75 Philippine U.N. peacekeepers defy Syria rebels after 43 Fijians seized

The UNDOF mandate is to supervise 'disengagement' between Israel and Syrian forces. The bluehelmets are observers not peacekeepers not mercenaries and not police.The UN UNDOF is merely in Golan to monitor and document any hostilities occuring between forces representing these two specific sovereign nations (and any unexplained incidents). Should ISIS forces fully enter into the equation the UN UNDOF must be completely withdrawn. They would be able to remain only if the Security Council passed a new kind of resolution establishing a totally different UNDOF mandate. That would be an extraordinary act. The annexation of the Golan Heights territory by Israel is not (was never) recognized by the UN under international law. |www.undof.unmissions.org| Security Council resolution 350 (1974) |

43 Fijian U.N. peacekeepers seized in Syrian Golan Heights

The UN is a complete disaster that just keeps giving!

Israel needs to rescue the poor civilians dressed up as military.

They were gone already, I am afraid !

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

For slow learners, these are very lightly armed members of the defence forces of non-belligerent nations.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/130-irish-soldiers-head-to-syrianisraeli-border-as-alqaedabacked-rebels-seize-control-30542360.html

As monitors their duty is not to engage, just to monitor. Their weapons are purely for self-defence, as in the ambush the Irish contingent repelled last year, for example.

good for them. They proably know there is a good chance of them being executed anyway even if they surrender.

In one word, impressive.

Filipinos DO NOT MESS AROUND! These Syrian fools are gonna find out the HARD WAY!! I hope these FIJIANS can be rescued but the SYRIAN REBELS will pay dearly, very dearly for all of there terrorism against HUMANITY!! If the ISRAELIS, the USA, bomb the hell out of the Syrian rebels, ISIS, hey that is what they want, right?? To become martyrs for their religion etc..so let us help them BURN IN HELL!!! MABUHAY PILIPINAS!!!

The Philippines has long been fighting separatist movements led by Muslims in their southernmost island of Mindinao. At least 120,000 people including many civilians have died in brutal fighting since the mid 1970s. That's why the Fijians could put down their rifles while the Pinoy thought twice. Actually the entire 43 member force from Fiji were no longer on active duty, having been formally relieved of their posts on August 14th. Since then they have just been waiting to be sent home. Now is a painful time in their tiny neutral nation.

My father (then a young army Captain a couple of years away from having me around) was actually one of the first UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, helping to establish one of their positions there in 1974.

Good luck to the Philippino troops, and I hope the Fijian troops are rescued. Unfortunately they have in effect become human shields for IS, which is a terrible situation for them to be in.

Filipino soldiers are used to dealing with Muslim insurgents. This ain't their first time on the rodeo.

Dozens of heavily armed Philippine peacekeepers defied Syrian rebels on Friday in a Golan Heights standoff,

Good on them. Hope the U.N. gives them all the support they need.

Good for the Philippine forces. Send them an Apache gunship for protection.

Hope the Filipinos give the rebels/terrorists a good whupping. And yeah, Israel should help them out with some air support.

Good on them. Hope the U.N. gives them all the support they need.

The Irish ("We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey") are on their way to reinforce the Pinoys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jadotville

Syrian Rebels to the Philippine Soldiers..."Lay down down your weapons and surrender so that we can kidnap and eventually execute you"

Philippine Soldiers to Syrian Rebels..."Say hello to my little friend"

I think now would be a good time for the UN to start flexing some UN muscle to at least retrieve it's peacekeeping force. Time to start the, "You mess with one of us you mess with all of us..." method. That's what IS motto has been, time to give back to them in kind.