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March 4th, 2006, 08:38 AM
Kargil Hero Dies. UN Sucks!
Delay at Ethiopian frontline costs jawan his lifehttp://www.indianexpress.com/grfx/trans.gif
http://www.indianexpress.com/grfx/trans.gif NEW DELHI, MARCH 3: With the death of an Indian Army jawan deployed on a UN peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia, the UN has blamed Eritrean airspace restrictions for having contributed to his demise. Lance Naik Ramesh Annappa Kamble (35) might have survived, UN sources say, had he not been compelled to wait six hours for an aircraft to fly to capital Addis Ababa.
Kamble, who belonged to the 25 JAK RIF battalion, suffered a heart attack on Wednesday while on patrolling duty. He was pronounced dead after being brought by a circuitous route to Addis Ababa just before 2 pm. After complaining of uneasiness and discomfort on Wednesday morning, Kamble was immediately taken to the Level-I hospital at the UN battalion headquarters in Adigrat province, near the Eritrean border. There he was diagnosed as having suffered a heart attack with arrhythmia, a condition involving irregular muscular contractions in the heart.
However, since Eritrean authorities have banned the use of helicopters by UN personnel, he was evacuated to the north Ethiopian town of Mekele by helicopter at 11 am. An Antonov-24 aircraft was flown down from the Ethiopian capital to take him to the Level-III hospital at Addis Ababa, but by the time he reached there, at around 1 pm, it was too late.
His body will be brought back to his Kohlapur village in Maharashtra on Saturday, where he will be cremated with military honours. Kamble, who enlisted in 1991, had been wounded in the Kargil conflict. He is survived by wife Sumati Bharati, son Suraj (6) and daughter Tejeswari (4).
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=88953
UN sucks! cant even take care of people serving it. if ethiopians put restrictions on UN movement, wtf is UN doing there, y not threaten to withdraw unless better movement is allowed. now, a kargil hero had paid for it!:mad::down:
Delay at Ethiopian frontline costs jawan his lifehttp://www.indianexpress.com/grfx/trans.gif
http://www.indianexpress.com/grfx/trans.gif NEW DELHI, MARCH 3: With the death of an Indian Army jawan deployed on a UN peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia, the UN has blamed Eritrean airspace restrictions for having contributed to his demise. Lance Naik Ramesh Annappa Kamble (35) might have survived, UN sources say, had he not been compelled to wait six hours for an aircraft to fly to capital Addis Ababa.
Kamble, who belonged to the 25 JAK RIF battalion, suffered a heart attack on Wednesday while on patrolling duty. He was pronounced dead after being brought by a circuitous route to Addis Ababa just before 2 pm. After complaining of uneasiness and discomfort on Wednesday morning, Kamble was immediately taken to the Level-I hospital at the UN battalion headquarters in Adigrat province, near the Eritrean border. There he was diagnosed as having suffered a heart attack with arrhythmia, a condition involving irregular muscular contractions in the heart.
However, since Eritrean authorities have banned the use of helicopters by UN personnel, he was evacuated to the north Ethiopian town of Mekele by helicopter at 11 am. An Antonov-24 aircraft was flown down from the Ethiopian capital to take him to the Level-III hospital at Addis Ababa, but by the time he reached there, at around 1 pm, it was too late.
His body will be brought back to his Kohlapur village in Maharashtra on Saturday, where he will be cremated with military honours. Kamble, who enlisted in 1991, had been wounded in the Kargil conflict. He is survived by wife Sumati Bharati, son Suraj (6) and daughter Tejeswari (4).
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=88953
UN sucks! cant even take care of people serving it. if ethiopians put restrictions on UN movement, wtf is UN doing there, y not threaten to withdraw unless better movement is allowed. now, a kargil hero had paid for it!:mad::down: