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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-26-2005

U.N. troops ambushed in Congo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 02-26-2005, Saturday
Section: NEWS
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KINSHASA, Congo - Gunmen killed nine U.N. Bangladeshi peacekeeping troops Friday in an ambush in northeastern Congo, the deadliest assault ever on the six-year-old mission trying to shepherd the nation out of the chaos of a civil war that left 3 million dead.

The attack occurred near the town of Kafe as 21 Bangladeshi peacekeepers were patrolling in the area of a camp housing families displaced by persistent fighting in ...

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