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Photos of Srebrenica: From Mass Murder to Genocide (1992-1995)

PHOTO #1: Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces killed more than 3,000 Bosniak (Muslim) women, children and elderly around Srebrenica. The killings continued from April 1992 and up until the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995 when … Continue reading

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Two Suspects in the Bosnian Genocide Jailed over 1,000 Killings

Prosecutors say police have detained two men suspected of involvement in the killing of some 1,000 male Muslim Bosniak residents of Srebrenica at the end of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. A statement from the prosecutor’s office said Thursday that former Bosnian … Continue reading

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DNA: 160 Victims of Bosnian Genocide from Lake Perucac Identified

SARAJEVO — Identity of 162 victims of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, whose remains were found in Lake Perućac, has been determined. BETA — A preliminary identity of 162 persons, including ten children, has been determined based on DNA profiles, the … Continue reading

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Franc Kos Testifies: Vujadin Popovic Ordered Massacre of Bosniak Men and Boys from Srebrenica

BIRN — At the trial for genocide in Srebrenica, indictee Franc Kos says that an officer, whose name, as he found out later on, was Vujadin Popovic, said that the prisoners, who were brought to Branjevo military farm, should be … Continue reading

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Serbs Slaughtered Bosniaks Before Oric’s Kravica Attack

The 1992 Suha Massacre. Region: Srebrenica-Bratunac Let us not forget. “On 10 May 1992 — more than three years before the July 1995 Srebrenica genocide, eight months before Naser Oric’s counter-attack on the Serb village of Kravica and in the … Continue reading

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Dr. Ann Ross: Epidemiology of the Bosnian Genocide

Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal (Volume 2, Issue 2, 2011); “Epidemiology of Genocide: An Example from the Former Yugoslavia,” pages 94-102; DOI:10.1080/19409044.2011.604378; Ashley Maxwell & Ann H. Ross Researchers from North Carolina State University are proposing a health-based approach to identifying … Continue reading

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Bones Tell Tale of Suffering Before the Bosnian Genocide, by Stephanie Pappas

In Winter of 1992/93, five thousands (5,000) Bosniak women, children and elderly died of starvation in the besieged Bosnian Muslim enclaves, including Srebrenica. Their suffering is part of Serb terror inflicted on the Bosniak refugees between April 1992 and July 1995 in … Continue reading

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Srebrenica Massacre, Victims’ Bones

Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Serbs destroyed 296 Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica. In 1993, the UN described the situation in Srebrenica as a “slow-motion process of genocide.” In July 1995, Serbs forcibly … Continue reading

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Mother Tries to Save Emaciated Baby in Srebrenica

Desperate Bosniaks Jam Trucks Serbian forces increase pressure on Srebrenica; UN troops barred entry The Milwaukee Journal, p.A5 9 April 1993. TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — When 14 flatbed trucks pulled into the savaged town of Srebrenica on Thursday, Azreta Habibovic stowed … Continue reading

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At least 42 Bosniak Civilians Killed in Novoseoce Massacre (1992)

In her evidence at the trial of Radovan Karadzic, Munira Selmanovic from Novoseoce near Sokolac described how the Serb forces expelled the women, children and the elderly from the village on 22 September 1992. The Serb forces then proceeded to … Continue reading

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Srebrenica Massacre: Throats Slit, Ears, Noses, Limbs Cut Off

U.S. Seeks to Indict Serbs for War Crimes in Bosnia The Telegraph-Herald, p.D6 By Barbara Demick of Knight-Ridder Newspapers 2 August 1995. ZAGREB, Croatia — The United States will press for additional indictments of Bosnian Serbs for war crimes, according … Continue reading

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The 1992 Drum Massacre of Bosniak Civilians Near Vlasenica

Note: Pre-war municipality of Vlasenica was bordering with the municipality of Srebrenica. The man who witnessed the massacre of Bosniak civilians in the village of Drum near Vlasenica in June 1992 testified at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic is … Continue reading

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Ibro Osmanovic Lost 33 Family Members in the Bosnian Genocide

At the trial of Radovan Karadzic, Ibro Osmanovic from Vlasenica described the torture in the prisons in Vlasenica (pre-war adjoining municipality to Srebrenica) and in the prison camps in Susica and Batkovic. Osmanovic spoke about how it felt to lose … 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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Faces of Victims of Genocide in Bosnia, Lazete 1 Mass Grave

Blindfolded. Then Killed. PHOTO: Lazete 1 Mass Grave in eastern Bosnia. Strips of material (blindfolds) tied around the head and placed over faces of Bosnian Genocide victims were recovered on 89 of the bodies. (please click on photo to enlarge) … Continue reading

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Gorazde on Brink of Falling to Serbs

The Vindicator, p.Front and A6. 18 April 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian Serb guns today rained artillery shells on the anguished Bosniak enclave of Gorazde, where thousands of panicky refugees cowered in the streets overnight for lack of shelter. … Continue reading

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Serb Tanks Blasting Gorazde, 436 Killed and 1467 Wounded

By Jonathan C. Randal Washington Post Pittsburg Post-Gazette, p.A4 22 April 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The siege of Gorazde continued yesterday as Bosnian Serb gunners shelled a hospital annex and a refugee center, reportedly killing dozens of people, in what … Continue reading

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Photos of Glogova Primary Mass Grave near Bratunac

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Mazowiecki Report on the Fall of Srebrenica (Sept. 1995)

General Assembly Security Council A/50/441 S/1995/801 18 September 1995 On 27 July 1995 Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights informed the Chairman of the Commission of his decision to resign his mandate. In the … Continue reading

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Serbs Busy Erasing Evidence of the Bosnian Genocide

Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Serbs were busy raping Bosniak women and burning Bosniak children and babies alive…it all happened around Srebrenica. Photo of Bosniak child killed by Serbs around Srebrenica in 1992. The Siege of Srebrenica between … Continue reading

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Serbia Breaches No-Fly Zone, Supplies Serbs Around Srebrenica With Weapons

Eugene Register-Guard, p.17A 5 February 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — U.N. troops witnessed what they described Saturday as the most flagrant violation yet of Serbia’s pledge to stay out of the war in Bosnia. Peacekeepers said 15 to 20 Serbian … Continue reading

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Intercepted Order to Kill 40,000 Bosniaks in the Enclave of Zepa

Serbs Torch Refugee Enclave The Bulletin, front page. 4 May 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An eastern Bosnian town was reported ablaze today from a heavy Serbian artillery attack, two days after Bosnia’s Serb leader signed a U.N.-backed peace plan. … Continue reading

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Serb Chief Threatens to Down US Planes

Daily News, p.5A 19 July 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — With the West considering using air power to defend two embattled Bosniak “safe areas,” the Bosnian Serb leader warned today that any foreign planes that try to aid the government-held … Continue reading

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Nevesinje Massacre: Bosniak Victims Thrown into Garbage Dump

Investigators Uncover New Mass Grave in Bosnian Dump Gadsden Times, p.A6 8 December 2000. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Investigators began wading through tons of trash at a garbage dump in southeastern Bosnia on Thursday to uncover the remains of local … Continue reading

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Diary of the Serbian Siege of Bosniak Gorazde from Serb Soldier’s Perspective

Soldier’s Diary Gives Insight Into War The News, p. 6A 24 January 1996. GORAZDE, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Neighbors killing neighbors, looting and torching their houses and bulldozing their bodies into a mass grave. Cowards, thieves and liars. Fear, filth and … Continue reading

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