71.   Overall Ifor commander US Admiral Leighton Smith said Sunday that the NATO-led force may provide general security but would not guard the sites themselves.

72.   Police and troops guarded the site along with party activists, who ensured security in the area.

73.   Portillo and Perry did not however address demands by war crimes investigators that NATO forces guard specific sites, such as suspected mass graves.

74.   Police guarded the site overnight, which is a normal precautionary measure in what could be considered a crime scene, he said.

75.   Smith, in a statement in Zagreb, denied reports that IFOR troops would guard sites where mass graves were located.

76.   Smith, for his part, denied reports that IFOR troops would guard sites where mass graves were located.

77.   The construction site is now guarded by armed state troopers.