UN "Peacekeepers" selling arms to Somali terrorist

BBC:

Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia have been selling arms to insurgents, a United Nations report says.

The report, by the UN monitoring group on the Somali arms embargo, says Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen are also breaking the embargo.

It cites one incident in which a group of Ugandan soldiers allegedly received $80,000 for a transaction.

Some peacekeepers are accused of setting up an arms trading network through translators.

The Ugandan army has already dismissed the accusations as "absolutely ridiculous."

The report says the soldiers received a wish-list of weapons from arms dealers and the weapons were then supplied from stores of equipment seized from insurgents.

The monitoring group says the weapons find their way back to the insurgent group they were captured from in the first place.

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What was that about the UN conveying legitimacy? The corruption of this organization is slowly being revealed. African UN peace keepers have previously been involved in pedophilia in other areas. This is just another reason to question the logic and logistics of "peace keeping" forces.

This op-ed in the NY Times discloses more UN "peace keeper" misconduct in the Congo including evidence of gold smuggling and arms trafficking.