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- The Niemba ambush took place on 8 November 1960, when an Irish Army patrol in Congo-Léopoldville was ambushed, the first time the Irish Army was embroiled in battle since the 1922-23 Irish Civil War. Ireland had deployed troops as United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) peacekeepers. The notoriety of the attack, and the allegations of mutilation and cannibalism that circulated in the Irish popular press in its aftermath, led to the word "baluba" (sometimes spelled "balooba") becoming a synonym for any "untrustworthy and barbaric" individual in certain parts of Ireland. However, the ambush was largely the result of mistaken identity. The Luba tribesmen seem to have mistaken the Irish UN troops for European mercenaries in the service of the State of Katanga, with whom they had recently been in conflict, the Baluba being opposed to Katangese secession. The Irish were part of a UN contingent that was sent to halt the Katangese secession from the Congo. (en)
- Tharla Eachtra Niemba sa Chongó ar an 8 Samhain 1960 nuair a mharaigh baill den treibh Baluba naonúr d’Óglaigh na hÉireann, a bhí ar dualgas síochána de chuid na Náisiún Aontaithe. (ga)
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- ONUC
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- Luba militia (en)
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- Unknown (en)
- Kevin Gleeson (en)
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- Tharla Eachtra Niemba sa Chongó ar an 8 Samhain 1960 nuair a mharaigh baill den treibh Baluba naonúr d’Óglaigh na hÉireann, a bhí ar dualgas síochána de chuid na Náisiún Aontaithe. (ga)
- The Niemba ambush took place on 8 November 1960, when an Irish Army patrol in Congo-Léopoldville was ambushed, the first time the Irish Army was embroiled in battle since the 1922-23 Irish Civil War. Ireland had deployed troops as United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) peacekeepers. The notoriety of the attack, and the allegations of mutilation and cannibalism that circulated in the Irish popular press in its aftermath, led to the word "baluba" (sometimes spelled "balooba") becoming a synonym for any "untrustworthy and barbaric" individual in certain parts of Ireland. (en)
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- Eachtra Niemba, 1960 (ga)
- Niemba ambush (en)
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