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Holbrooke urges US backing for peacekeeping force

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    The US envoy to the UN, Richard Holbrooke, has urged US lawmakers to back a peacekeeping force for the DRC, news organisations reported. Addressing the Africa subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee on Tuesday, he warned that the "political and military vacuum in the Congo
    has drawn in rogue states such as Libya, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Sudan". "These states are seeking a foothold in a destabilised central Africa for weapons sales, political allies, terrorist bases and access to strategic minerals," he said. "The time has come to take the next steps to bring peace to that explosive region." UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has
    recommended sending 5,537 military personnel to DRC and Holbrooke stressed it was imperative for the US to fulfill its responsibility to help.

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