Relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre have filed a case against the Dutch state and the UN, saying they allowed it to happen. The Bosnian town of Srebrenica was a UN safe haven under the protection of Dutch peacekeepers at the time. About 8,000 Muslims were killed after Bosnian-Serb forces overran the town.Their lawyers said the Dutch were to blame for refusing to give air support to their own troops defending Srebrenica, claiming that would have prevented Bosnian-Serb forces from advancing.
The Dutch cabinet resigned in 2002 after a report blamed politicians for sending the Dutch UN troops on an impossible mission. Note EU-Digest: Some of the Dutch troops who served in Srebrenica were recently decorated by the Netherlands Government for their outstanding services in Bosnia.One can only wonder what the Dutch goverment meant by "outstanding services" ?
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