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UN Admits Moral Equivalence in Bosnia Wrong

Another post on the official blog of Daniel Toljaga salvages important elements of historical truth. The post titled “Analysis of the 1999 UN Report on Srebrenica” shows, in United Nations’ own conclusions, that the UN was wrong to view both … Continue reading

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U.S. Names Serbian and Croatian War Criminals

Kentucky New Era, p.6A 16 December 1992. GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger today singled out Serbs and Croats he said should face trial for war crimes, and said Serb leaders could also be held accountable for … Continue reading

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Inaction to Stop the Bosnian Genocide in Sickening

“Fathers are forced to watch their wives and children as young as 9 being raped by Serbs over a period of days, then finally murdered by having their throats cut. Rape camps are set up for tens of thousands of … Continue reading

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Western Leaders Aren’t Buying Best Option for Bosnia

The Post and Courier, p.5A 2 March 1993. The main problem with my idea of limited Western intervention to create a fair fight in Bosnia is that I can’t sell it to anyone in power. Even if President Clinton bought … Continue reading

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Bosnian Leaders Tells U.S. to Lift Arms Embargo

By Rita Beamish Herald-Journal, p.A12 1 February 1995. WASHINGTON (AP) — Bosnia’s prime minister urged the United States on Tuesday to set a May 1 deadline for rival Serbs to accept a peace plan or face new airstrikes and sanctions. … Continue reading

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Bosnian War Isn’t an Even Playing Field

Bosnia, This Isn’t Just War As Usual By John M. Knego Letters to the Editor Sarasota Herald-Tribune, p.10A 23 January 1995. Being of Croat and Bosnian origin, and also a Roman Catholic, I would like to challenge the theory put … Continue reading

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Dole to Delay Action on Bosnia’s Arms Embargo

By David Briscoe The Sunday Courier, p.5A 31 January 1995. WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole assured Bosnia’s prime minister of solid congressional support for a lifting of the arms embargo against his country, but Dole said congressional … Continue reading

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UN Fails to Stop Serb Strangulation of Bosniak Enclave of Bihac

Time to go: UN fails Bosnia Wednesday, December 7, 1994 Green Left Weekly, issue 170 By Frank Enright The emperor has no clothes. The sham of the West’s so-called peacekeeping operation in Bosnia has been finally stripped bare with the … Continue reading

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In Clinton’s Mind, Aggressor & Victim are Equivalent

On Foreign Policy, Clinton Lacks a Voice of Authority By Anthony Lewis Eugene Reister-Guard, p.11A 10 May 1994. BOSTON — President Clinton is under heavy attack these days for his handling of foreign policy. The reason why was perfectly demonstrated … Continue reading

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Serbs Committed to Continue Genocide in Bosnia

U.N. Security Council Moves with Caution The Free Lance-Star, p.A4 6 May 1993. By Sheila Norman-Culp UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. diplomats contemplated military action against the Serbs, but the only concrete step they could agree on was a toothless … Continue reading

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The United States Must Stop the Bosnian Genocide

The Michigan Daily, p.4 Editorial 5 May 1993. While Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic signed yet another peace plan, threatening to resign if it is rejected today by the Bosnian Serb parliament, President Clinton apparently decided that enough is enough. … Continue reading

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Peace Plan for Bosnia Would Reward “Ethnic Cleansing”

By Jeane Kirkpatrick The Post and Courier, p.9A 8 February 1993. (Mrs. Kirkpatrick, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan administration) Even before he met with new U.S. Secretary … Continue reading

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Lift the Arms Embargo and Halt the Bosnian Genocide Before it’s Too Late

“How can anyone, in good conscience, refuse to let people defend their homes and family? Is it right to let the Serbs obtain arms while refusing the Bosniaks that right?” Gainsville Sun, p.3G 30 July 1995. By Marsha A. Martin … Continue reading

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Simon Wiesenthal Equates Serbian War Crimes With Nazi Atrocities

Simon Wiesenthal Urges the World to Lift Arms Embargo Against Bosnia, so Bosnian Muslims Can Defend Themselves from Serbian Aggression OIC Insists that UN Lift Arms Embargo on Bosnia New Straits Times, 20 June 1993. p.16. VIENA, Sat. — Nazi … Continue reading

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U.S. Military Judgment on Bosnia Looking Poor

Sarasota Herald Tribune, p.12A 18 July 1996. PALE, The “Republika Srpska” Driving along the winding mountain roads above Sarajevo, you can scarcely make out the ruins of the devastated Bosnian city below you. But you can see with utter clarity … Continue reading

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U.S. Should Bypass U.N., Arm Bosnian Muslims

The Daily Gazette, p.A7 16 July 1993. By Robert Burns The AP Writer WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration, unable to win allied support for ending the U.N. arms embargo against Bosnia, should bypass the United Nations and arm the overmatched … Continue reading

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Debate Over Arming Bosniaks as Stubborn as Balkan War

The Daily Gazette, p.A10 27 June 1993. By Carol J. Williams LA Times BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Just as the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina has defied all efforts at resolution, so the issue of whether to arm the republic’s outgunned government forces … Continue reading

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Military Intervention Urged in Bosnia

Manila Standard, p.16. 19 April 1993. WASHINGTON — Tougher UN sanctions against Serbia, and a ceasefire in the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica, failed to halt calls on Sunday for military intervention by the United States and its European allies … Continue reading

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President Clinton Vetoes Lifting of Bosnian Arms Embargo

“Congressional proponents of lifting the ban say it is unfair because Serb rebels have ample arms from the former Yugoslav army, while the Bosniaks have been cut off…Clinton said as he placed reducing suffering and protecting Bosnia’s sovereignty at the … Continue reading

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Jews Push U.S. to Arm Bosnian Muslims, Right to Self-Defence

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), the united voice of the organized Jewish community, was formally established in 1944 by the Council of Jewish Federations, the forerunner of the United Jewish Communities (UJC). The JCPA was known for many … Continue reading

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