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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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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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US Srebrenica Food Drops Bring Mayhem and Death

(Editors’ note: Haris Nezirovic, a journalist for the independent Bosnian weekly Slobodna Bosna, recently spent several weeks in the besieged town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia. He filed this report.) By Haris Nezirovic For The Associated Press Lodi News-Sentinel, p. … Continue reading

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Clinton Following ‘Doctrine Of Timidity’ In Bosnia

The Serbian aggressors have become increasingly cynical in their cruelty, increasingly contemptuous of all those trying to stop the fighting. This week Serbian military leaders gave their solemn assurance that they would maintain a cease-fire to let United Nations helicopters … Continue reading

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UN: Serbs Massacred 500 Bosniaks in Muslim Villages Around Srebrenica

St. Petersburg Times, p.16A 6 March 1993. Editorial According to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, the horror of Bosnian genocide has escalated another notch in eastern Bosnia. “Lots of civilians, women, children and old people are being killed, … Continue reading

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Serbian Attack on Srebrenica Kills 123 Bosniak Civilians

The Bosnian Army, whose heavily outgunned forces are defending the enclave, issued a statement late today saying that the Serbian attacks had killed 123 people. It said that the United Nations officers were tallying only those victims taken to the … 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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Sen. Joseph Biden Wants the U.S. to Bomb Serbs over Srebrenica Siege

Tougher Action on Bosnia Reviewed, Senator Wants the U.S. to Bomb Serbs Beaver County Times, p. section D 21 April 1993. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton is extending his review of a potentially more aggressive U.S. response to the war … Continue reading

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Srebrenica: Canadian Peacekeepers Hugged and Kissed by Besieged Bosniaks

Bosnian Town Hails U.N. Soldiers By Robert H. Reid Record-Journal, p.Front, 4. 19 April 1993. TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — U.N. Peacekeepers entered Srebrenica on Sunday to a hero’s welcome, hours after the town’s defenders signed a truce that permits aid and … Continue reading

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Orphans of Srebrenica Try to Mend Shattered Lives

The Indian Express, p.6 29 April 1993. TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — “Be brave,” Almedin Borakovic’s father told him as he lifted the nine-year-old boy onto a United Nations truck packed with refugees fleeing Srebrenica. Almedin is the eldest of his four … Continue reading

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Six Bosniak Refugees, Children, Crushed to Death Fleeing Serbian Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

By Teddle Weyr Bangor Daily News, p.1,8. 1 April 1993. TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Amid scenes of panic, two children were trampled to death and two others apparently were crushed Wednesday as thousands of Bosniak refugees tried to flee Serb-encircled … Continue reading

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NATO Patrols Bosnia, Serbs Kill 56, Wound 90 Bosniaks

Daily Times, p.A4 13 April 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The desperate east Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica appealed for air evacuation of its wounded today after Serb shelling killed 56 people, including 15 children, and wounded 90.

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Srebrenica: Who is Naser Oric?

PHOTO: Isnam Taljic accepts International Literary Prize “Srebrenica” from Naser Oric on July 25, 2008. Photo courtesy: Bosnjaci.Net Magazine Naser Oric is a former Bosniak military officer who commanded the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina while defending the … 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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US Planes AUS Planes Airdrop More Aid Into Bosniairdrop More Aid Into Bosnia

New Starits Times, p.18. 6 March 1993. TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — American planes parachuted more aid to eastern Bosnia today, where a fierce Serb offensive near airdrop sites has left thousands homeless and touched off new allegations of atrocities against Bosniaks.

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French Mirage 2000 Down in Adratic, at least 50 dead and 80 wounded in Srebrenica

NATO Planes Patrol Bosnia Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. Front, A6. 13 April 1993. By John Daniszewski SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — NATO warplanes patrolled above an overcast Bosnia yesterday to begin enforcing a U.N. no-fly zone in the first flexing of the alliance’s … Continue reading

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Srebrenica, Zepa: 60 Children, 42 Adults Die from Starvation and Cold

“As for the Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, ‘he will lie, keep lying as he has done all the time, and he will kill more of us in the coming days” – Nedjara Beganovic. Serb blockade claims lives of more … Continue reading

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Poison Gas Attacks on Srebrenica in March 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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Serbs Shell Bosniak Evacuees, 1 killed and 21 wounded

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p.A4 25 March 1993. “U.N. helicopters swooped into Srebrenica to fly Bosniak refugees to safety yesterday, but the operation was halted after Serbs shelled some of the refugees as they waited in a soccer stadium. The attack killed … Continue reading

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Srebrenica Genocide Started Two Years Before the Massacre

United Nations Security Council Resolution 819, adopted unanimously on April 16, 1993, after reaffirming resolutions 713 (1991) and all (1992) subsequent resolutions, the Council expressed concern at the actions of Bosnian Serb paramilitary units in towns and villages in eastern … Continue reading

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Eyewitness Testimony of the Srebrenica massacre

3 Muslims Survive Slaughter Witness describes massacre by Serbs, says Ratko Mladic was there Bangor Daily News 5 October 1995. Editor’s Note: Since the fall of the U.N. safe area of Srebrenica July 11, scattered but persistent reports of Serb … Continue reading

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Besieged Srebrenica Resembled Nazi Concentration Camps

Starving Bosniak Refugees Tell of Horror Record-Journal, p.3 13 March 1993. TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The first emaciated wounded and sick arrived Friday from besieged Srebrenica, leaving behind near-starvation and desperate hardship, including amputation without anesthetic. Doctors at Tuzla’s main … Continue reading

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