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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9009

20 August 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) nato/bosnia
General Schook confident about rapid creation of unified force

Brussels, 19/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - The head of NATO's forces still present in Bosnia Herzegovina, US Brigadier General Steven Schook, has expressed great optimism about the creation of a single professional Bosnian military force by 2007. The parliament of the Republika Srpska is scheduled to pass a law to this effect at the end of the month, explained General Schook at a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. He said the unified force would have around 9000 or 10000 men. The draft...