Article: Report on slaughter of Muslims faults much of Dutch government

Report on slaughter of Muslims faults much of Dutch government

By ANTHONY DEUTSCH Associated Press

Thursday, April 11, 2002

The Hague, Netherlands -- A six-year study of the 1995 slaughter of thousands of Muslims by Serb troops in the Bosnian "safe zone" of Srebrenica spread responsibility for the debacle among the Dutch government, its army commanders and the United Nations. But relatives of victims castigated the report as a whitewash.

The 7,600-page report commissioned by the Dutch government, a historical reconstruction of the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, immediately set off a political firestorm in the Netherlands and angry reactions in Bosnia.

About 7,500 Muslims in the ...

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