Hopewell Radebe
30 June 2009
Johannesburg — IF peacekeeping operations in Africa were properly armed, it would show the UN's resolve to protect populations under imminent threat and encourage countries such as SA to deploy more peacekeeping forces, the conference heard yesterday.
Making the case for a UN mandate for peacekeeping operations to allow force commanders to use necessary force to uphold the UN Security Council decisions, Lieutenant Colonel Johann Heyns of 43 South African Brigade said that the difficulties being experienced by peacekeeping forces in Darfur, Sudan for example showed that there was a need for the deployment of armoured fighting vehicles to support threatened forces.
Although the Sudanese government had consented to the presence of UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur to defend unarmed civilians that were consistently under attack from the Janjaweed militia, Khartoum was believed to be supporting the militia group and also behind some of the attacks on the bases of the peacekeeping forces.
"The strength of a UN force is normally very limited, however there is a definite need for reserves at all levels," he said.
Heyns said there were those arguing that the introduction of infantry combat vehicles in an area might be seen as an escalation. He said he believed that it could equally assist the South African forces and their counterparts deployed in Darfur to calm down the situation. "It shows the resolve of the Force Commander to protect his force, protect the UN mandate and also protect the population under imminent threat," he said.
He said properly armed peacekeepers would be able to do a better job including being able to monitor fearlessly the vast areas that the operation is expected to patrol and protect such as refugee camps.
Also advocating for the deployment of comprehensive infantry combat system, Major Pierre Olivier of the South African Army Amour Formation said this would not just be the show of force but an attempt to ensure that rebel groups and militia were thwarted from ambushing UN observation posts, convoys bringing food aide to camps, demining teams as well as protect humanitarian workers who have been kidnapped and murdered in some instances.
He said Darfur would have been more peaceful had the SANDF supplied with the necessary equipment such as the Rooikat with a few charges and improved wheels. They would need to be supported by unmanned aerial vehicles, attack helicopters. "The flexibility that an armour system provides the commander due to its protection, mobility, firepower and psychological impact must be exploited," Olivier said.
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BY PEACE SHALL Many Be deceived (Daniel 8:25) .
DOES THE TERM PEACEKEEPERS ring a Bell ?
Ask the people in Rwanda (who survived that Peace-keeping) about the UN PEACEKEEPERS .
President Obama’s UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE cut her teeth on the RWANDA MASSACRE….OOOPs!!! She said.
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OBAMA DECEPTIONS
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BY PEACE SHALL Many Be deceived (Daniel 8:25) .
DOES THE TERM PEACEKEEPERS ring a Bell ?
Ask the people in Rwanda (who survived that Peace-keeping) about the
United Nations PEACEKEEPERS .
President Obama’s UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE cut her teeth on
the RWANDA MASSACRE…. OOOPs!!! She said.
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In his piece entitled “ White Collar War Crimes, Black African Fall Guys,”
investigative journalist Keith Snow writes:
First note that the ICC can now be viewed as a tool of hegemonic U.S. foreign policy,
where the weapons deployed by the U.S. and its allies include the accusations of, and
indictments for, human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
To understand this, we can ask WHY NO WHITE MAN HAS YET BEEN CHARGED
with these or other offenses at the ICC (International Criminal Court) which now holds
five black African warlords and seeks to incarcerate and bring to trial another black man,
also an Arab, Omar Bashir.
Why hasn’t George W. Bush been indicted ? Or what about Donald Rumsfeld ?
Dick Cheney? Henry Kissinger? Ehud Olmert? Tony Blair?
The sad fact is that the International Criminal Court has become terribly
politicized, as has the entire international justice apparatus.
The ICC has issued indictments, for the first time in history, against a sitting head of
state. Meanwhile, according to Snow, an Israeli weapons dealer, also a reputed Mossad
operative, is revealed to be shipping weapons into Sudan with Pentagon support.
And Belgium changed its law rather than prosecute Ariel Sharon for war crimes.
The double standard cries out to us.
One country in the West, however, increasingly stands out as a place where
justice can be found?and that is Spain. With its landmark indictment of
Pinochet and its current consideration of Israeli war crimes in Lebanon and
U.S. torture in Guantanamo, we increasingly look to the Spanish Courts with
hope. It was the Spanish courts that returned indictments against Rwandan
soldiers for genocide even as the world coddles U.S. proxy Rwanda and its
leader, Paul Kagame.
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OUR DEEPEST FEAR By Marianne Williamson
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate, Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure. It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesn’t Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Won’t Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
It’s Not Just In Some Of Us; It’s In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
[NOTE – BEING AFRAID AND REFUSING TO GET INVOLVED WON’T STOP US FROM DYING. BUT BEING AFRAID CAN PREVENT US FROM LIVING]
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
[Enoch Mankayi Sontonga]
WAKE UP ! STAY UP MY BROTHERS & SISTERS ! BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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