Tag Archives: Serbian War Crimes in Bosnia

101,040 Victims of Bosnian War (1992-95) Compiled in a Book

Roughly half the dead were civilians, while 82 percent of those were Bosnian Muslims (known as Bosniaks). Some 10,000 women were killed, again the majority Bosniaks. Of 24,000 Serb dead, 20,000 were soldiers. Published last month, war crimes researchers say … Continue reading

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As a Jew, I’m Outraged at What is Happening to Bosnian Muslims

Write, Call Milosevic: Stop It By Stuart Bykofsky Lakeland Ledger, p.9A 28 January 1993. In 1964, Kitty Genovese was slashed to death as 38 New Yorkers watched. No one called police. In 1992, Bosnia-Herzegovina was cut apart as the whole … Continue reading

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Serbs Attack Safe Areas, 8 Killed, 10 Wounded, UN Hostage

New Straits Times, p.24 5 June 1995. SARAJEVO, Sun. (Reuters) — Bosnian Serb forces shelled and sniped at civilians in Sarajevo today, killing five people and wounding 10, but the United Nations said it was powerless to halt attack on … Continue reading

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Serbs Responsible for Overwhelming Majority of War Crimes in Bosnia

By Michael R. Gordon Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p.A4 New York Times News Service 25 June 1993. WASHINGTON — A top State Department human rights official has privately challenged Secretary of State Warren Christopher’s public assertions that all three sides share responsibility … Continue reading

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Gorazde Massacre: Serbs Kill 300 Bosniaks in the Attack

Serbs Have Killed 300 in Safe Haven of Gorazde The Tuscaloosa News, p. 3A N.Y. Times News Service 5 June 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serb forces kept up their offensive on a designated safe area in eastern Bosnia Friday, … Continue reading

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Serbs Beheaded Bosniak Victims, Played Soccer with Chopped-off Heads

Serbian army war reported Mirko Jovicevic accused the Serbian paramilitary groups of barbaric crimes. They were “murdering, raping, slaughtering people, and even playing soccer with chopped-off heads.“ Sarajevo Tensions Ease Atrocities by Serbs Reported in Belgrade Toledo Blade, p.2 12 November … Continue reading

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Systematic Mass Rape, An Element of the Bosnian Genocide, Rwanda Genocide and Sudan Genocide

DEFINITION: Genocidal rape is the systematic and repeated sexual violence for the purposes of destroying a targeted group by utter humiliation and impregnation of the group’s women with the progeny of the persecuting army. TIP: To learn about the rapes … Continue reading

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Seselj: Bosnian War Commanded by Slobodan Milosevic

Bangor Daily News, p.A10 24 January 1996. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) — A one-time ally of Slobodan Milosevic said Tuesday that he has formally offered to go before the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to testify against the Serbian leader. Whether the … Continue reading

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Politics of Neutrality Only Helps Serbian War Criminals

“We have to distinguish between being neutral and fair. You can’t be neutral between the victim and the aggressor.” – Warren Zimmerman, a former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia By Trudy Rubin A columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer Star-News, p.8A 16 … Continue reading

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Serb Massacres of Bosniak Civilians Reportedly Cause Low Morale Among Serbian Troops

Morale of Serb Guerrillas Drops “Morale is very low. You can’t carry out massacres of civilians without having an effect on the morale of your own troops,” Milos Vasic says of the Bosnian Serbs. “There have been unbelievable war crimes … Continue reading

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Bosniak Man Begged for Dignified Death at Omarska Camp

Serb Torture Center Depicted Toledo Blade, p.2 25 May 1996. THE HAGUE (AP) — A Bosniak described yesterday how he pleaded with a Serb interrogators for a dignified death after seeing another prisoner’s brains splattered across a cell wall. Mevludin … Continue reading

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Truth of Bosnian Atrocity Can’t Be Denied

By Georgie Anne Geyer The Vindicator, p.A11 28 June 1994. “At least now, they can never say these things didn’t happen.” With those words, Dr. Cherif Bassiouni, the chairman of the U.N. commission investigating war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, … 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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Bosnian Mine near Prijedor May Contain 8,000 Victims

The Durant Daily Democrat, p. Front, Section 1, cont. p.7 11 January 1996. NEW YORK (AP) — As many as 8,000 victims of a Bosnian Serb campaign of ethnic cleansing may be buried in an iron mine in the Bosnian … Continue reading

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