Rwanda's foreign minister threatened to withdraw the country's peacekeepers from the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur if the report were to be published in its current form.

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Also just recently, four months ago, they are able by their initiative they sent peacekeepers to Lebanon when the war has erupted between Hezbollah and Israel.

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Five hundred UN peacekeepers will not win the war against the rebels and it is not even clear that they want to actually mount an offensive but the convoy that headed out of Freetown on Friday was the first sign for several weeks that the UN intends to do business.

BBC: UN's credibility mission

During the war, the U.N. peacekeepers deployed to protect Bosnia were lightly armed.

CNN: U.N. makes way for NATO - Dec. 19

Military sources also said officials are concerned that -- in addition to booby-trapped minefields -- about 3, 000 unexploded NATO ordnance in Kosovo may pose a danger to peacekeepers and refugees once they begin to enter the war-torn province.

CNN: NATO, Yugoslavs hold marathon talks

Russia may hope its role would give it an edge for providing peacekeepers, but that may not appeal after the August 2008 war in Georgia.

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