Is Baghdad Bob writing Annan's material?

Annan Says U.N. Role in Iraq Will Add Legitimacy

Oh really? Perhaps the UN and Kofi Annan should stick with rounding up the usual suspects and lunching with despots.

UN preliminary investigation into killings in northeastern Congo indicates 966 killed

• At least 966 people were killed in attacks on more than a dozen villages in northeastern Congo last week, U.N. officials said Sunday after a preliminary investigation.

• On Jan. 15, U.N. investigators confirmed that rebels of the Congolese Liberation Movement and the allied Congolese Rally for Democracy-National had carried out cannibalism, rape, torture and killing in the province late last year.

• And on March 1, Lubanga accused another rebel group, the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Liberation Movement, of killing at least 400 civilians when it pushed UPC forces out of Bogoro, 25 miles southwest of Bunia on Feb. 24-25.

• The war broke out in August 1998 when Rwanda and Uganda sent troops to back rebels seeking to oust then-President Laurent Kabila. They accused him of backing insurgents threatening regional security.

Just exactly what is Scty General Annan and the UN waiting for? Another million dead? The UN isn't competent enough to operate a falafel cart in downtown Baghdad.

Posted by feste at April 7, 2003 10:59 AM