14 Years Since The Srebrenica Genocide

[Valter]

Monday, July 11, 2009 marks the 14-th anniversary of the beginning of the biggest massacre in Europe following World War II. On that day, Serbs began a liquidation of several thousand Bosnian men and boys from the world's first United Nations Safe Area - Srebrenica. An exact number of those executed will probably never be known, however, it has been proven that in Potocari, more than 3000 residents of Srebrenica lost their lives; the total number of victims is likely three times that figure.



The Srebrenica enclave was a UN protected zone. After being granted permission from international troops, the civilian population caught in the town was evacuated in the direction of Tuzla. But although the commander of Serbian Army, General Ratko Mladic, with his military honor, guaranteed the security of all those evacuated, members of his army separated all men over the age of 15 and, without trial, sentenced them to death by execution.

In the eyes of the law, the massacre in Srebrenica is considered an act of genocide. It shamed the entire Serb people, but also the international troops responsible for the safety of the population within the safe haven. To date, Karadzic and some second-rate perpetrators have been sent to the Hague to answer for this crime. Mladic is still not within the range of justice. Never Forget the Muslim Holocaust in Bosnia or any other Holocaust.

[nimd4]

Originally Posted by Cybernetec

members of his army

1. You say "members of his army" yet he's the wanted man; Anyway....
2. According to some sources (btw., logically, also), among the civilan population members of the illegal KLA and Islamic terrorists, military combatants, tried to hide wearing civilian clothes. This has all happened long after they have ignored the Yugoslavian (not Serbian) army pleas to disarm and surrender.

Also keeping the facts straight, you forget that for roughly 50 years, members of the police and their friends, families got killed and assasinated by guerilla warfare in these areas; Funded mainly by sale of illegal narcotics, namely heroin (from Albania and through Kosovo - the so-called Green Transversal: although this information may be somewhat privileged & also fairly different from the actual Kosovo situation).

People are quick to speak and judge, without having all the facts; Even in this day and age of information. What a shame.

[lasto]

Originally Posted by nimd4

1. You say "members of his army" yet he's the wanted man; Anyway....
2. According to some sources (btw., logically, also), among the civilan population members of the illegal KLA and Islamic terrorists, military combatants, tried to hide wearing civilian clothes. This has all happened long after they have ignored the Yugoslavian (not Serbian) army pleas to disarm and surrender.

Also keeping the facts straight, you forget that for roughly 50 years, members of the police and their friends, families got killed and assasinated by guerilla warfare in these areas; Funded mainly by sale of illegal narcotics, namely heroin (from Albania and through Kosovo - the so-called Green Transversal: although this information may be somewhat privileged & also fairly different from the actual Kosovo situation).

People are quick to speak and judge, without having all the facts; Even in this day and age of information. What a shame.

Both sides where to blame and both sides commited atrocities against each other.

All of you should be ashamed for the mass slaughter of your fellow humans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srebrenica_massacre

[valdet]

Hi Cyb,

It's really a shame how the Srebrenica massacre gets the mention only once a year during "anniversaries".

Originally Posted by nimd4

1. You say "members of his army" yet he's the wanted man; Anyway....
2. According to some sources (btw., logically, also), among the civilan population members of the illegal KLA and Islamic terrorists, military combatants, tried to hide wearing civilian clothes. This has all happened long after they have ignored the Yugoslavian (not Serbian) army pleas to disarm and surrender.

Also keeping the facts straight, you forget that for roughly 50 years, members of the police and their friends, families got killed and assasinated by guerilla warfare in these areas; Funded mainly by sale of illegal narcotics, namely heroin (from Albania and through Kosovo - the so-called Green Transversal: although this information may be somewhat privileged & also fairly different from the actual Kosovo situation).

People are quick to speak and judge, without having all the facts; Even in this day and age of information. What a shame.

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Only because majority of Bosnian population is of Muslim faith, it doesn't mean they are Islamic terrorists.
Bosnia war ended in 1995, while KLA fought serb forces in Kosova war which started in 1998
Serbs have started 4 wars in ex-Yugoslavia. They started the wars in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosova. And they lost them all.

I can go all night long bringing up more facts on table.

Good night.

[nimd4]

Originally Posted by lasto

Both sides where to blame and both sides committed atrocities against each other.

Yes, yet mostly Serbs are getting tried/sentenced, while "the others" are getting acquitted/freed (through an array of courts of questionable-legality ).

Originally Posted by valdet

Serbs have started 4 wars in ex-Yugoslavia. They started the wars in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosova.

They have not. Most of the aggression(s) were initiated by the non-Serb side(s). Just btw., at the time of the war(s), it was not only the nation of Serbs at one side (for example, it was the "Serbia and Montenegro" Republic - at one time); & also in the beginning, the aggression(s) were against the "Yugoslav People's Army" (until the split, obviously).

^^ Again, for example, Slovenia attacked a Yugoslavian tank-convoy (at a bridge, if I'm not mistaking), which had been unarmed (without ammunition, serving only as "support").

P.S.
Respect.. Last edited by Marco van Herwaarden : 24 Jul 2009 at 12:25. Reason: disrespectful

P.P.S.
The whole, entire reason, why I'm even bothering to write about this, is ignorance.

Most, if not all (modern) wars are crafted solely for the purpose of financial gain of certain states (nations, that is) and people always try to justify (them, the wars) with some other reasons (please excuse the reference, but think: oil in Kuwait). It isn't fair, to humanity in general, to jump to these wrongful assumptions.

That's all I'm sayin' & the rest is, really, just a tragedy; no matter what side we're on. Death and destruction is not something that I look upon gladly and hopefully, one of these days, we can start harvesting energy from Mars, or somewhere else and actually stop all this (these?) mindless killings. Thanks for your time, best wishes and regards to all; and RIP to all of the victims and their families.