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Galbraith: Srebrenica was Prelude to Operation Storm

Peter Galbraith, first US ambassador to Croatia (1993-96) Interviewed by BH Dani (Sarajevo), 3 August 2001. Translated by The Bosnian Institute, UK.  In a letter sent by Peter Galbraith to the State Department on 25 July 1995, two weeks after the fall … Continue reading

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US Pilots Ready to Bomb Serbs to Help Bosniak Allies

By Richard Sisk Daily News Washington Bureau 29 July 1995. WASHINGTON Defense Secretary William Perry yesterday outlined a last-ditch plan for an escalated air campaign by U.S. pilots in Bosnia to stop the ethnic cleansing by Bosnian Serbs. Unless the … Continue reading

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Taming the Bullies of Bosnia

By Roger Cohen 17 December 1995. THE HELICOPTER LANDS near the summit of Mount Igman, just outside Sarajevo. It’s a cool morning with low clouds, the rain has just stopped and the city, encircled by the Serbs as it has … 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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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 Women Seek Justice as War Crime Victims of Rape

Bosnian Women Seek Justice as War Crime Victims The Daily Union, p.7 26 February 1997. By David Bauder NEW YORK (AP) — After what they had been through, Jadranka Cigelj [Bosnian Croat woman] and Nusreta Sivac [Bosniak woman] weren’t about … Continue reading

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