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Old 13th Nov 2017, 14:45
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Just finished Trusted Mole, A Soldiers Journey into Bosnia's Heart of Darkness. The author, Milos Stankovic, was a Parachute Regt captain of part Serbian heritage posted as an interpreter to UNPROFOR during the Balkan war of the '90s. His insight into the Serb mindset made him a go-between the higher echelons of all sides His vivid description of the atrocities carried out left images in my mind that I find hard to ignore - the reader needs a strong stomach at times. There are examples of pure ineptitude such as Bianca Jagger's solution to the conflict: bomb the bridges; fine, except no aid would then be delivered. Back in UK, now a major the author was hauled out of Staff College and investigated for passing information to the Serbs and 'bringing the UK Government into disrepute'.
If you want deeper understanding of the events in Bosnia, read this book.
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