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   THE NEW WORLD DISORDER   
   U.N. accused of rape, pedophilia, prostitution   
   Civilians, staff in Congo under internal investigation   
   Posted: November 24, 2004   
   1:00 a.m. Eastern   
      
   © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com   
      
   The United Nations claims it is investigating about 150 allegations of   
   sexual abuse by U.N. civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of   
   them recorded on videotape.   
      
   The charges include accusations of pedophilia, rape and prostitution,   
   said Jane Holl Lute, an assistant secretary-general in the   
   peacekeeping department.   
      
   Lute, an American, said there was photographic and video evidence for   
   some of the allegations and most of the charges came to light since   
   the spring.   
      
   In May the United Nations reported some 30 cases of abuse among   
   peacekeepers in the northeastern town of Bunia, where half of the more   
   than 10,000 soldiers are stationed.   
      
   The U.N. internal oversight office is expected to release a report   
   soon on the abuse in Bunia. In addition, the peacekeeping department   
   is sending at least two other teams to Congo to deal with various   
   aspects of the problem, Lute said.   
      
   But the United Nations is not known for its forthrightness and candor   
   in such internal investigations. The agency has been criticized for   
   ignoring evidence or wrongdoing in the past - including accusations of   
   rape and murder by "peacekeepers."   
      
   In fact, previous revelations of peacekeeping abuses have only been   
   revealed by news organizations. Such was the case in Cambodia in the   
   early 1990s and later in Somalia, Bosnia and Ethiopia.   
      
   "I am afraid there is clear evidence that acts of gross misconduct   
   have taken place," said Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "This is a   
   shameful thing for the United Nations to have to say, and I am   
   absolutely outraged by it."   
      
   Annan said the allegations concerned a small number of U.N. personnel   
   and promised to hold those involved accountable.   
      
   "I have long made it clear that my attitude to sexual exploitation and   
   abuse is one of zero tolerance, without exception, and I am determined   
   to implement this policy in the most transparent manner," Annan said.   
      
   Annan was criticized last week by United Nations workers who recorded   
   a no-confidence vote against top leadership of the global body in what   
   was seen as a direct swipe at his tenure. The Oil-for-Food scandal has   
   given the U.N. such a black eye that there is talk among U.N. insiders   
   that Annan may not serve out his second term ending in 2006.   
      
   But the new charges of rape and pedophilia by U.N. troops and workers   
   in Congo may prove even more sensational. It's hardly the first   
   scandal involving U.N. workers and troops in Africa.   
      
   Former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's tenure   
   was marked by scandalous charges that he played a leading role in   
   supplying weapons to the Hutu regime that carried out a campaign of   
   genocide against the Tutsi tribe in 1994.   
      
   As minister of foreign affairs in Egypt, Boutros-Ghali facilitated an   
   arms deal in 1990, which was to result in $26 million of mortar bombs,   
   rocket launchers, grenades and ammunition being flown from Cairo to   
   Rwanda. The arms were used by Hutus in attacks which led to up to a   
   million deaths. The role of Boutros-Ghali, who was in charge at the   
   U.N. when it turned its back on the killings in 1994, was revealed in   
   a book by Linda Melvern. In "A People Betrayed: The Role of the West   
   in Rwanda's Genocide," Boutros-Ghali admits his role in approving an   
   initial $5.8 million arms deal in 1990, which led to Egypt supplying   
   arms to Rwanda until 1992. He says he approved it because it was his   
   job as foreign minister to sell weapons for Egypt.   
      
   Back in 1997, there were reports Belgian U.N. troops roasted a Somali   
   boy. A military court reportedly sentenced two paratroopers to a month   
   in jail and a fine of 200 pounds for the offense.   
      
   Another Belgian soldier reportedly forced a young Somali to eat pork,   
   drink salt water and then eat his own vomit. Another sergeant was   
   accused of murdering a Somali whom he was photographed urinating upon.   
   Another child, accused of stealing food from the paratroopers' base,   
   died after being locked in a storage container for 48 hours. Fifteen   
   other members of the same regiment were investigated in 1995 for "acts   
   of sadism and torture" against Somali civilians.   
      
   The pattern of abuse was not confined to Belgian troops. Belgium was   
   actually the third country in the peacekeeping group to charge troops   
   with serious crimes against Somali citizens -- including rape, torture   
   and murder. In 1995, a group of Canadian paratroopers were   
   investigated for torturing a Somali to death and killing three others.   
      
   Gruesome photos were published in a Milan magazine of Italian soldiers   
   torturing a Somali youth and abusing and raping a Somali girl.   
   Paratroopers claim they were specifically trained in methods of   
   torture to aid interrogation. According to one witness, Italian   
   soldiers tied a young Somali girl to the front of an armored personnel   
   carrier and raped her while officers looked on.   
      
   Few other news agencies - especially in the United States - have   
   devoted any coverage to these atrocities. The Village Voice was one   
   notable exception.   
      
   The South China Morning Post published an AFP report about an Italian   
   battalion commander who sexually abused and strangled a 13-year-old   
   Somali boy. There are also allegations that, in 1993, Italian soldiers   
   beat seven suspected Somali thieves, killing one; that they beat to   
   death a 14-year-old boy who sold a false medal and beat a couple in a   
   car.   
   http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41627   
      
      
   Cordially,   
   Ken (NY)   
      
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