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Article: The march into Kosovo: Race against time to prove war crimes THE VICTIMS
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- June 13, 1999
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THE horrors awaiting Nato troops in the next few days are "far
greater than anyone thinks", according to Britain's most senior
official in charge of war crimes.
David Gowan, who has access to some of the latest surveillance
and
intelligence information, said: "The scale of the criminality is
enormous. The number of people who have been murdered is greater
than we think by far. It is going to be chilling."
Mr Gowan, Kosovo war crimes co-ordinator at the Foreign Office,
will reach Pristina as early as tomorrow to lead Britain's war
crimes
effort. The Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, has said catching war
criminals will have the highest priority.
Investigators are also in a race against time to ...