Telgraph:

The UN said today that it would launch an investigation after the Daily Telegraph reported allegations that UN personnel have abused children in southern Sudan. Members of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Sudan are facing allegations of raping and abusing children as young as 12, The Daily Telegraph reported today. . . . This paper has learnt of more than 20 victims’ accounts claiming that some peacekeeping and civilian staff based in the town are regularly picking up young children in their UN vehicles and forcing them to have sex. It is thought that hundreds of children may have been abused.

Glenn Reynolds: "If these were U.S. troops, it would be proof that Bush is Hitler, and America is evil. Since we're talking about the U.N., though, it's just one of those regrettable incidents that can't be helped, really."

How sadly true.

Posted by Ryan S. on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 at 1:57 PM | Permalink |