Picking a Fight.

[Occhidiangela]

Have to disagree with you there. The UN troops who surrendered at Srebenica, enabling the Serbs to butcher the Bosnians, were Dutch. The Danish component of NordBat, stationed near Tuzla, were much tougher and willing to take on the Serbs. Since they were equiped with Leopard II tanks no surprise.

BTW Some of the Danish troops stationed in Iraq had to face a court martial for, ahem, advanced interrogation methods!
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Whoops, sorry, got my old NATO D's mixed up. :blush:

Occhi

From an article on the incident in question:

On the morning of July 10, 1995, the situation in Srebrenica town was tense. Residents, some armed, crowded the streets. Lieutenant-Colonel Karremans sent urgent requests for NATO air support to defend the town, but no assistance was forthcoming until around 2:30PM on July 11, 1995, when NATO bombed VRS tanks advancing towards the town. NATO planes also attempted to bomb VRS artillery positions overlooking the town, but had to abort the operation due to poor visibility. NATO plans to continue the air strikes were abandoned following VRS threats to kill Dutch troops being held in the custody of the VRS, as well as threats to shell the UN Potočari compound on the outside of the town, and surrounding areas, where 20,000 to 30,000 civilians had fled.