581 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if the members of the Defence Forces killed in action at Niemba in the Congo were the first Irish soldiers to die in battle serving on a UN mission; if this is the largest single loss of life of Irish soldiers on UN duty; if this group was ill-equipped and ill-prepared for the jungle warfare that resulted in their deaths; if the Congo-Niemba war tragedy therefore was unique for the above reasons; his response to the claims in the new publication The Irish Army in the Congo 1960-1964, The Far Battalions, that the Defence Forces official account of the Niemba ambush, on 8 November 1960 is not accurate; if he will not have these claims considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30082/05]

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581 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if the members of the Defence Forces killed in action at Niemba in the Congo were the first Irish soldiers to die in battle serving on a UN mission; if this is the largest single loss of life of Irish soldiers on UN duty; if this group was ill-equipped and ill-prepared for the jungle warfare that resulted in their deaths; if the Congo-Niemba war tragedy therefore was unique for the above reasons; his response to the claims in the new publication The Irish Army in the Congo 1960-1964, The Far Battalions, that the Defence Forces official account of the Niemba ambush, on 8 November 1960 is not accurate; if he will not have these claims considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30082/05]

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