On Newsline (19 March 2010): A retired US general upsets the Dutch with anti-gay comments. Pakistan is blamed for wrecking a possible truce with the Taliban. And rapists are preying on women and girls left homeless after Haiti's earthquake.
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Gay soldiers to blame for the fall of Srebrenica?
The Dutch government has reacted angrily to remarks made by retired US general John Sheehan, connecting the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 with the presence of openly gay soldiers in the Dutch army. Listen to Gen Sheehan's comments and Dutch reactions here.
'Pakistan is wrecking a deal with the Taliban'
Kai Eide, the former UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, has accused Pakistan of wrecking face-to-face talks with the Taliban for its own political ends. The recent arrest of senior Taliban figures has effectively put an end to the behind-the-scenes negotiations. Listen to Rahul Bedi, a defense specialist for Jane's Defense Weekly.
Rapists prey on homeless Haiti women and girls
Living conditions in tent camps set up for Haitians left homeless after January's earthquake are hazardous for women and young girls, according to a report by the Haitian Institute for Research and Development. They are falling victim to rapists who demand sexual favours in return for food and shelter.
Most women are too afraid or too ashamed to report their cases to the police, which is partly explained by the fact that violence - and violence to women in particular - is part of daily life in Haiti, says Latin American specialist Amelie Gauthier from the Spanish think tank Fride.
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smigwyn
A lot of Anglo speaking Mothers and Fathers lost thier sons liberating your country not so long ago. Please do engage your brain before you comment.==================================
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Engage Brain!
Holland wasn't liberated for the sake of *liberating Holland*! Holland was on the path to Germany.
But I see no reason why the Dutch have to put up with the ameriKKKan *crap* just because anglo speaking mothers and fathers lost their sons in the march to Germany! Or did the Dutch offer to be whipping boys to the ameriKKKans IF they were *liberated*?
*Disengage brain*!
With 2 sons serving in the Dutch Army, I was always a fervent supporter of standing by our so-called allies. I say “was” because now all we seem to be good for is to take the blame for everything that goes wrong. To our “allies” within NATO and the UN, I say, **** you and find another scapegoat=========
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AmeriKKKa can not live a day with out blaming scape goats for their screw ups! Did you not hear that the 19 Saudis and Algerians that crashed ameriKKKan aircraft into the New York skyline ALL came into ameriKKKa through CANADA? No? Well trust me they did! And that was more than 8 years ago! Then when Obama's appointee Mrs. Nopal********* of homeland security gave her *maiden speech* she also blamed Canada for allowing the 19 Saudis and Algerians to enter ameriKKKa through Canada! Some one finally *clued* her in, then she blamed the 'news media'!
Canada and Holland and other small countries are welcomed into the ameriKKKan battles for oil so that all the bullets only kill ameriKKKans. Scape goats and cannon fodder!
Geez, how many times do we have to listen to that brainfart? Was the NL liberated so Anglo speaking nations can beat their own drum and blame the other Allies. It's getting very old that one. 65 years ago and we still have to play scapegoat and swallow all the crap, who's brain is out of gear now.....?
Kees2
A lot of Anglo speaking Mothers and Fathers lost thier sons liberating your country not so long ago. Please do engage your brain before you comment.
And again the a non-Anglo speaking country is made scapegoat for failures of it’s allies. Time the Dutch send all their troops home and NEVER EVER again send them on a mission that includes their so-called allies or the UN.
With 2 sons serving in the Dutch Army, I was always a fervent supporter of standing by our so-called allies. I say “was” because now all we seem to be good for is to take the blame for everything that goes wrong. To our “allies” within NATO and the UN, I say, **** you and find another scapegoat.
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