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Author Topic: Anniversary of the UN Allowed Genocide in Srebrenica  (Read 811 times)
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« on: July 11, 2010, 03:56:30 PM »

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BBC NewsHundreds of victims of the Srebrenica massacre are being buried at a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the atrocity in the Bosnian town.

The 775 coffins with the remains of newly identified victims from mass graves are being laid to rest at the Potocari cemetery, outside Srebrenica.

More than 7,000 Muslim men and boys from the town were killed by advancing Bosnian Serb troops in July 1995.

The massacre was the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II.

Serbian President Boris Tadic is attending the ceremony, in what is seen as a significant gesture.

In March, Serbia's parliament passed a landmark resolution apologising for the massacre, saying Belgrade should have done more to prevent the tragedy.

Srebrenica had been declared a UN safe zone, to which thousands of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) had fled during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. But the Bosnian Serb army easily overran the lightly-armed Dutch force there in July 1995.

The massacre is the only episode of the conflict to have been deemed a genocide by the UN tribunal.

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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2010, 04:06:36 PM »

I still feel that this was one of the worst disasters of the human spirit in my lifetime.  Why it hasn't forever tainted the concept of the UN is still bewildering to me.  Hubris in their position.  Cowardice in the face of death.  Willfully disarming a population than knowingly handing them off for slaughter.   Cry
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