– 58 Killed, More Than 100 Injured After UN Base Attacked in South Sudan (Common Dreams, April 18, 2014):
Internally displaced targeted in assault on peacekeeper encampment
The United Nations said Friday at least 58 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in an attack against one of its bases in South Sudan sheltering thousands of civilians. (Map: Agence France-Presse)The United Nations is condemning a violent attack on a peacekeeper’s base in South Sudan on Thursday that left 58 people dead and more than 100 unjured.
The base, according to the UN, was safeguarding civilians when it came under attack by militants wielding automatic guns and rocket-fired grenades.
The attack on the UN base near the city of Bor, some 120 miles north of the capital of Juba, took place on Thursday and was blamed on locals who were seeking revenge for the recent takeover of the city of Bentiu by opposition forces.
According to Reuters:
Locals pretending to be peaceful protesters delivering a petition forced their way into the camp on Thursday and opened fire before being beaten back by UN security personnel (UNMiss).
“The army has come in now. They have been ordered to protect UNMiss so there will be no attack from anybody,” Ateny Wek Ateny, President Salva Kiir’s spokesman, told Reuters by phone.
Thousands of people have been killed and more than 1 million displaced since fighting erupted in South Sudan in the middle of December, triggered by a power struggle between Kiir and former vice-president Riek Machar.
The violence has also taken on an ethnic dimension, with Dinka people loyal to Kiir against civilian militias and defected government troops loosely allied to Machar, who is Nuer.
The two sides fought for control of strategic towns before a ceasefire was signed on 23 January, but sporadic clashes since the ceasefire deal erupted into full-blown combat this week, when the rebels seized control of Bentiu, the capital of oil-producing Unity state.
A UN base whatever its function is there for the control of the local politicians by the Western elite.
Hopefully the world is awakening to the truth.
The world is blowing up. Fukushima is just one symptom. The west lost a lot of points since putting Obama in office. He was the last hope for millions. Having proved himself a total fraud, the west has lost all credibility, and with that credibility, any status of worth. It was hard won and quickly lost.
Thanks to Japan, the Pacific ocean is dying. Record numbers of sea animals are showing up sick and dying……..goddamn these Japanese bastards. They have destroyed the food chain for all time.
http://enenews.com/nbc-record-level-of-seals-sea-lions-turning-up-sick-or-injured-in-california-the-numbers-are-extraordinary-scientists-worried-the-worst-kind-of-perfect-storm-severely-malnouris