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“This makes the identification of the dead bodies more difficult.”
David Wimhurst
“We came in here unarmed. We've been in these situations before. I draw your attention back to those who are responsible for this violence and those who are responsible for controlling this violence, and they are not doing that.”
“He has reported 10 minutes ago that he can hear shots being fired below him. People are screaming, and the Indonesian army is advancing up the mountain, slaughtering refugees. That is happening now, as we speak.”
“From that we may be able to start to get a picture of who was involved.”
“But this is a long-term thing. There isn't going to be any short, quick answer to this one.”
“Our mission was to verify that the voting centers the electoral council had selected physically existed. It had never been our job to determine the location of voting centers.”
“These accusations are not justified.”
“Obviously, we always hope that they will see their way to completing the Lusaka protocol and peace agreement, but all evidence to date suggests that this is not what they intend to do.”
“We don't ourselves have forensic capability. We have checked in Freetown, and there is no forensic laboratory available, which makes our task somewhat difficult.”
“We are deeply saddened by this, and it's one more victim in a long line of victims this territory's seen.”
