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...reports that the French government told the pilots to give the public a calm rendition of their captivity. "But," says TIME?s Bruce Crumley, "the paper contends that when they were debriefed by military intelligence, the pilots told them what really happened." The pilots, Captain Frederic Chiffot and Lt. Jose Souvignet, were beaten and kicked by Serb soldiers from the moment they were first taken captive on August 30. In prison the beatings continued and the pilots were subjected to mock executions. "No other news organization has been able to confirm this yet," says Crumley, "but the paper has a reputation...
Just two days before the treaty signing, Bosnian Serb military commander General Ratko Mladic released two French pilots who were shot down during a nato bombing raid Aug. 30. Captain Frederic Chiffot and Lieut. Jose Souvignet were freed after France put intense pressure on Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic...
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