UN Authorizes Peacekeeping Force For American Southwest

The United Nations passed a resolution on Tuesday authorizing the deployment of a peacekeeping force 1,500 strong to 'monitor conditions along the US-Mexican border'.

Previously, spokesmen for the UN expressed concern about the planned deployment of state militias and the growth of the private 'Minuteman' groups patrolling the border. A UN spokesman stated the resolution was the result of "the increasing militarization, growth of drug trafficking, and risk of destabilization in the 'Frontera' region.

The force, composed primarily of Bangladeshi and Turkish troops, will be under strict orders not to fire unless fired upon. The Turkish government has expressed some concern for the safety of its soldiers in the state of Texas, due to the potential use of technicals, pickup trucks mounted with heavy machine guns or other weapons.

Yet the council cannot take any significant action on the resolution until the United States reverses its opposition to a U.N. force. Dimming the prospects for the resolution to actually go into effect, American President George W Bush rejected it.

Reaction from the administration was swift. "The American people will not consent to any resolution that will violate its sovereignty," a press release sent out yesterday said. George Bush's government as saying. The ruling party leadership called on the American people to "strengthen further their cohesion and ranks and prepare to face any development."