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To: blue red who wrote (573878)	5/11/2004 7:32:22 AM
From: Paul van Wijk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Please remind me what connection the Dutch government had to Srebrenica. Srebrenica was a so-called safe heaven, declared by the UN, during the war in former Yugoslavia. Our government sent Dutch troops with light armor to defend the people 'enclave'. At the end the Serbs, lead by general Mladic showed up. Without any resistance they took over the enclave, seperated the men from the women, took the man away and killed about 7000 men. The Dutch troops were lead by Lt. Col Karremans. While the muslims were taken away by the Serbs he toasted with General Mladic. (significant detail is that he did exactly the same during the final training before the were sent out. He was told then that that was totally wrong). The famous coward Karremans was also known for his famous pressstatement the day after Mladic entered Srebrenica that there were 'no good and no bad guys'. He also showed respect for Mladic tactical manouvers during that pressconference. To make things even worse, the day (or 2) after the Serbs took over Srebrenica our soldiers went to Zagreb or whatever, away from the frontlines. At the same moment the Serbs were exterminating the Muslims (most of them non-combatants), the soldiers got a party with beer, music, dutch press and so on. Even our future king joined the party etc. At that moment there was only one politician, Jan Pronk, who said while the party was gone on that is was a shame because a massmurder was going on. Nobody took him serious then. Some soldiers took a few pictures from Serbs killing Muslims in a house in Srebrenica. (the majority of the Muslims were first taken away and then killed). Because of a 'mistake' in the fotolab of the MoD we never able to see what was on the pictures. Speaking about covering up. Things were not all black and white over there. Karremans had asked NATO for air-support several times, but didn't get it. When it was too late 2 F-16 showed up, but that didn't have any impact. The investigation showed that also in this case the chain of command was broken, if I may use an understatement. Anyhow, although it were the Serbs that did the actually killing, and the dutch were not the only ones to blame, (other UN-countries like the French were part of the chain of command), years later when the final report came out our government resigned. At this moment Mladic is still searched for warcrimes. At the next elections I voted Jan Pronk. Regards, Paul