Gritty Dutch war training raises eyebrows in Suriname

International Herald Tribune | April 3, 2008| | Copyright

Simon Romero The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
04-03-2008
Gritty Dutch war training raises eyebrows in Suriname
Byline: Simon Romero The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 4
Section: NEWS

PIKIN SARON, Suriname --

The Netherlands may have relinquished control of this South American country in 1975, but one day last month it seemed as if it had never left as Sergeant Major Bart Cobussen expounded on killing techniques in the Surinamese jungle for two platoons of Dutch marines at their camp here.

"To begin with, you must be dirty, stinking and sleeping in a very ...

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