Word: romeos
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...unable to contain that situation. While it may be true that the mandate is the same, the AU forces on the ground are more than uniformed journalists. These troops protect aid convoys ensuring that they get to the refugees. More importantly, as noted by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, commander of the UN mission in Rwanda, there is respect for uniformed soldiers in the field. He recalls when militias would turn away when ordered to do so by the UN blue berets, proving that UN peacekeepers were helpful in Rwanda. Therefore, simply having soldiers in the Sudan would significantly slow...
...white bulletproof Alfa Romeo carrying Antonio Cassarŕ, 38, the head of Palermo's homicide squad, turned into the courtyard of the housing complex, Laura Cassarŕ waved to her husband from their apartment window. Cassarŕ and his two escorts sprinted up the steps leading to the building, but before the policeman could turn the doorknob, three Kalashnikov submachine guns sprayed a flood of bullets from the windows of three floors of a building across the street. Cassarŕ and one of his bodyguards died in the fusillade...
...last night’s panel event, Romeo Dallaire, a retired Canadian general who led the ill-fated UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994, endorsed GIF’s decision to abstain from supporting weapons purchases. He said that millions of illicit small arms are already circulating in the developing world. “They are not void of weapon systems,” said Dallaire, a fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, which sponsored last night’s event. “They are void of trucks. They are void...
...stories about him are true, was quite the ladies' man. The reason for the request is secret, but the episode has the capital twittering with gossip about espionage and sex. It's also a reminder of the Cold- War days when John Symonds, the kgb's so-called "Romeo agent," visited the country. "I did a lot of damage down there in Australia," says the former Scotland Yard detective, contacted by Time at his home in England...
Oliver’s real-life counterpart, Canadian Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, now holds a visiting fellow post at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Dallaire’s journey from the Heart of Darkness to the halls of Harvard is worthy of a film in its own right...