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[Warspawn]

The Dutch soldiers were responsible for protecting the refugees from their racial enemies.  Genocide reports were common, hence the need in the first place for soldiers to protect them.

Witnesses say that the soldiers laughed at a Muslim woman begging for protection as she was dragged to a bus.  Serbian men grabbed the more attractive women and carried them to a building and locked the doors.

Don't be naive enough to believe that 'nobody knew it was going to happen'.  Sheesh.

[ByeBye]

Originally posted by Viking
Karremans or his men never witnessed the massacre. They had no idea it would happen. The BSA had guaranteed the civilians safety in a written statement to the UN claiming they were only after the BiH militia that the UN admittedly failed to completely disarm. Karremans were ordered to hand over Srebrenica to the BSA.

This is my final post on this subject.

We all know how much written agreements are worth.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Warspawn
Not a round was fired.  Not a single soldier offered resistance when the ones he was charged with protecting were killed.

Oh I missed this one. Dutchbatt did NOT give up without firing a shot. On several occasions they exchanged fire with the BSA and 11 days before the surrender they fought off a BSA attack on the town in a fire fight. To make matters worse the BiH were also taking pot shots at them killing a Dutch soldier as he was falling back from an advanced OP. When the Dutch surrendered after being encircled for six months and under attack by superior forces for three weeks they were reduced to about 300 men. Several dead and more than 50 captured by the BSA in fighting over the Dutch forward positions for which Karremans had none left.

I think you judge them too harshly sir.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Warspawn
Witnesses say that the soldiers laughed at a Muslim woman begging for protection as she was dragged to a bus.

This was likely a BSA soldier in UN uniform.

Originally posted by Warspawn
Don't be naive enough to believe that 'nobody knew it was going to happen'.  Sheesh.

I was in Bosnia and I didn’t know of these atrocities until I went home. Information was strictly controlled by the UN.

[ByeBye]

interesting how the fearsome Vikings turned out to be complete panzies.

[Toad]

That night, (12 July) a Dutch Bat medical orderly witnessed a rape:

"We saw two Serb soldiers, one of them was standing guard and the other one was lying on the girl, with his pants off. And we saw a girl lying on the ground, on some kind of mattress. There was blood on the mattress, even she was covered with blood. She had bruises on her legs. There was even blood coming down her legs. She was in total shock. She went totally crazy."

On 13 July 1995, the Dutch Bat troops witnessed definite signs that the Serbs were executing some of the Bosniak men who had been separated.

For example, Corporal Vaasen saw two soldiers take a man behind the "White House". He then heard a shot and the two soldiers reappeared alone.

Another Dutch Bat officer saw Serb soldiers execute an unarmed man with a single gunshot to the head. He also heard gunshots 20â€"40 times an hour throughout the afternoon.

When the Dutch Bat soldiers told Colonel Koseph Kingori, a United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) in the Srebrenica area, that men were being taken behind the "White House" and not coming back, Colonel Kingori went to investigate. He heard gunshots as he approached, but was stopped by Serb soldiers before he could find out what was going on .

[Viking]

Bye ByeBye.

[storch]

I think you must be my long lost weigian buddy, GSholz

[ByeBye]

Originally posted by Viking
Bye ByeBye.

What do you find amirable in the Vikings? Are you proud of what the Vikings did?

America is the most powerful nation in the history of the world, yet we never stooped to the level of the barbaric Vikings.

American represents all that is good in this world.

[DiabloTX]

Storch, you know, for once, you might be right.

[Toad]

Originally posted by storch
I think you must be my long lost weigian buddy, GSholz

See? Now you get your Junior Detective badge too!

[storch]

mighty poor detective.  it's as obvious as dog's balls and yet......   I rest my case and humbly reject the position sir.

[storch]

Originally posted by DiabloTX
Storch, you know, for once, you might be right.

diablo the only time I was wrong is when I thought I was mistaken.  

[storch]

Originally posted by ByeBye
interesting how the fearsome Vikings turned out to be complete panzies.

not the viking kitties though, well until silat's mutt killed them.

[Viking]

Toad got the Sherlock Holmes ivory pipe for being first.