March 30, 2004

More dirty laundry at the U.N.

Hat tip to Instaman for this link to a story about other problems at the United Nations... From the Canada Free Press comes this story about a black-box recorder and an airline crash that killed the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi. bq. Why is the "black box" flight data recorder from a downed 1994 aircraft, sent from Rwanda, in a UN file cabinet? And more: bq. Why is it that no one is joining the dots between the discovery of the black box and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s refusal to send badly needed troops to Rwanda at the request of former Canadian General Romeo Daillaire? bq. The recorder, unearthed from a locked UN file cabinet, is believed to be the one from the fatal 1994 plane crash that killed the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi. The crash led to large-scale African massacres, which the UN estimated, killed more than 600,000 people. Suspicion pointed to Rwanda’s current president, Paul Kagame, who was said to have ordered the plane shot down. bq. Proof against Kagame suspicion was never found. More details in the article. This is another example of the UN failing to act. The Canadian troops who were there were pleading to the UN for more support but didn't get it. 600,000 people died cruelly. The League of Nations was disbanded when it was found to be ineffective and corrupt. History is overdue to repeat itself. Posted by DaveH at March 30, 2004 10:33 PM