July 11th 2005. Today is the 10th aniversary of the biggest genocide and massacre in Europe since World War II was commited, and today is the day over 600 bodies of innocent people will find their resting place in the memorial centre of Potočari, along with thousands of victims of the Serb aggresion already there.
On July 11th 1995, the Serb forces started their assault of Srebrenica. 8000 people, age 7 to 77, men and boys, children, husbands and fathers, humang beings, were killed, executed in cold blood by Serb forces, under the command of war criminal and monster, general Ratko Mladić.
All this happened under the watchful eye of the world community, under the supervision of the UN, under the noses of world leaders, yet, it was not stopped. The genocide of innocent people unable to protect themselves was allowed by Europe, by the world in the UN protected enclave of Srebrenica.
Two years before, Srebrenica had been declared a protected enclave and a demilitarised zone by the UN. It had become a shelter for thousands of men, women and children from the Serb butchers. Such was the case in 1 July of 1995. Over 40.000 civilians had found themselves in the protected enclave when the Serb forces decided to attack. They were defenseless. Their chance of defending themselves was non existant, as the Dutch UN forces requested that all weapons by the Bosnian forces be surrendered to them. Weapons which they refused to return when it became evident what the Serbs' plans were.
When the Serbs started their offensive, many people tried to escape from the surrounded enclave, and were shot at and shelled by the Serb forces in their attemt to save their lives. Over 20.000 refugees tried to find salvation in the main Dutch base at Potočari. The Serb forces took 14 Dutch soldiers hostage. In exchange for their release, the Dutch forces forced the Bosnian refugees out of their base and into certain death. They considered 14 men more important than 20.000.
The Serb forces began rounding up Bosnian men, young and old, unarmed, and executing them in cold blood. The epilogue? 8000 men, dead. Buried like animals in mass graves in an attempt to cover up the Serb atrocities. All under the noses of the so called "civilised" world, who, 40 years after World War II, allowed genocide and ethnic cleansing to happen at their doorsteps. The incompetent UN, and even more incompetent Dutch battalion allowed such atrocities to happen.
Today, 10 years late, all wounds are not healed, and probably never will be. Thousands of women have been left withouth their husbands, sons or grandsons. Their pain can never dissapear. Some of them have never found the bodies of their loved ones and probably never will.
All they demand is justice. The justice they deserve. Yet, even 10 years later, the main culprits of the Srebrenica massacre, Radovan Karadžić and general Ratko Mladić, are free, living, after taking the lives of so many. All these women ask for is that they be brought to the face of justice. Insted of them, Naser Orić, the man who tried to defend this helpless people is in The Hague, standing trial for war crimes. A trial, that will, and we can now say that with much certanty, find him innocent.
The world must never forget mid July of 1995, the tragedy of innocent Bosnian refugees, or history might repeat itself, and the victims never get justice.
REMEMBER SREBRENICA!
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On July 11th 1995, the Serb forces started their assault of Srebrenica. 8000 people, age 7 to 77, men and boys, children, husbands and fathers, humang beings, were killed, executed in cold blood by Serb forces, under the command of war criminal and monster, general Ratko Mladić.
All this happened under the watchful eye of the world community, under the supervision of the UN, under the noses of world leaders, yet, it was not stopped. The genocide of innocent people unable to protect themselves was allowed by Europe, by the world in the UN protected enclave of Srebrenica.
Two years before, Srebrenica had been declared a protected enclave and a demilitarised zone by the UN. It had become a shelter for thousands of men, women and children from the Serb butchers. Such was the case in 1 July of 1995. Over 40.000 civilians had found themselves in the protected enclave when the Serb forces decided to attack. They were defenseless. Their chance of defending themselves was non existant, as the Dutch UN forces requested that all weapons by the Bosnian forces be surrendered to them. Weapons which they refused to return when it became evident what the Serbs' plans were.
When the Serbs started their offensive, many people tried to escape from the surrounded enclave, and were shot at and shelled by the Serb forces in their attemt to save their lives. Over 20.000 refugees tried to find salvation in the main Dutch base at Potočari. The Serb forces took 14 Dutch soldiers hostage. In exchange for their release, the Dutch forces forced the Bosnian refugees out of their base and into certain death. They considered 14 men more important than 20.000.
The Serb forces began rounding up Bosnian men, young and old, unarmed, and executing them in cold blood. The epilogue? 8000 men, dead. Buried like animals in mass graves in an attempt to cover up the Serb atrocities. All under the noses of the so called "civilised" world, who, 40 years after World War II, allowed genocide and ethnic cleansing to happen at their doorsteps. The incompetent UN, and even more incompetent Dutch battalion allowed such atrocities to happen.
Today, 10 years late, all wounds are not healed, and probably never will be. Thousands of women have been left withouth their husbands, sons or grandsons. Their pain can never dissapear. Some of them have never found the bodies of their loved ones and probably never will.
All they demand is justice. The justice they deserve. Yet, even 10 years later, the main culprits of the Srebrenica massacre, Radovan Karadžić and general Ratko Mladić, are free, living, after taking the lives of so many. All these women ask for is that they be brought to the face of justice. Insted of them, Naser Orić, the man who tried to defend this helpless people is in The Hague, standing trial for war crimes. A trial, that will, and we can now say that with much certanty, find him innocent.
The world must never forget mid July of 1995, the tragedy of innocent Bosnian refugees, or history might repeat itself, and the victims never get justice.
REMEMBER SREBRENICA!
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