(Via LGF) Mark Dodd in The Weekend Australian has a more detailed report on the UN "peacekeeper" scandal in Timor which features this gem:
The deployment of Jordanian peacekeepers to East Timor was probably one of the most contentious UN decisions to follow the bloody independence ballot. It was eclipsed only by the cover-up and inaction that followed when the world body learned of their involvement in a series of horrific sex crimes involving children living in the war-battered Oecussi enclave.It's great to see the United Nations at work! It certainly gives me hope ... hope that'll we'll dump the chumps. And what do you bet that either the US or Australian taxpayers or both paid to fly these two beauties home?
Children were not the only victims - in early 2001, two Jordanians were evacuated home with injured penises after attempting sexual intercourse with goats.
Besides the low comedy, there's much more in the article about the United Nations "peacekeeping" in Timor. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride and the United Nations would be more than a sad, sick joke. In the meantime, why are we wasting time and money?
But wait, there's more! Even UN bigs are having work related trauma - Depressed Annan close to quitting over UN scandals:
KOFI ANNAN, the United Nations secretary-general, is said to be struggling with depression and considering his future. Colleagues have reported concerns about Annan ahead of an official report this week that will examine his son Kojo’s connection to the controversial Iraqi oil for food scheme.Sniff! Where's my violin?
Depending on the findings of the report, by a team led by the former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, Annan may have to choose between the secretary-generalship and loyalty to his son.
American congressional critics of the UN are already pressing him to resign over the mismanagement of the oil for food programme, and even his supporters have been dismayed by the scandals on his watch, including the sexual abuse of children by UN peacekeepers in Congo.And apparently just about everywhere else they've dropped by to "help".
One close observer at the UN said Annan’s moods were like a “sine curve” and that he appeared near the bottom of the trough.Maybe he can compare notes with the little kids in Timor?
