U.N. Troops’ Bodies Sent Home to Bangladesh
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From Times Wire Reports
The bodies of nine slain Bangladeshi peacekeepers began their journey home from eastern Congo.
As bagpipes played, soldiers loaded the coffins into the back of a United Nations cargo plane at an airstrip ringed by U.N. and Bangladeshi flags flying at half-staff.
Militiamen in the volatile Ituri district ambushed the soldiers on Friday. Some Congolese said the killings should spur the international community to send more soldiers.
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