Besieged by Syrian rebels, Filipino UN peacekeepers vow to fight

[joebloggs]

:xxgrinning--00xx3: Hope it doesn't come to that thou..


Filipino members of a UN peacekeeping force besieged by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights were ready to use "deadly force" to defend themselves, their commander in Manila said yesterday.



read more here ..... http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1581786/syria-refugees-top-three-million-rebels-un-face-after-kidnappings

[grahamw48]

What is the point of them being there and being armed, if they can't fight back ? :anerikke:

The UN is a damned (expensive) joke. :NoNo:

[joebloggs]

Heroic Irish troops rescue Filipino soldiers from clutches of Syrian rebels in Golan Heights

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/heroic-irish-troops-rescue-filipino-4131748

[grahamw48]

Time for the UN to pull out...unless they are permitted to impose discipline on this rabble, which of course is not going to happen.

[joebloggs]

Time for the UN to pull out...unless they are permitted to impose discipline on this rabble, which of course is not going to happen.

They should be sent to the Russian\Ukraine border before Putin sends his 'peacekeepers' in :NoNo:

[joebloggs]

Filipino force defied UN commander in Golan crisis
:xxgrinning--00xx3:


The Philippine military said Monday that a U.N. peacekeeping commander in the Golan Heights should be investigated for allegedly asking Filipino troops to surrender to Syrian rebels who had attacked and surrounded their camp.

Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang said he advised the 40 Filipino peacekeepers not to lay down their arms, and they defied the U.N. peacekeeping commander's order. Instead, they staged a daring escape from the Golan camp over the weekend, ending a tense, dayslong standoff.

read more here ...... http://www.dailycamera.com/nation-world-news/ci_26446941/filipino-force-defied-un-commander-golan-crisis

[grahamw48]

Those Filipinos did right !

Surrender indeed. :NoNo:

Was the UN official who ordered it an Italian ? :doh