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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...United Nations peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone is the biggest in the world. By the end of the year 17,500 troops from 31 armies, including large contingents from Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan, will be stationed there. "Soldiers all over the world interact with women," says Lieut. Colonel James Oladipo, head of a Nigerian battalion in Makeni. "Women come to the men on roadblocks at night and play music. But our troops are disciplined." Still, in the world's poorest country, women reportedly fight over who gets to sleep with Oladipo's troops. "The RUF told the girls if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle Ahead | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

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