Tag Archives: Haris Silajdzic

Croatian Serbs Cross-Border Attack Bihac in Bosnia

Serbs from the so-called “demilitarised” zone of the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina in Croatia are engaging in cross-border attacks against the besieged Bosniak enclave of Bihac. Croatian President called on NATO to bomb Serbs. The top U.N. official in … Continue reading

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Serbs Demand Bihac Bosniaks to Surrender

Serbs Demand Surrender The Vindicator, p. Front 26 November 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rebel Serbs reached the outskirts of a U.N. safe haven in northwest Bosnia and demanded the surrender of outgunned government troops. The demand came as NATO … Continue reading

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540 Bosniaks Killed in Kljuc Massacre, Traces of Sulfuric Acid Found

Bosniaks Dig Up Mass Grave Site By Jasmina Kuzmanovic The Associated Press The Daily Gazette, p.A6 25 September 1995. KRASULJE, Bosnia-Herzegovina — For nearly 3.5 years, a remote forested hillside in central Bosnia has held a secret revealed only now … Continue reading

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Haris Silajdzic, “Serbs Are Not Strong Enough to Exterminate Us”

Combat Abounds as Bosnia Enters Year Four of War Lodi News-Sentinel, p.24 6 April 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — On a day of summer-like sunshine, families of war victims placed flowers at graves Wednesday in informal ceremonies marking the three-year … 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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Bosniak Demand: Make Gorazde Safe Before Talks Restart

Bosniak child Almir Zec, 5, lies in intensive care in Sarajevo’s Kosevo Hospital Thursday. Almir was shot in the head by a Serbian sniper Wednesday while playing near his home in a western suburb of Sarajevo. By Maud S. Beelman … Continue reading

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Injured Sarajevo Children Cling to Life

Sun Journal, p.3 24 January 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The fate of three badly wounded boys hung in the balance Sunday as U.N. aid officials worried that Bosnian Serbs would block medical evacuations from Sarajevo. Two of the boys … Continue reading

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Clinton Tells Serbs Ultimatum Stands

Beaver County Times, p.3 20 February 1994. WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to extend the initial success of threatened air strikes, the Clinton administration is warning Bosnian Serbs that any move to resume their shelling of Sarajevo could still provoke NATO … Continue reading

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United Nations’ Credibility Vanished in Srebrenica

U.N Mission in Bosnia in a State of Collapse By Elizabeth Neuffer Eugene Register-Guard, Section B 16 July 1995. SARAJEVO — For those who live in this land devoured by hatred and scarred by war, it didn’t take the fall … Continue reading

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NATO Strikes Serb Radar Sites

By Samir Krilic Lakeland Ledger, p.3A 5 October 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serbs swept NATO warplanes with radar and got a swift response Wednesday as NATO warplanes fired missiles at three Bosnian Serb radar sites. The airstrikes came as … Continue reading

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Bosnian Leader Calls U.N. Accomplice in the Bosnian Genocide

The News-Journal, p.6A 27 June 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s prime minister marked the United Nations’ 50th anniversary Monday by branding it an accomplice in genocide for failing to protect his people during 38 months of war. The criticism … Continue reading

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Serbs Threaten to Annihilate 65,000 Bosniaks in Besieged Gorazde

Eugene Register-Guard, section F. 22 April 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Rebel Serbs issued a surrender-or-die ultimatum to the leaders of Gorazde on Thursday, threatening to annihilate the 65,000 [Bosniak] civilians trapped in the U.N. “safe haven” unless the Bosnian government … Continue reading

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Bosnia Wants David Owen to Step Down

9 January 1994. Associated Press BONN — Bosnia’s prime minister demanded the resignation of Europe’s mediator in the Yugoslav conflict yesterday, accusing David Owen of trying to force Bosniaks to accept an unjust peace. In a bitter statement comparing Owen … Continue reading

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106 Killed, 407 Wounded in Bosnia

By Aida Cerkez The Daily Gazette, Section D4 5 January 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — In the four days of the new year, war has claimed at least 26 lives in Sarajevo. Shells thundered down Tuesday on residential districts and … Continue reading

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12 Dead, 32 Wounded as Serb Rockets Raze Apartments

12 March 1994. The Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Serb missiles flattened eight apartment buildings in the Bosniak enclave of Maglaj, killing 12 people and wounding 32, the government reported Friday. There was no independent confirmation of the report. Bosnian … Continue reading

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Taking Each Weary Day as it Comes

New Straits Times, p.34 24 October 1993. Sarajevo, the capital and cultural centre of Bosnia-Herzegovina, a once thriving city comprising a multi-racial population, a blend of modern and ancient building and a colourful history, now fights to keep what little … Continue reading

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Eight Dead, Forty Injured as Serbs Shell Sarajevo

Caption: Child Injured – Jasmin Causevic, 11, lies on an operating table after he arrived at Kosevo hospital in Sarajevo on Tuesday. Causevic was treated for a shrapnel injury. By Aida Cerkez AP Writer, Sun-Journal, 2B. 8 May 1995. SARAJEVO, … Continue reading

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First Sarajevo Breadline Massacre, Serbs kill 20, injure 100

“We had to end these negotiations because of these monstrous acts on the part of these [Serb] terrorists.” – Haris Silajdzic,  Bosnia’s foreign minister. Lodi News-Sentinel 28 May 1992. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — The European Community imposed trade sanctions on Serbia … Continue reading

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Mass Grave in Bosnia Holds 540 Bodies of Muslims and Catholics

By: Maud S. Beelman 24 September 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – A mass grave filled with 540 bodies was unearthed in northwestern Bosnia after government forces recaptured the area from rebel Serbs, Bosnia’s prime minister said Saturday. It was unclear … Continue reading

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Serbs Kill Bosnian Foreign Minister, Take UN Peacekeepers as Hostages

Gettysburg Times 29 May 1995. By George Jahn SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia’s foreign minister and three colleagues were killed Sunday when rebel Serbs shot down their helicopter near the Bosnian-Croatian border. Serbs, defying escalating global condemnation, also seized more U.N. … Continue reading

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