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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: 90sRetroFan Date: February 9, 2022, 11:14 pm
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: guest55 Date: March 26, 2022, 4:46 pm
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Why won’t Serbia condemn Putin’s war? | Focus on Europe
[quote]Right-wing [s]extremists[/s] [useful idiots] in Serbia
are celebrating Putin’s war in Ukraine. They see NATO as the
enemy because of its bombing campaign during the Kosovo War.
Many Serbs have not forgotten.[/quote]
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: guest55 Date: April 2, 2022, 2:51 pm
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NATO & Russia Nearly Went to War - Kosovo 1999
[quote]In 1999, NATO and Russia came close to war over the issue
of Kosovo, a tiny Balkans nation that NATO intervened in to
restore peace. When a British general was ordered by his
American superior to forcibly eject Russian soldiers from an
airport, an extraordinary confrontation occurred between the two
Allies.[/quote]
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: rp Date: September 29, 2023, 5:44 pm
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The usual suspects:
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Jayda Fransen
@JaydaBF
To all the haters sending death threats, I just want you to know
that no matter what you say to me, you’ll never change my mind
that Kosovo is Serbia! 🇷🇸
Z
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: JillDando Date: September 29, 2023, 8:52 pm
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Just finished watching the "Who Killed Jill Dando" documentary
on Netflix last night. I cannot believe that the investigation
was dropped after the suspect who was initially convicted of the
crime was cleared of all charges after spending 8 years in
prison. It boggles the mind that the "Serbian Hitman" theory has
not been fully investigated by British police to this day as a
matter of National Security, an issue the lawyer for Barry
George actually raised pre-trial, and in the trial itself. Dando
was clearly the victim of a professional hit:
[quote]What other theories surround Jill Dando’s death?
Serbian hitman
A prevalent theory is that Dando was murdered by a Serbian
hitman following her coverage of the Serb-Kosovo war.
In the days prior to her death, Dando presented a Kosovo Crisis
Appeal which had raised over £1million in 24 hours for refugees
fleeing the Balkans.
Speaking in the Netflix series, Dando’s agent, Jon Roseman,
said: “We had a lot of mail, but not usually threatening. Then
we received a letter that mentioned the appeal she had given
earlier that month for Kosovo. It seemed to be somewhat
threatening.”
The BBC’s former head of news, Tony Hall, was phoned by a man
with an Eastern European accent in response to Western bombings
in the Serbian region. The caller, who phoned on the day Dando
was killed, is said to have threatened: “Your prime minister
Blair butchered innocent young people, we butcher back.”
Some, however, have cast doubt on the theory in the years since,
with the call believed to be a hoax. Police could not trace the
call...[/quote]
Entire article:
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If I had been a police officer on the Dando case and came across
evidence of a possible Serbian connection that is the first
thing I would have thoroughly investigated because:
Serbia unveils monument to WWI assassin
[quote]Serbia has unveiled a monument to the man who sparked the
chain of events leading to World War I. Gavrilo Princip, who
assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 has a divisive
legacy in the Balkans.
Serbia on Sunday inaugurated a monument to the man whose
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ignited World War I.
Gavrilo Princip, whose two-meter bronze likeness was unveiled
before a crowd of hundreds in central Belgrade still fuels
controversy in the ethnically-divided Balkans.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic described Princip as a
freedom fighter and a hero.
"Today, we are not afraid of the truth," Nikolic said. "Gavrilo
Princip was a hero, a symbol of the idea of freedom, the
assassin of tyrants and the carrier of the European idea of
liberation from slavery," Nikolic told the crowd...[/quote]
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Side note: Jill Dando reminded alot of people of Princess Diana
apparently:
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: serbia Date: November 22, 2023, 1:36 am
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Croatia commemorates victims of Vukovar massacre
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Victims of the 1991 Vukovar massacre were commemorated with
ceremonies on the 32nd anniversary of the massacre on Saturday.
Vukovar, close to Serbia on the River Danube, was the scene of
intense fighting after Croatia's break from Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav soldiers and Serb paramilitary troops kept Vukovar
under siege for 87 days until the city was captured by Serbian
forces on Nov. 18, 1991, with up to 11,000 bombs being dropped
in a single day.
Thousands of citizens, as well as Croatian state officials,
attended the memorial service in Vukovar.
It is estimated that over 3,000 people — mostly Croats — were
killed and thousands more were held in camps.
The city was virtually leveled during the siege.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) sentenced former Yugoslav army officials Mile Mrksic and
Veselin Sljivancanin to 10 years and 20 years in prison,
respectively, for the massacre of civilians in the city.
The Serb forces' invasion, which started after the siege, lasted
until Jan. 15, 1998, while various war crimes were committed
against the wounded and staff at Vukovar Hospital.
According to the Vukovar Hospital, at least 1,624 people were
killed, about 7,000 were taken to concentration camps, and
around 22,000 non-Serbs, mostly Croats, were deported from the
city.
The bodies of around 500 people, killed in Vukovar, have yet to
be reached.
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Thousands mourn Srebrenica victims as tensions mount in Bosnia
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The remains of 30 victims of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia
and Herzegovina have been laid to rest as thousands of people
commemorated its anniversary against a backdrop of surging
tensions.
Twenty-eight years after they were murdered, 27 men and three
teenage boys only recently identified through DNA analysis were
buried at a vast and ever-expanding cemetery just outside
Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia on Tuesday.
Relatives of the victims can bury only partial remains of their
loved ones because they are typically found scattered over
several mass graves.
History of bloodshed
The Srebrenica killings, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide
since the Holocaust, were the bloody crescendo of Bosnia’s
1992-1995 war, which came after the breakup of Yugoslavia
unleashed nationalist, territorial ambitions that set Bosnian
Serbs against the country’s two other main ethnic populations –
Croats and Bosniaks.
On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serbs overran a UN-protected safe area
in Srebrenica. They separated at least 8,000 Muslim Bosniak men
and boys from their wives, mothers and sisters and slaughtered
them. Those who tried to escape were chased through the woods
and over the mountains around the ill-fated town.
The perpetrators then ploughed their victims’ bodies into
hastily made mass graves, which they later dug up with
bulldozers to scatter the remains among other burial sites to
hide the evidence of their war crimes.
The wartime political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan
Karadzic, and his military commander, Ratko Mladic, were both
convicted of genocide in Srebrenica by a special UN war crimes
tribunal in The Hague.
However, many Serbian and Bosnian Serb officials still celebrate
Karadzic and Mladic as national heroes. They continue to
downplay or deny the Srebrenica killings.
the top international envoy to Bosnia, Christian Schmidt, who is
tasked with overseeing the civilian aspects of the peace
agreement, pledged to “ensure that legal steps are taken against
all those who deny the genocide”.
The comment appeared to be a thinly disguised swipe at his chief
rival in the country, Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, who
has repeatedly refused to call the atrocity a genocide.
Dodik signed legislation last week that targets the authority of
the envoy and the constitutional court in Bosnia’s Serb entity.
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: serbia Date: November 22, 2023, 1:39 am
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Bosnia Arrests Five Serb Ex-Soldiers for Srebrenica Genocide
[quote]
State Investigation and Protection Agency officers arrested five
former Bosnian Serb Army officers and soldiers suspected of
involvement in the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July
1995.
The suspects were arrested in Zvornik, Sekovici, Han Pijesak,
Vlasenica and Bileca.
The Bosnian state prosecution said they are suspected of
participating in the capture and murder of around 70 Bosniak men
and boys, as well as one woman, on July 15, 19 and 23, 1995
The suspects also arranged equipment to have the bodies of the
murdered victims removed, it is alleged.
The arrested suspects will now be questioned by the prosecutor
in charge of the case.
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: Schwartze Katze Date: February 17, 2024, 2:49 pm
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Matt Damon discusses new documentary about U2's work in Bosnia
[quote]"Kiss The Future" is a documentary that follows the siege
of Sarajevo during the Bosnia War and how the Irish band U2
rallied around the people there. Matt Damon co-produced the film
and spoke to CNN's Christiane Amanpour about the extraordinary
story. #CNN #News[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWO3wLULnoY
U2 play Sarajevo, 1997
[quote]When Bono and his wife Ali spent New Year’s Eve 1995 in
Sarajevo, Bono promised to bring the band on his next visit.
Nationwide reports on U2′s visit to Sarajevo and asks the
fans what is means to them.
In a special report for Nationwide Diarmuid Peavoy went to
Sarajevo to see the efforts to stage a U2 concert.
Steve Iredale and John Giddings talk about the challenges in
bringing Popmart to a country that is recovering from a war.
Paul McGuinness explains how the costs of the PopMart tour work
and how staging the concert in Sarajevo is not done to make a
profit.
Fans and Bosnia ambassador, Mohammed Sacerby tell Diarmuid
Peavoy what it means to have U2 play in Sarajevo.
Bono explains why U2 were so keen to come to Sarajevo.
Guitar technician Dallas Schoo shows Diarmuid Peavoy the range
of guitars used by the Edge.
The report shows U2 arriving at the airport. Bono presenting a
first volume of Yeats’ poetry to President Lija Izetbegovic.
Bono singing ‘Miss Sarajevo’ in the back of a car.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2MCz35Arqo
[quote]U2 concert in Sarajevo
On 23 September 1997, Irish rock band U2 performed at Koševo
Stadium in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the
group's PopMart Tour. They were the first major artist to hold a
concert in the city after the end of the Bosnian War in 1995.
Approximately 45,000 fans attended the show.
The band first became involved with Sarajevo in 1993 on their
Zoo TV Tour; after being approached by aid worker Bill Carter
about bringing attention to the Siege of Sarajevo, the band
conducted nightly satellite transmissions with Bosnians during
their shows. These link-ups were the subject of criticism from
journalists for mixing entertainment with human tragedy.
Although the war made it impractical for U2 to visit Sarajevo at
the time, they vowed to eventually play a concert in the city.
After the conflict ended in November 1995, they made
arrangements to visit Sarajevo, and with help from United
Nations ambassadors and peacekeeping troops, they scheduled and
played the concert in 1997.
The band offered to hold a benefit concert or small show in
Sarajevo, but it was requested that they stage a full PopMart
concert. The performance consequently featured the tour's
extravagant stage, and the band played a set list typical of the
tour. The show brought together people of different ethnicities
who had previously clashed during the war, and train service was
temporarily resumed to allow concertgoers to attend. Among the
songs played was "Miss Sarajevo", written by U2 and Brian Eno
about a beauty pageant held during the war. Although the band
were displeased with their performance and lead vocalist Bono
had vocal difficulties, the concert was well received and was
credited with improving morale among Bosnians. The members of U2
consider the show to be among their proudest moments. The
concert was lauded by Bosnians.[1] [/quote]
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: rp Date: September 19, 2024, 10:13 pm
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Some say he was especially right about the Serbs.
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Re: Remembering the Yugoslav Wars
By: rp Date: September 23, 2024, 12:03 am
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This dude is a serb too. His ancestors were getting PUMMELLED by
the Nazis.
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oh, ok
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