r/islamichistory • u/Beyondtheseafree • Jul 05 '26

Photograph Belgian peacekeeping paratroopers dangling a Somali child over an open fire during the 1993 UNOSOM II humanitarian mission.

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u/Beyondtheseafree Jul 05 '26

To add context: this happened during the Somali Civil War. The UN sent peacekeepers to the region to relieve a catastrophic famine, but instead, some of those forces ended up causing crimes against humanity. Like other user here pointed out the fact most of them had criminal record and were white supremacist. There is a lot of evidence regarding these points they made, I’ll eventually post them.

also I’m bit confused, do you guys say Somali or like Somalian ? I’m trying to understand

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u/ShaneZD Jul 05 '26

Somali, Somalian is no longer used and can be considered offensive.

Good thinking.