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ICP
Asks UN Of
Claimed
“Handing Over”
Machar to DRC
at DRC's
Request
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 19 --
On July 11, 13
and 14, Inner
City Press
asked the UN
about its lack
of response to
rapes and
killing in the
Terrain
Apartments in
Juba, South
Sudan, having
been contacted
by sources
there shocked
at the lack of
response by
the UNMISS
mission and
others. Video
here,
including the
UN on August
15 claiming
after a month
to STILL be
investigating
its
negligence.
Past 9 pm on
August 16, UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon issued
a statement
that he “has
decided to
launch an
independent
special
investigation
to determine
the
circumstances
surrounding
these
incidents and
to evaluate
the Mission’s
overall
response.”
This is a scam
- Ban's
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric back
on July 14
answered Inner
City Press'
third day of
questions
about Terrain
by saying the
UN was already
then
investigating
itself. This
is a cover up.
On August 19,
Inner City
Press asked
the UN about
its version of
“handing over”
Riek Machar to
the DR Congo
government at
the request of
the DRC. Vine
here; UN
transcript
here:
Inner City
Press: There
is a story
that the
Secretary-General
personally
approved this
exfiltration
in a call on
16
August.
I'd like you
to confirm or
deny it.
Deputy
Spokesman:
I would do
neither.
What I will
say is that we
had a request
in from the
Government of
the Democratic
Republic of
the Congo, and
we did comply
with
that.
And, of
course, as
you're aware,
the UN
performed it,
which means,
of course,
that the
officials here
at
headquarters
were informed
and went along
with that.
ICP
Question:
Right.
The story says
that Machar,
believing that
there's a
contract on
him by
mercenaries
hired by Kiir,
called
MONUSCO, and
MONUSCO
contacted the
Secretary-General.
Doesn't
describe any…
maybe MONUSCO
called.
Then who
originated the
request?
Was it MONUSCO
having been
contacted by
Machar or the
Government of
the DRC?
Deputy
Spokesman:
Well, as I
explained
yesterday, we
were
responding to
a request by
the Government
of the
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo.
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