"UN peacekeeping base under attack in Mali" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Feb 2016 10:16 p.m. PST |
"The UN says the base was in the process of being relocated prior to the attack [File: Adama Diarra/Reuters]Unknown gunmen have attacked a United Nations police base in the Malian city of Timbuktu, the UN said, while security sources said a Malian army checkpoint in the city had also come under fire. Olivier Salgado, spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), told Al Jazeera the assailants launched the attack after they detonated a car bomb at the base at 6:30am on Friday.
He said one policeman was slightly wounded in the assault, and the attackers remained holed up inside the base.
Malian and MINUSMA forces were still engaged in a gunfight, Salgado said. The base was already in the process of being relocated, he added, meaning only about 20 police officers were there at the time…"
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 Legion 4   | 06 Feb 2016 9:49 a.m. PST |
The UN flag in places like that is just a target. None the less, the are there, and hopefully will do some good. |
| Mako11 | 06 Feb 2016 1:52 p.m. PST |
Yep, I was thinking the same thing, Legion. A pity. You'd have to be a fool, or as masochist, to agree to serve under any UN command. |
| Legion 4 | 06 Feb 2016 3:12 p.m. PST |
We flew the UN flag on Warrior Base and the Guard Posts on the DMZ, back in the '80s. I don't know if they still do since the US pretty much turned over the Z mission to the ROKs. Not that the UN flag or otherwise would stop Un … |
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