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        "msgid": "troopers-return-from-bosnia-with-relief-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-10-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "Troopers return from Bosnia with relief",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Troopers return from Bosnia with relief ZAGREB (JP): Twenty-four members from the Garuda XIV military contingent returned home this week after spending over a year in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina. They returned with stories of narrow escapes, kidnappings, shootings and bombings. \"The greatest relief is to come out safe and sound after the uncertain political climate which lingered during our period of duty there,\" Lt. Col. Eddi Budianto said shortly before flying home. Lt. Col.",
        "content": "<p>Troopers return from Bosnia with relief<\/p>\n<p>ZAGREB (JP): Twenty-four members from the Garuda XIV military<br>\ncontingent returned home this week after spending over a year in<br>\nwar-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina. They returned with stories of<br>\nnarrow escapes, kidnappings, shootings and bombings.<\/p>\n<p>\"The greatest relief is to come out safe and sound after the<br>\nuncertain political climate which lingered during our period of<br>\nduty there,\" Lt. Col. Eddi Budianto said shortly before flying<br>\nhome.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Col. Eddi led the first Indonesian UN peacekeeping mission<br>\nin the former Yugoslavia republic under the Garuda XIV banner.<br>\n\"We successfully completed the job\", Eddi assured.<\/p>\n<p>The first delegation, consisting of officers who worked as<br>\nUnited Nations Military Observers, were deployed at the beginning<br>\nof the northern winter last year.<\/p>\n<p>Eddi said his only casualty was an officer who died while on<br>\nleave in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Six Indonesian observers, along with 47 military observers<br>\nfrom other countries, were kidnapped by the Bosnian Serb forces<br>\nin April. They were released after a week.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before leaving Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, the<br>\ngroup met with the incoming Garuda contingent.<\/p>\n<p>\"It was an emotional encounter because we knew that they would<br>\ncontinue what we had started,\" Eddi stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Consolidation of information, experience, plans and problems<br>\nwere quickly exchanged.<\/p>\n<p>The Indonesian Armed Forces has sent more troops in recent<br>\nmonths to comply with UN requests.<\/p>\n<p>A second group of six soldiers was led over in June by Lt.<br>\nCol. Tarsis Kodrat. Another 219 personnel from the Health<br>\nBattalion followed in September and was commanded by Lt. Col.<br>\nHeridadi.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the fourth group of 20 national policemen,<br>\nsupervised by Lt. Col. Soehartono, arrived in Bosnia- Herzegovina<br>\nto replace Eddi's team.<\/p>\n<p>Soehartono said his contingent had to immediately take English<br>\nand driving tests when they arrived at their hotel in Zagreb.<\/p>\n<p>\"We arrived in the middle of the night and were immediately<br>\nadministered the tests. Only six policemen passed the driving<br>\ntest because traffic signs are so different,\" he revealed. (Rini<br>\nPWI\/pwn)<\/p>",
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