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Posted 29 July 2007 - 09:52 AM

From BBC News:

BBC said:

A UN official has said soldiers from countries whose armies are suspected of torture and abuse should not be considered for peacekeeping operations.

The snarky part of me wonders whether that criterion would exclude American soldiers from being UN peacekeepers.
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