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| Tango01 | 21 Aug 2014 9:38 p.m. PST |
"Fighting between international peacekeepers in the capital of Central African Republic and local armed men has killed one Red Cross volunteer and injured at least 31 people, according to emergency services. Wednesday's clashes broke out after residents of the PK-5 neighbourhood in Bangui accused the European Union force (EUFOR) of shooting dead a man late on Tuesday. The neighbourhood is home to some 2,000 Muslims who have braved sectarian violence to remain in the capital. EUFOR said in a statement that one of its patrols had opened fire after it was attacked in PK-5 district…"
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| Katzbalger | 22 Aug 2014 3:47 p.m. PST |
Okay so a patrol got fired on and returned fire--someone was hit and now the nutjobs in the neighborhood are stirring up the citizenry for attacks on the peacekeepers or Some moron did some celebratory shooting and a patrol passing by was jumpy--and ended up shooting someone, and now the neighborhood is upset and taking that out on the peacekeepers or something else entirely different. This just highlights the problems of having peacekeepers in a place that isn't really ready for peace. And makes for some scenario fodder for peacekeeping type games. Rob |
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equips his Israeli recon unit.
