U.N. Offices in Congo Attacked

[Robb]

U.N. Offices in Congo Attacked

KIGALI, Rwanda - Unidentified attackers fired on United Nations offices Tuesday in the northeastern Congolese town of Bunia, a day after U.N. troops detained army and security chiefs of a tribal militia, a U.N. spokesman said.

Leocadio Salmeron, a spokesman for the U.N. mission in Congo, said U.N. troops fired into the air to disperse a crowd of demonstrators outside the office and no one was hurt. But Etienne Membe Ngona, the deputy security chief for the Union of Congolese Patriots, or UPC, said one person was killed and three others wounded by the U.N. troops.

The assailants were hiding among the demonstrators protesting the detention of Floribert Kisembo, UPC chief of staff, and Rafiki Saba, the security chief of the same main Hema tribal faction, Salmeron said by telephone from Bunia.

The UPC commanders were detained Monday after U.N. troops found four AK-47 assault rifles, several rounds of ammunition, six anti-personnel mines and a hand grenade buried on the grounds of the home of UPC head Thomas Lubanga, Salmeron said.

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[displacedtexan]

1. this is horrible!

and not just because the ambassador to the united nations from the democratic republic of the congo is a personal friend!

i smell a repuke rat behind these 'seemingly unrelated' UN attacks.

[MrPrax]

2. Seems the UN is under attack...

in some countries like Iraq and the Congo.

The Congo is home to many many US proxies (Uganda and Rwanda) and oddly enough these guys, including the US trained Paul Kagame, hate the UN too...

Wonder why?