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12 April 1993: Srebrenica Children Massacre (200 Killed and Injured)

The Srebrenica Children Massacre refers to the killing of at least 70 children among the victims when the elementary school in Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia, was shelled by the Bosnian Serb Army on 12 April 1993. The memorial plague indicates “more … Continue reading

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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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Daniel Toljaga: Srebrenica Started in 1992 with 3.166 Muslims Killed

Prelude to the Srebrenica Genocide: Mass murder and ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks in the Srebrenica region during the first three months of the Bosnian War (April-June 1992) Author: Daniel Toljaga Bosnian Institute More than three years before the 1995 Srebrenica … Continue reading

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Diego Arria: Prelude to the Capture of Srebrenica was Genocide in Slow Motion

Diego Arria: Siege of Srebrenica and Prelude to the Fall of Srebrenica Setting the Stage for Genocide THE HAGUE, 5.12.2005 (SENSE Tribunal) – There was a “gradual genocide” in Srebrenica, Diego Arria said, testifying as Naser Oric’s defense witness. Arria … Continue reading

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Years of Hunger and Death in Srebrenica, 1992 – 1995.

SENSE Tribunal – Mirsada Malagic testified today at the trial of Radovan Karadzic. After the fall of the Srebrenica enclave, Malagic’s husband, two sons and several other relatives were killed. Karadzic tried to blame the killings in Srebrenica on the … Continue reading

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People in Srebrenica were Hungry & Exhausted (1992-1995)

SENSE Tribunal — British colonel Pyers Tucker said at the trial of Radovan Karadzic that the Western media ‘focused on the atrocities and ethnic cleansing’ in Podrinje. The picture of Bosnia in the media would probably have been different if … Continue reading

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President Pardons Naser Oric, Former Defense Chief of Srebrenica

Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina President Živko Budimir pardoned Naser Orić, the former commander of the Bosniak forces in Srebrenica. From April 1992 to July 1995, Serb forces around Srebrenica slaughtered thousands of Bosniak women, children and elderly, and engaged in constant … Continue reading

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Serbian Chemical Attacks on the Enclave of Srebrenica (1993)

It is generally known that Serb forces used chemical weapons and gassed Bosniaks during the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995. For example, on 21 July 1995, Serb General Zdravko Tolimir sent a report from Zepa to General Radomir Miletic, acting … Continue reading

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Steiner: Genocide at Srebrenica Devastated me Psychologically

By Kira Yager The Hudson St. Lazare Gazette Carlos Steiner doesn’t fit the image most of us have of war vets. Diagnosed and treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following his return from the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, Steiner … Continue reading

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Dutch Soldiers in Srebrenica Raised “Serb Salute” Fingers in Honor of Gen. Ratko Mladic

In this photo belonging to Dennis Keizers, obtained by Sarajevo-based Dnevni Avaz, his Dutchbat III colleagues raise three-finger salute — a salute expressing Serbian ethnic nationalism. This is another example of a shameful involvement of the pro-Serbian Dutch UN peacekeepers … 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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Video: Honorable Soldier, Naser Oric, Defender of the Besieged Srebrenica

Guest Post: Srebrenica Genocide Blog You’re about to watch a rare war footage of Naser Oric and a group of his heroic comrades who defended Srebrenica from Serbian fascists. Oric’s Srebrenica defenders could be compared to groups of Jewish Partisans … 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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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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To Starve or to be Shot by Serbs During Srebrenica Siege

Report by Haris Nezirovic form besieged Srebrenica 11 April 1993. LIKE most of Srebrenica’s 60,000 inhabitants, Osmo Ferhat desperately wants to get out of town. Mr Ferhat is 63. He has been a refugee in eastern Bosnia for almost a … Continue reading

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Srebrenica Enclave (1993): Children & Youth Massacre

Reprint courtesy: Daniel Toljaga Catastrophe in Srebrenica: “They can now be transported like cattle or slaughtered like sheep.” Slaughter of Defenseless Refugees Shakes U.N. Aid Officials By John Daniszewski Associated Press Writer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p.A4 14 April 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The … Continue reading

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Srebrenica: Sexual Abuse & Rape of Women

Background on Srebrenica: From 1992-1995 Serbs from heavily militarized villages around Srebrenica had forced approximately 40,000 Bosniak refugees to live in the Srebrenica ghetto with little or no means of survival. Furthermore, Serbs around Srebrenica had terrorized Srebrenica population by … Continue reading

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Srebrenica Muslim Villages Bombed

Manila Standard, p.17 16 March 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Three planes have bombed Muslim-held villages in eastern Bosnia in the first aerial bombing in the UN-imposed “no fly zone,” according to the United Nations. Three single-engine propeller planes each dropped … Continue reading

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Gen. Jovan Divjak “Death to [Serbian] Chetniks!”

In December 1992, Bosnian Army General Jovan Divjak (ethnic Serb) proclaimed: “Death to Chetniks and Neofascism! Freedom to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina!” Note: Serbian Chetniks were Nazi collaborators in World War II. They hunted down Jews and Bosniaks … Continue reading

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Nine Peacekeepers Dead in Bosnia

By George Boehmer Gettysburg Times, p.A5 16 March 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United Nations suffered its largest loss of life in any single incident during its nearly three-year presence in Bosnia when nine French soldiers died in a … 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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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 Siege Kills 60 Bosniak Children in Zepa and Srebrenica

85 People Die of Cold and Starvation in Bosnia Times-Union, p.8A 14 January 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hoping to stem a reported wave of deaths from cold and hunger, U.N. officials today sent a convoy to Zepa, an east … Continue reading

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Seven Killed in Sarajevo, 85 Dead in Eastern Bosnia

Times-Union, p.8A 15 January 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Shells slammed into downtown Sarajevo today, reportedly killing at least seven people, as warring factions fought on for the Bosnian capital and other strategic points across the republic.

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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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