RP peacekeepers attack UN

RP peacekeepers attack UN

MANILA (DPA): Two members of a Philippine peacekeeping
contingent in northern Iraq have accused the United Nations (UN)
of discrimination after they were sent home for breach of
discipline, a news report said yesterday.

According to the report, Maj. Ruben Carandang and Capt.
Custodio Parcon claimed they were repatriated "without due
process" and were denied the opportunity to explain their side of
a "very minor incident".

The two soldiers, who were part of a 20-man Philippine UN
guard contingent to Iraq, were ordered home last month for
allegedly creating trouble inside the UN headquarters in the
Kurdish region.

In a report to the military's chief commander, Carandang
admitted he got drunk on the night of June 17 in a Baghdad hotel
after having dinner with some other UN guards.