General Bo Pelnas, head of the “uniformed civilians” who are officially “helping pack and ship humanitarian aid” across the Drina border, has had an interesting carreer. He was born in 1939, became a brigadier at the age of 45 and retired at 53. For a Swede, he has seen a lot of wars. He spent two years in Cyprus and […]

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