UN peacekeepers ambushed and killed in Ivory Coast - Polidicks

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18376625[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]Seven UN peacekeepers from Niger have been killed in an ambush in southwestern Ivory Coast, the UN has said.[/B] The attack took place near the border with Liberia, UN officials say. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was "saddened and outraged" by the deaths. UN peacekeepers were deployed to Ivory Coast in 2004 to help end the country's civil war and have stayed through the country's recent political crisis. "These brave soldiers died in the service of peace," Mr Ban said. Mr Ban offered his "deepest condolences" to the government of Niger and urged the Ivorian government to "identify the perpretators and hold them accountable". It is the first attack of its kind in the country, a UN spokesman told Agence-France Presse (AFP). [B]'Reinforcements'[/B] The peacekeepers were patrolling in an area between the villages of Tai and Para after hearing rumours of an imminent attack on communities in the region, UN officials said. "Even tonight, after the attack, more than 40 peacekeepers remain with villagers in this remote region to protect them from this armed group," Mr Ban said. "We are moving in reinforcements as soon as we have daylight," Kieran Dwyer, the spokesman for the UN peacekeeping department, told the Associated Press. The area has seen a number of cross-border attacks over recent months, blamed on Liberian mercenaries and Ivorian militia fighters who fled Ivory Coast following the arrest of the former president Laurent Gbagbo last year, the BBC's John James in Abidjan reports. Just last week, UN reinforcements were sent to the region following rumours of a planned attack, our correspondent adds. Earlier this week, campaign group Human Rights Watch published a report saying militants loyal to Mr Gbagbo based in Liberia had killed at least 40 people in cross-border raids since last July.[/quote]

UN can't protect themselves, that's the problem. They are doing all good, but when someone shoots at them, they have no chance of doing anything to protect themselves.

[QUOTE=Persious;36255676]UN can't protect themselves, that's the problem. They are doing all good, but when someone shoots at them, they have no chance of doing anything to protect themselves.[/QUOTE] What? Peacekeepers have machine guns and tanks and the authority to use them

uh oh, shit's real now.

damnit wrong thread This isn't good at all.

Hey let's mess with the combined forces of the entire world good idea

un peacekeepers deployed in 2004 and they're still there just as bad as us

[QUOTE=W0w00t;36255977]un peacekeepers deployed in 2004 and they're still there just as bad as us[/QUOTE] i do not think you understand what they're doing there

[QUOTE=W0w00t;36255977]un peacekeepers deployed in 2004 and they're still there just as bad as us[/QUOTE] There's a difference between waging war and waging peace, with the U.S. being good at the former and the U.N. at the latter.

Aren't the Peacekeepers just hired mercenaries?

I find it interesting they're not saying who's actually responsible for the attack. The closest the article comes to saying is that there's been attacks by mercenaries and militia over the past few months. It's probably one of the two (or both) but I suppose I can understand why they'd be reluctant to say for sure. [editline]9th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=adam1172;36256739]Aren't the Peacekeepers just hired mercenaries?[/QUOTE] No, UN Peacekeepers are made up of soldiers and law enforcers from participating countries. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Peacekeeper#Since_1991[/url]

Shit, does nobody know anything about UN Peacekeepers? This thread's posts make them sound like the low of the low in military might.

[QUOTE=Da Big Man;36256980]Shit, does nobody know anything about UN Peacekeepers? This thread's posts make them sound like the low of the low in military might.[/QUOTE] Yup, according to this thread, UN peacekeepers are murderers without weapons that wage a war.

[QUOTE=smurfy;36255692]What? Peacekeepers have machine guns and tanks and the authority to use them[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://fordhampoliticalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/r308209_1350825.jpg[/IMG] Everyone out of the way, here comes peace! [editline]9th June 2012[/editline] Nah, peacekeepers are good.

So hard to understand that the UN peacekeeps are peace keepers.

Jesus that vehicle design looks so lame

[QUOTE=mac338;36258643][IMG]http://fordhampoliticalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/r308209_1350825.jpg[/IMG] Everyone out of the way, here comes peace! [editline]9th June 2012[/editline] Nah, peacekeepers are good.[/QUOTE] They are not peacekeepers they should be deployed without guns and only flowers to spread the ~peace~

so what happens now if peacekeepers are killed? that seems like a pretty big thing

[QUOTE=cdrw5;36258700]They are not peacekeepers they should be deployed without guns and only flowers to spread the ~peace~[/QUOTE] It's funny, that's pretty much what the UN does, unless they get [I]really[/I] ticked off. So watch out and don't slaughter thousands of your own people or they might send you an angry letter.

[QUOTE=mac338;36258713]So watch out and don't slaughter thousands of your own people or [B]they might send you an angry letter[/B].[/QUOTE] [B][I]with no smelly marker scent[/I][/B] anyway, this is gonna create some more tensions

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;36258677]Jesus that vehicle design looks so lame[/QUOTE] Since when military designs were created to look nice on the eye? I think BMP-2 is an excellent choise for it's good cross-country capabilities and river-crossing ability, especially in a continent like Africa with low infrastructure.

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;36258677]Jesus that vehicle design looks so lame[/QUOTE] Maybe, but it can still fuck up your day with just the push of a button. And I like how they look, all spiffy and Soviet.

IMHO, they look a bit meh for a tank.

[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;36266291']IMHO, they look a bit meh for a tank.[/QUOTE] It's not even a tank...

[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;36266291']IMHO, they look a bit meh for a tank.[/QUOTE] It's not supposed to look awesome or have huge guns or any of that. The peacekeepers follow the UN guidelines to a T and strictly only ever use their weapons when in immediate danger themselves.

[QUOTE=Persious;36255676]UN can't protect themselves, that's the problem. They are doing all good, but when someone shoots at them, they have no chance of doing anything to protect themselves.[/QUOTE] Yes, their guns only fire flowers [editline]9th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=cdrw5;36258700]They are not peacekeepers they should be deployed without guns and only flowers to spread the ~peace~[/QUOTE] fuck you man

[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;36266654]Yes, their guns only fire flowers[/QUOTE] Sounds like the UN Peacekeepers have pretty cool guns then: [video=youtube;031Dshcnso4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031Dshcnso4[/video]