Searching for the truth about Srebrenica

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Professor Mient Jan Faber, former director of the Dutch Interchurch Council for Peace (IKV), said: "The Dutch have constructed a fantasy narrative about Srebrenica - the idea that, at the expense of some men, we saved thousands of women and children." After the fall of Srebrenica to the Serbs under Gen Mladic on July 11 1995, the terrified population of the enclave split into two. Some 15,000 made off over the mountains towards Bosnian-held territory. Another 25,000 streamed to the Dutch UN base at Potocari, seeking protection from troops charged by the UN security council with providing it. Some 5,000 got inside the base, which the Dutch then closed, leaving 20,000 outside. On July 12, the Serbs began sporadic killing of people outside. The following day, the Dutch ordered those cowering inside the base to leave. Their commander, Colonel Tom Karemans, left his deputy, Col Franken, to oversee the expulsion, or "evacuation" as it is known. Under the eyes of Dutch soldiers, the Serbs then separated women, children and the elderly from men and boys - the latter taken away for summary execution.