Tag Archives: Bosnian War

Jewish, Christian Groups Seek Use of Force to Save Muslims in Bosnia

DAVID BRIGGS Associated Press Section: MAIN, Page: A1 Date: Saturday, May 15, 1993. A growing sense of moral outrage over reports of atrocities in Bosnia is leading major U.S. religious groups to appeal for action their religious traditions tell them … Continue reading

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KARADZIC: AIM OF WAR WAS TO ANNIHILATE BOSNIAN MUSLIMS

AIM OF WAR IN BOSNIA was to annihilate the Bosnian Muslims. Some of Karadzic’s most incriminating statements were made public, some kept as confidential military directives, while other statements were intercepted by the Bosnian Government during Radovan Karadzic’s telephone conversations. … Continue reading

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Serbian Soldier Sentenced to 31 Years for Srebrenica Genocide

SARAJEVO (Tanjug) — The Appeals Chamber of the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina sentenced Radomir Vuković to 31 years in prison for aiding the committing of genocide in Srebrenica. Zoran Tomić was acquitted. The final ruling of the court found Vuković guilty … Continue reading

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Karadzic Trial: Serbian Officer in Srebrenica, “All of the Muslims Should Be Killed!”

Karadzic: Evil in Srebrenica BIRN — As the trial of Radovan Karadzic before The Hague Tribunal continues, Momir Nikolic, former officer with the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, says that, one day after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995 it … Continue reading

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Serbs Falsified/Altered Evidence to Prove Karadzic’s ‘Innocence’

In his note of 5 February 1998, Milos Vukasinovic wrote to Karadzic that he was sending him a copy of a document found in the archives, saying that this single document, if found by the OTP investigators, could ‘contradict and … Continue reading

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Number of Dead Civilians in Bosnian War: 33000 Bosniaks v. 4000 Serbs

(Notes added as an explanations of ‘bigger picture’, because numbers don’t tell a full story) Around 98,000 victims of Bosnian war registered so far BANJA LUKA (TANJUG) — The Research and Documentation Centre (IDC) of Bosnia-Herzegovina has registered around 98,000 … Continue reading

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Years of Hunger and Death in Srebrenica, 1992 – 1995.

SENSE Tribunal – Mirsada Malagic testified today at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. After the fall of the Srebrenica enclave, Malagic’s husband, two sons and several other relatives were killed. Karadzic tried to blame the killings in Srebrenica on the … Continue reading

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Case Dropped: Dobrovoljacka Attack Legitimate Military Target

Bosnia Drops Dobrovoljacka Street Crime Probe BIRN – State Prosecution terminates investigation into 14 individuals suspected of involvement in Dobrovoljacka Street killings in May 1992 – but says investigation into the crime will continue. Bosnia’s State Prosecution on Tuesday said … Continue reading

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Mladić Oversaw Orahovac Massacre of 1000 Unarmed Bosniak Prisoners

In his evidence at the trial of Radovan Karadzic, a witness testifying under the pseudonym KDZ 039 described the three days he spent in detention in Potocari and Bratunac and an execution in Orahovac on 14 July 1995. The indictment … Continue reading

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Serb Destruction of the Oriental Institute in Sarajevo

The Oriental Institute in Sarajevo, its premises, research library and complete manuscript collection (more than 2,000 codices and 15,000 other archival material) was deliberately destroyed in shelling on May 18, 1992 by Serbian forces around the besieged city of Sarajevo. … Continue reading

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Photos: Massacre of Bosniak Family in Ahmići by Croats

On 16 April 1993, Bosnian CROAT soldiers attacked — for no reason — Bosniak village Ahmici and then proceeded massacring and in some cases burning alive 116 Bosniak women, children, babies, and sick and elderly men. All victims were civilians. … Continue reading

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Srebrenica: “Children Had Their Throats Slit Before Their Mothers’ Eyes”

Top Serbs Charged in Srebrenica Genocide Testimony leads tribunal to issue genocide charges Pacific Stars and Striples 18 Nov 1995, page 2. THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Some Bosniaks played dead under piles of slaughtered bodies to avoid discovery by … Continue reading

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Serbian Soldiers Raped 10-Year-Old Bosniak Girls

“…School girls as young as 10 and 11 have been captured by Serbian soldiers and gang-raped repeatedly each day. They are released only when they become visibly pregnant.” The Times-News, p.10A 15 August 1992. ASHEVILLE (AP) — A Christian relief … Continue reading

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Prosecutor: Doboj Genocide, “Scum & Murderers” in Serb Police

At the trial of the former Bosnian Serb police leaders, the prosecution contends there was no real effort to expel the ‘scum and murderers’ from the reserve police in Doboj in 1992. In 1997, the court in Dusseldorf convicted Nikola … Continue reading

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Serb Myth of Victimhood in Bosnian War Built on Coerced Confessions

COURT: Bosniak prisoners were forced to sign false confessions about rapes of Serbian women and other lies doctored by Serbian ultranationalist propagandists. To claim that Serbs were victims of ‘Bosnian Muslim’ aggression in the Bosnian war is an incitement to … Continue reading

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Photos: Bosniak Women Brutally Raped by Serbs

 

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Bloodshed in Bihac: 11 Wounded, 7 Dead

Bloodshed in Bihac Rocks Truce Toledo Blade, p.2 16 January 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — With a new escalation of fighting in northwest Bosnia, a U.N.-brokered truce seemed dangerously close to collapse yesterday without clearing the first of many hurdles. … Continue reading

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Serbian General Sentenced to 27 Years for Aiding Serb War Crimes in Bosnia and Croatia

Perišić judgment shows direct involvement of Serbia in war crimes in Bosnia and Croatia. “Helge Brunborg, a demographer and expert witness, testified about the total number of missing persons involved with the fall of the enclave of Srebrenica. According to … Continue reading

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Srebrenica: Sexual Abuse & Rape of Women

Background on Srebrenica: From 1992-1995 Serbs from heavily militarized villages around Srebrenica had forced approximately 40,000 Bosniak refugees to live in the Srebrenica ghetto with little or no means of survival. Furthermore, Serbs around Srebrenica had terrorized Srebrenica population by … Continue reading

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Another Serb Bombing of Sarajevo Funeral

Toledo Blade, p.2 3 February 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A man died when machine gun fire raked a funeral yesterday in Sarajevo, as the Bosnian capital came under heavy Serbian attack. A translator with a U.N. aid convoy was … Continue reading

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U.S. Warships Enter Adriatic to Aid Bosniaks

The Milwaukee Sentinel, p.3A Sentinel Wire Services 10 July 1992. Washington, D.C. — U.S. warships are returning to the Adriatic Sea to emphasize Washington’s determination to support humanitarian relief operations in Bosnia, U.S. defense officials say. The Pentagon confirmed Thursday … Continue reading

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Rearming the Bosnian Muslims May Be Only Way to Help Them

The Item, p.A6 20 April 1994. It has been a week since United States fighters representing NATO bombed Bosnian Serb positions around the embattled city of Gorazde. What has been the result of that air strike in curtailing or at … Continue reading

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Srebrenica Muslim Villages Bombed

Manila Standard, p.17 16 March 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Three planes have bombed Muslim-held villages in eastern Bosnia in the first aerial bombing in the UN-imposed “no fly zone,” according to the United Nations. Three single-engine propeller planes each dropped … Continue reading

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Bosnian Army Wins Its Biggest Victory Against Serbs

By Roger Cohen 28 October 1994. New York Times  After spending most of the 31-month-old war on the defensive, Bosnian Government forces have won their most decisive victory against the Bosnian Serbs, sweeping through lines that had long encircled them … Continue reading

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Bosnia Urged to Retry Serbia for Genocide in Bosnia

BACKROUND: What saved Serbia from being found guilty for direct involvement in (or at least as an accomplice to) Genocide in Bosnia? The outcome of the Bosnian Genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was seriously affected by … Continue reading

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