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Wed 06 Jun 2008UN 'sorry' over troops criticism, says O'Dea
Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea said today he had received an apology from the UN after criticism that Irish troops serving in Chad failed to protect staff who were threatened by rebels at the weekend.
In today's Irish Times, a spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) criticised Irish troops serving with the European peace enforcement mission (EUfor) for failing to step in when around 800 heavily armed rebels looted a UN compound, about three miles from where 430 Irish troops are based.
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