Word: serbians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grim prospect of such a partition between Croatian and Serbian regions grew with the outbreak of fierce fighting in several towns of central Bosnia. This time, instead of fighting Serbs, the government forces struggled with their erstwhile allies, the Croats. Aside from signaling the probable end to an uneasy but crucial alliance for the besieged Muslims, this latest fighting further threatened efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Bosnia. Vitez, 31 miles northwest of Sarajevo, was supposed to be the forward base for a British regiment scheduled for deployment next month to protect aid convoys; a reconnaissance group was pinned down...
After the conflict began, Bush still did nothing--even after the exposure of the horrifying "ethnic cleansing" taking place in Serbian concentration camps. No limited air strike. No weapons interdiction along the borders. No help for the Bosnians beyond food and medical supplies. Bush's failure is astounding...
...ethnic cleansing" of Muslims from the town of Carakovo in mid-June by hiding in the bushes. We stayed around there for 10 days or so, until we really had nothing left to eat. Then my older brother said we had to surrender, and we listened to him. The Serbian military police picked us up, questioned us at the Keraterm ceramics factory and then took us to a camp at Trnopolje. They beat us until there was blood coming from our noses and mouths. We were in the camp for about a month...
When we turned away from the Croatian border, we still thought the U.N. would meet us. Instead three dump trucks joined us. There was one van in front with Serbian military police, and on each bus was a soldier with an automatic weapon. At Skender Vakuf, they told us we were passing the front lines, so we should lie down and not look out the windows...
...Assembly voted 127 to 6 to oust the truncated federation. In order to reclaim U.N. membership, it will have to reapply as a new nation and gain approval from the Security Council. And to do that, so-called Yugoslavia will have to prove it has stopped supporting Serbian militias in Bosnia and is working to restore peace...