Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040090468

Mr. President. "It was quite a horrifying scene." said Steven Oberreit of Doctors Without Borders. "There was screaming and crying and panic. They didnt know where they were being taken to." The refugees fled to Potocari on Tuesday night after Bosnian Serb troops swept into the town of Srebrenica. the heart of the United Nations safe area... Today. 1.500 Bosnian Serb troops. backed by tanks . . . overran the base with no resistance after they threatened to shell the refugees and kill the Dutch peacekeepers they were holding hostage if NATO warplanes intervened. Mr. President. we have crossed the line from danger to humiliation.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN MCCAIN
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
AZ
Gender
M
Date
1995-07-13
Speech ID
1040090468
Paragraph
#1
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