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October 5, 2016
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The Massacre. The Dutch battalion (Dutchbat) of UNPROFOR had set up its headquarters in an abandoned factory in Potočari. More than 20,000 refugees from Srebrenica sought their protection. Dutchbat admitted some of the elderly, women, and children together with a …
October 5, 2016
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The Siege of Sarajevo was long and heartbreaking. Living conditions were hellish. Destruction of property and lives was incessant for more than four years. Over that period, nearly 14,000 people were killed and scores of thousands injured. But the people …
October 3, 2016
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If I haven’t yet broken your heart, perhaps I will with a more personal story of two people – Admira Ismić and Boško Brkić. [Photo from Sarajevo Times.] Boško was a Bosnian Serb just a bit shy of his 25th …