.like stealing money away from iraqi people,and rape in this case

[Romulus]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

[Ichhabe]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

Where do you think seruriermarshal got it from? Did he pull that one out from his hat? If you read the news, then you'll see it.

(Problem is that it wasn't US-related, so you probably missed it.)

[Romulus]

Where do you think seruriermarshal got it from? Did he pull that one out from his hat? If you read the news, then you'll see it.


None of the US news media are carrying this story. ;)

[One?]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

[Ratamacue]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

And we all know that this topic has everything to do with Abu Ghraib.

[seruriermarshal]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

So you think this event is right ? Sh*t ! :bash:

[One?]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

So you think this event is right ? Sh*t ! :bash:

no neither one is right. But you can't compare them to eachother.

[Jack Mehoff]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

rofl They were forced to shoot RPGs and AK47s at U.S. troops? rofl

And wtf is wrong with you? Consent or not, having *** with minor is illegal in western nations. How long have you been living in Canada again? Maybe you should start thinking and follow their rules if you chose to live in Canada.

[Ratamacue]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

So you think this event is right ? Sh*t ! :bash:

no neither one is right. But you can't compare them to eachother.

So why did you post about Abu Ghraib?

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

A sad story indeed but a few folks here seem to think that this behaviour is indicative of UN operations everywhere its worth remembering the *** scandals in the Balkans where some of the actors were NATO troops and then we had a child *** scandal involving memebers of a large PMC.

British firm accused in UN '*** scandal'

International police in Bosnia face prostitution claims

Antony Barnett and Solomon Hughes
Observer

Sunday July 29, 2001


A former United Nations police officer is suing a British security firm over claims that it covered up the involvement of her fellow officers in *** crimes and prostitution rackets in the Balkans.

Kathryn Bolkovac, an American policewoman, was hired by DynCorp Aerospace in Aldershot for a UN post aimed at cracking down on ****** abuse and forced prostitution in Bosnia.

She claims she was 'appalled' to find that many of her fellow officers were involved. She was fired by the British company after amassing evidence that UN police were taking part in the trafficking of young women from eastern Europe as *** slaves.

She said: 'When I started collecting evidence from the victims of *** trafficking it was clear that a number of UN officers were involved from several countries, including quite a few from Britain. I was shocked, appalled and disgusted. They were supposed to be over there to help, but they were committing crimes themselves. When I told the supervisors they didn't want to know.'

DynCorp sacked her, claiming she had falsified time sheets, a charge she denies. Last month she filed her case at Southampton employment tribunal alleging wrongful dismissal and ****** discrimination against DynCorp, the British subsidiary of the US company DynCorp Inc.

DynCorp has the contract to provide police officers for the 2,100-member UN international police task force in Bosnia which was created to help restore law and order after the civil war.

Bolkovac has also filed a case against DynCorp under Britain's new Public Interest Disclosure Act designed to protect whistleblowers.

As well as reporting that her fellow officers regularly went to brothels, she also investigated allegations that an American police officer hired by DynCorp had bought a woman for $1,000.

Bolkovac's British lawyers say her evidence will highlight how the underground *** trade in Bosnia is thriving among the 21,000 Nato peacekeepers and thousands of international bureaucrats and aid workers.

Many of the hundreds of women working in Bosnia's *** industry are lured from countries such as Romania and Ukraine with promises of jobs as waitresses but then delivered to brothel owners who confiscate their passports. Bolkovac claims that Dyncorp officers forged documents for trafficked women, aided their illegal transport through border checkpoints into Bosnia and tipped off *** club owners about raids.

In an email to more than 50 people - including Jacques Klein, the UN Secretary-General's special representative in Bosnia - Bolkovac described the plight of trafficked women and noted that UN police, Nato troops and international humanitarian employees were regular customers. It was shortly after this email went out that Bolkovac was reassigned.

Richard Monk, a former senior British policeman who ran the UN police operation in Bosnia until 1999, has sympathy with her plight. He said: 'There were truly dreadful things going on by UN police officers from a number of countries. I found it incredible that I had to set up an internal affairs department to investigate complaints that officers were having *** with minors and prostitutes. The British officers were on the whole extremely good and very professional, setting a great example. But there were policeman from other countries who should not have been in uniform.'

A DynCorp spokeswoman would not comment on the Bolkovac case because it was coming to court later this year. But in a earlier statement the company said: 'The notion that a company such as DynCorp would turn a blind eye to illegal behaviour by our employees is incomprehensible...We encourage our employees to be proactive in reporting inappropriate behaviour and commend those who follow our procedures by reporting it.'

Bolkovac's case is the second against DynCorp alleging misbehaviour in Bosnia. Air mechanic Ben Johnston is suing the company, alleging he was sacked because he had uncovered evidence that Dyncorp employees were involved in '****** slavery' and selling arms.

Since 1998 eight Dyncorp employees have been sent back from Bosnia, but none have been prosecuted.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4230203,00.html

[citizen-k]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

:cantbeli:

Your getting worst in each post you make.

[Scottie]

Shows how the media can find out everything...

But guess it wasn't that case in Lebanon with the Norwegian U.N

[OB Kenobi]

A sad story indeed but a few folks here seem to think that this behaviour is indicative of UN operations everywhere its worth remembering the *** scandals in the Balkans where some of the actors were NATO troops and then we had a child *** scandal involving memebers of a large PMC.

British firm accused in UN '*** scandal'

International police in Bosnia face prostitution claims.

Since 1998 eight Dyncorp employees have been sent back from Bosnia, but none have been prosecuted.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4230203,00.html

Ah, good ol' Dyncorp...

Bush’s Janissaries
by Jeff Elkins

Outsourcing is increasingly popular in the corporate world; it’s constantly in the news that this company or that company has purchased contracted services instead of providing for them internally. Now outsourcing will be supplying political camouflage for President George Bush’s quiet little war in South America, the $1.3 billion Plan Colombia.

American military contractors supplied by companies such as DynCorp will be taking the lead in the cocaine country down south. Supposedly as ‘advisors’, but anyone familiar with the history of the Vietnam conflict will also remember the term ‘mission creep.’

These mercenaries have already been involved in controversy. Colombian investigators have asked to question three DynCorp contractors who may have witnessed or participated in a 1998 massacre of 17 civilians by the Colombian military. Additionally, in April, Peruvian jets shot down a US missionary aircraft over the Amazon river, believing it was laden with drugs. The Peruvian fighter was guided in for the attack by a radar plane operated by a CIA contractor, supplied by DynCorp.

"It's very handy to have an outfit not part of the U.S. armed forces, obviously. If somebody gets killed or whatever, you can say it's not a member of the armed forces," says former U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, Myles Frechette. Former Drug Czar, General Barry McCaffrey recently described himself as an "unabashed admirer of outsourcing."

Quoting from DynCorp literature, "DynCorp's expertise spans more than five decades – encompassing events from the computer revolution, the Space Age, the Cold War and conflicts from Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm. Through these times, we have dedicated ourselves to providing customers with the best and most educated solutions." According to its web site, in 2000, DynCorp generated more than $1.8 billion in annual revenues, a $4.4 billion-dollar contract backlog and more than 20,000 employees in more than 550 locations. CEO Paul Lombardi recently projected 2001 revenue will top $2 billion.

Since 1997, DynCorp has operated under a $600 million-dollar contract, granted by the State Department. According to the contract, the company "participates in eradication missions, training, and drug interdiction, but also participates in air transport, reconnaissance, search and rescue, airborne medical evacuation, ferrying equipment and personnel from one country to another, as well as aircraft maintenance."

Strangely enough, none of the company’s public relations material mentions bloody counter-insurgency and drug interdiction warfare in South America.

The Colombian civil war has raged for nearly 40 years and both right-wing paramilitaries and left-wing guerrillas battling in the field are linked to the drug trade, which they use to finance operations. In another echo of Vietnam, the current Plan Colombia legislation places a cap on the number of official U.S. troops to be used in Colombia at 500. Additionally, per Plan Colombia, the budget for mercenaries is fixed for 300 troops, but that does not take into account the amount of money that can be diverted from ‘black’ budgets to pump up the undercover mercenary war effort. A new $676 million program – the Andean Counterdrug Initiative – if passed will allow Bush to deploy as many mercenaries as he wishes, and again, don’t forget about those infamous ‘black’ budgets.

Also, under current law the president can waive the ‘official’ troop limitation of 500 for up to 90 days if "the Armed Forces of the United States are involved in hostilities or that imminent involvement by the Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances." In effect, this gives Bush a cart blanche for a Colombian war.

Americans are already dying in the drug wars of South America. As mentioned, innocent American missionaries have already been killed, along with an American infant. US soldiers, both official and contracted are dying as well. In 1999, five U.S. soldiers died in a plane crash while conducting reconnaissance for anti-drug efforts that might well have been caused by guerrilla gunfire and at least three more U.S. military aviators have been killed by FARC leftists when their planes were shot down.

It’s rumored that DynCorp employees have also died in direct military action, but proof is hard to come by. This is the main reason why this ‘outsourcing’ is such a popular option for the military machine. Stealth body-bags don’t tend to upset the public nearly as much as overt ones containing 19 year old young men.

Look for yet deeper involvement in the quagmire of South American drug politics. Quoting Robert Zoellick, Bush’s trade representative, the U.S. "cannot continue to make a false distinction between counterinsurgency and counternarcotics efforts." However, expect to see the dollars funneled into DynCorp and similar companies mushroom, since they provide such excellent political cover for military adventurism.

You can also plan for this insane war to expand into neighboring Bolivia, Venezuela and Peru, since as pressure mounts in Colombia, coca production is shifting to those regions.

Welcome to the future. The 21st Century is shaping up to be just as bloody as the 20th.

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the un to me is nothing but a joke.they seem to do more harm than good when it comes to human beings.like stealing money away from iraqi people,and rape in this case

ignorance! you clearly know nothing of the UN

[2Sheds_Jackson]

Where do you think seruriermarshal got it from? Did he pull that one out from his hat? If you read the news, then you'll see it.


None of the US news media are carrying this story. ;)

...so seruriermarshal, where did you find this story (you didn't post a link...)?

[sethen]

Lets not be hypocrites about *** everybody want it! I have lived in nations were prostitution is legal. It provides a source of income for women unwilling or uncapable of getting it anyway else. Yes, I know the girls in the article were young, but not everyone shares the Western concepts of ******ity. Unless we declare a war on *** and invade all non complying countries (wouldn't the neo-heebs love that!), I don't see an end to the *** trade.

[Uncle Chô]

U.N. troops buy *** from teen refugees

The British paper interviewed girls and aid workers who said every night girls crawl through a wire fence to an adjoining U.N. compound to sell their bodies to Moroccan and Uruguayan soldiers.
This is the only reason it does not hit the news in the "Western" countries.

1- it happens in Africa : who cares?

2- it is about Moroccan and Uruguayan soldiers : who cares?

3- the girls did it on their own authority : who cares?

4- UN : does the USA care?

Iraq? Coalition soldiers? Such a SHAME :bash:

As simple -and cynical- as that :|

[Jack Mehoff]

U.N. troops buy *** from teen refugees

The British paper interviewed girls and aid workers who said every night girls crawl through a wire fence to an adjoining U.N. compound to sell their bodies to Moroccan and Uruguayan soldiers.
This is the only reason it does not hit the news in the "Western" countries.

1- it happens in Africa : who cares?

2- it is about Moroccan and Uruguayan soldiers : who cares?

3- the girls did it on their own authority : who cares?

4- UN : does the USA care?

Iraq? Coalition soldiers? Such a SHAME :bash:

As simple -and cynical- as that :|
You are right, USA should stop giving too much money to UN. I'm waiting for that time to come.
http://www.talonnews.com/news/2003/july/0709_un_contribution.shtml


"Our veto power should cost no more than that of the other permanent members, China, France, Russia, or the United Kingdom," remarked Rep. Hayworth. "Even though their combined Gross Domestic Product nearly equals that of the U.S., we contribute about $115 million more to the U.N. regular budget than those four countries combined. That doesn't make sense, and Congress should put a stop to it."

Currently, the law requires the United States to contribute a fixed 22 percent of the U.N.'s administrative budget. In 2003, the U.S. contribution to the U.N. budget was $341 million. Under the Hayworth proposal, the U.S. payment would be lowered to $100 million annually, matching France's 6.5 percent contribution to the budget. France is the second highest contributor to the U.N.

[seruriermarshal]

Where do you think seruriermarshal got it from? Did he pull that one out from his hat? If you read the news, then you'll see it.


None of the US news media are carrying this story. ;)

...so seruriermarshal, where did you find this story (you didn't post a link...)?

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38649

[Sway]

Funny you hear none of this on the news, But Abu Grahb man you can't turn on TV without that being thrown in your face.

at least the girls are doing that with their own consent. At abu ghraib they were forced! :bash:

very true one there not even comparable...tho both are classless acts... and romulus is also right tho this site is the first time i heard about this...u.s media isnt carrying the story:-S ...

[Romulus]

romulus is also right

Wow didn't see that coming. ;) :)

[RNMC WildCat 1]

This is not a new occurence. Amnesty Int'l released a report on UN and NATO troops in Kosovo paying to have *** with girls sold into slavery (with ages reported to be as young as 12). This is an disturbing epidemic that can be found in areas of combat/peacekeeping operations worldwide by people of all nations. It times like this when the UN really needs to step up to bat and prove its worth as a globally governing community.

[RNMC WildCat 1]

This is not a new occurence. Amnesty Int'l released a report on UN and NATO troops in Kosovo paying to have *** with girls sold into slavery (with ages reported to be as young as 12). This is an disturbing epidemic that can be found in areas of combat/peacekeeping operations worldwide by people of all nations. It times like this when the UN really needs to step up to bat and prove its worth as a globally governing community.