1. After two air raids, a third was called off when the Bosnian Serbs threatened the lives of Dutch peacekeepers detained over the weekend. 2. But his comments lend credence to assertions by Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica that the enclave was indefensible. 3. By all accounts, Bosnian Serb units had been bullying Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica for weeks before they finally took the town. 4. Days before, Gen. Bernard Janvier, the U.N. commander for Bosnia, vetoed air strikes that Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica had requested to defend the town. 5. Despite that designation, Bosnian Serb forces surrounded and overran the lightly armed, small contingent of Dutch peacekeepers, whose pleas for reinforcements and airstrikes were ignored. 6. Dutch peacekeepers also saw Muslims being taken into a warehouse, and later reported having found bodies there. 7. Dutch opposition leaders Monday called for an independent investigation into the Dutch peacekeepers actions. 8. Gen. Bernard Janvier, the U.N. commander for Bosnia, vetoed the air strikes that Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica requested to defend the town. 9. Karremans said the Bosnian Serb assault on the town began with a series of maneuvers forcing Dutch peacekeepers to evacuate observation posts located between Serbian and Muslim lines. 10. Kreemers confirmed that some Dutch peacekeepers were uncomfortable with the Bosnian Muslim authorities in Srebrenica, but attributed their feelings to the structure of the leadership there. |
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