Asalamu Alaikum (peace & blessings be upon you)This group was set up in 2007 after I saw that there was not a SINGLE group on facebook highlighting the Genocide against the Bosnians, which was one of the worst atrocities to take place in Europe since World War II. This group is for everyone who thinks it is essential to remember the brutal mass murder of Bosnian Muslims, as well as those who have little knowledge about the conflict and want to know more about it.
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ABOUT THE CONFLICT: The genocide of Bosnian Muslims occurred between 1992 and 1995 in the independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (a small country that emerged fom the break up of former Yugoslavia). The attacks were largely carried out by the Yugoslavian army, Bosnian Serbs & partly by chetnicks from Serbia and Montenegro (neighbouring BiH)The genocide against Bosnian Muslims was, effectively, an ethnic-cleansing of the bloodiest & most brutal kind. It resulted in more than 200,000 deaths (average of around 198 deaths per day). Civilians - men, women and children - were killed by Serb armies, as well as Serb snipers, who continually shot down helpless innocents in Sarajevo (including 3,500 children). In addition, there was a systematic rounding up and shooting of Bosnian Muslims, either for immediate mass-murder or detention of men and boys in make-shift concentration camps. In order to force Muslim villagers to flee their homes, a large number of women and girls were raped.
Although the UN imposed economic sanctions on Serbia, it fell short of interefering militarily. Indeed, the International Community at large failed to take instant military action to stop the oppression. Consequently, throughout 1993, genocide against Bosnian Muslims was freely committed. Many areas, which were labelled as 'safe-havens' (controlled by UN peacekeeping forces), were also attacked. At this point, some of the worst genocidal activities of the four year old conflict occurred.
In Srebrenica, an internationally-recognized Safe Haven for Muslims, Dutch U.N. peacekeepers stood by as the Serbs under the command of General Ratko Mladic systematically selected and then slaughtered nearly 8,000 men and boys between the ages of twelve and sixty. The events at Srebrencia in July 1995 constitute the worst mass murder in Europe since World War II. In addition, the Serbs continued to engage in mass rapes of Muslim females, and a stream of refugees sought safety in Potocari which fell shortly thereafter without any resistance.
On August 30, 1995, effective military intervention finally began as the U.S. led a massive NATO bombing campaign in response to the killings at Srebrenica, targeting Serbian artillery positions throughout Bosnia. The bombardment continued into October. Serb forces also lost ground to Bosnian Muslims, who had received arms shipments & Muslim troops from the Islamic world. As a result, half of Bosnia was eventually retaken by Muslim-Croat troops.
Faced with the heavy NATO bombardment and a string of ground losses to the Muslim-Croat alliance, Serb leader Milosevic was now ready to talk peace.After three weeks of negotiations, a peace accord was declared. By then, over 250,000 Muslim civilians had been systematically murdered. More than 20,000 were missing and feared dead, while 2,000,000 had become refugees. It was, according to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, "the greatest failure of the West since the 1930s."
A number of people have been tried for actively committing or assisting war crimes and genocide. Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was being tried on charges of war crimes and genocide, he died before the end of his trial. Karadzic, after having evaded capture at least six times, was finally caught in July 2008 after eluding justice for 13 years. He had been living under the disguise of a "spiritual healer". It is claimed that Karadzic, as a fugitive, stole the identity of a man (Dragan Dabic) murdered by snipers in Sarajevo, who were under the command of Mr Karadzic himself. Karadzic has since been extradited to the Hague, and is currently standing trial for War Crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Six suspects indicted by The Hague tribunal are still at large. Of those, the most prominent is the Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, indicted for atrocities during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Mladic is most probably in hiding (possibly in Serb-controlled Bosnia or Serbia itself) and is said to be constantly surrounded by teams of heavily armed bodyguards. He is further thought to be protected in Serbia by old comrades from the former Yugoslav Army. He was indicted by the UN in 1995 on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity, including the slaughter of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica. Despite this, he lived freely in Belgrade until the arrest of his political mentor Slobodan Milosevic in 2001, after which he disappeared.
There have been reported sightings, and Nato operations to capture him without success. Mladic's wife, Bosa, son Darko and daughter Ana, live in Serbia. They deny they are in contact with him. In 2005, there were reports Mladic offered to surrender in return for a payment of £2.75m to his family.
The United States government has offered a $5 million award for Ratko Mladić's arrest.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5hP70-FcVOs - video of real executions of Bosnian Muslim men & boys carried out by the 'Scorpions' unit of the Serbian paramilitary forces.
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HOUSE RULES FOR WALL POSTS & DISCUSSION BOARDS
1) Refrain from using obscenities or hateful/ intimidating speech.
2) While you may disagree with an opinion, you may not abuse ANY person(s) in this group. Personal slurs/ attacks will be deleted immediately.
3) Please stick to the topic of the Bosnian genocide. Comments on the social, and/ or political, and/or economic conditions that were tied to the genocide must be objective. Please do not state opinions as facts; any facts should be supported with references to your sources.
4) In the interest of fairness, please try to keep all communication in English. Everyone should have equal understanding of the content of discussions.
5) This group is about REMEMBERING the Bosnian genocide. There is more than sufficient evidence to show that hundreds of thousands of people suffered in Bosnia during the war. Genocide deniers can, therefore, go elsewhere; they will be banned permanently if they bring their denial here.Messages that fail to comply with these rules will be deleted. Baseless protests at admin decisions will lead to a permanant ban.
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