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How the British Government Parrots Vicious Serbian Propaganda

Gorazde, the British Government and the Serbs Noel Malcolm Published in 1995 Earlier this year I published an article in The Spectator (10 June), entitled ‘The Whole Lot of them are Serbs’, which commented on the way in which both UNPROFOR and … 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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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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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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US Planes Bomb Serbs for 2nd Time

By Carol J. Williams Star-News, p. Front Page Los Angeles Times 12 April 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Serb rebels, angered by a NATO air attack, provoked a second bombing raid Monday by defiantly intensifying an artillery assault on the town of … Continue reading

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Final Analysis of the Srebrenica and Zepa Airlift

(Document/Translation Courtesy: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia) “The demilitarized zone of Srebrenica was established on 19 April 1993. Although the zone was declared a safe and demilitarized area, Chetniks [Serbs] were constantly endangering this area by sabotage … Continue reading

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Bosnian Serbs Attack Gorazde

By Robert H. Reid The Item, p.3A 30 May 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serb tank units led assaults Saturday on the government-held enclave of Gorazde, the main obstacle to a complete Serb takeover of eastern Bosnia, reports said. Bosnian … Continue reading

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Western Leaders are Showing a Failure of Will on Bosnia

By Jeane Kirkpatrick The Post and Courier, p.11A 12 April 1993. “We were abandoned by the international community,” Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic observed in a televised address on the one-year anniversary of the Bosnian war. Few observers of the Balkan … 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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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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Karadzic: Western Helicopters Will Be Shot Down

Serbs Give Bosniaks Ultimatum to Surrender Serb leader Radovan Karadzic warned against any foreign attempt to defend Gorazde, saying his forces “will shoot down helicopters and planes which will protect the Bosnian army.” New Straits Times, Front Page 19 July … Continue reading

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United States Condemns UN Envoy for Siding with Serbian Aggressors in Bosnia

Star-News, p. 3A 7 May 1993. WASHINGTON POST — The Clinton administration chastised the chief U.N. official in Bosnia Friday for letting Serb tanks traverse a zone near Sarajevo closed to heavy weapons by U.N. order. State Department spokesman Christine … Continue reading

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Serbs Committed to Continue Genocide in Bosnia

U.N. Security Council Moves with Caution The Free Lance-Star, p.A4 6 May 1993. By Sheila Norman-Culp UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. diplomats contemplated military action against the Serbs, but the only concrete step they could agree on was a toothless … Continue reading

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Massacre at Gorazde: Serbian Attack Kills More than 50 Bosniaks in First-Aid Center

The Union Democrat, p.4A 14 June 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian Serb forces closing in on the last Bosniak stronghold in eastern Bosnia reportedly killed more than 50 people in an artillery attack on a first-aid center. At least … Continue reading

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Bosniak Children Wounded and Killed in Srebrenica and Gorazde

Both Gorazde and the nearby Bosniak enclave of Srebrenica came under Serb assaults Sunday despite their “safe haven” status. Reading Eagle, p.A5 7 June 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Three children were reported to be among the six people killed in … Continue reading

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Some May Freeze to Death in Besieged Bosnian Enclaves of Srebrenica, Zepa, Gorazde

First War, Now Winter for Bosnia By Maud S. Belman Times Daily, p.8A 31 October 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — An estimated 125,000 Bosniaks — wearing shoes made from parachutes, living in bombed-out hovels or drinking from puddles — face some … 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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Gorazde Massacre: Majority of 700 Bosniak Victims Women and Children

U.N. Aid Worker Tells of Terror, Tragedy in Serb Assault on Gorazde The Southeast Missiourian, p.3A 26 April 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bullets whizzed through hospital corridors, and wounded people lay in the rubble of shell-shattered buildings, screaming for … Continue reading

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Bosnian Army Kills Musan Topalovic “Caco”, Serbs Block Convoy of Sick and Injured Bosniak Civilians

New Straits Times, p.24. 29 October 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The Bosnian Government said today 18 people were killed and 537 detained in a bloody crackdown by security forces on rampaging army “mafia” gangs in the capital. One of the … Continue reading

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Bosnia: 20 Killed, 173 Wounded in Sarajevo

Toledo Blade, p.2 31 May 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Heavy shelling and machine gun fire rocked the Bosnian capital yesterday in a surge of fighting that has sealed off Sarajevo for 14 months. Police said 20 people were killed … Continue reading

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Destruction of Bosnian Muslim Village of Gunjevici

These aerial photographs released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) yesterday show the destruction of Gunjevici, a Bosniak village near Gorazde in eastern Bosnia. According to the CIA report, Gunjevici was razed during an April 1994 offensive by the Serb … Continue reading

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Serbs Massacre 66 Bosniaks in Gorazde Attack

The Bulletin, p.Front 14 June 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Gorazde, shuddered under relentless mortar and artillery attacks today, and officials there said the attacking Serbs were closing in on eastern Bosnia’s last Muslim-defended enclave. The city, home to as many … Continue reading

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Clinton Wants More Air Strikes Against Serbs

The Milwaukee Sentinel, p.A1 front and A13. 20 April 1994. WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Bill Clinton approved a new strategy of expanded air strikes to protect Bosnian Muslim enclaves Tuesday. The plan would create a new buffer around Gorazde and … Continue reading

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Serbs Plan to Fake U.S. Arms Airdrop to Bosniaks

Bosnian Serbs Accused of Plot: U.S. officer says plans are afoot to fake evidence of arms airdrop By John Pomfret The Washington Post Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p.A10 10 February 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A senior U.S. military officer charged yesterday that … Continue reading

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