10 Years Ago - Srebrenica Massacre

And a little blurb for those who were maybe, I don't know, too young when it happened...
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"Srebrenica, Bosnia, the world's first United Nations Safe Area, was the site of the worst case of genocide in Europe since World War II. In July 1995, the Bosnian Serb army staged a brutal takeover of the small, intimate spa town and its surrounding region. Over a period of five days, the Bosnian Serb soldiers separated Muslim families and systematically murdered over 7,000 men and boys in fields, schools, and warehouses."

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/cryfromthegrave/

and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/675945.stm

Serbia's Memories

the Baltic issue goes far beyond this one incident. ......this was a horrible massacre,,,,,,the article below makes some excellent points about this part of the world.

I used to be totally anti-Serbian, until a Serbian friend from my high school days made me really look at that part of the world.......it is a very complex mess, with complex issues

Remember it was this part of the world that ignited the fire that became World War 1, ie the assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife

http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ks21serbia.html

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Updated On: 7/11/05 at 03:46 PM