by Marlise Simons
THE HAGUE - To carry out the most notorious massacre of the Bosnian war, the
organizers devised an elaborate ruse. They stole the blue helmets and white
vehicles of United Nations peacekeepers so they could trick and capture
their victims. They blocked access roads to keep away outsiders like Red
Cross workers and journalists.
On July 11, 1995, as gunshots rang in the night, the Bosnian Serb military
leader, Gen. Ratko Mladic, met in a local hotel with a man summoned to speak
for the frightened people in the mountain town of Srebrenica. "I guarantee
that all those who surrender their weapons will live," the general said. "I
need a clear answer so I can decide both as a man and as a commander."
But the next morning, a five-day killing frenzy began. By the time it was
over, the Bosnian Serb Army and police forces had systematically tracked
down and executed close to 8,000 boys and men.
General Mladic and the Bosnian Serb political leader, Radovan Karadzic, who
were indicted as the main architects of Europe's worst massacre since World
War II, have evaded capture. . . .
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VIDEO Narrated by Bill Moyers: "SREBRENICA: A CRY FROM THE
GRAVE," WNET New York
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to Go Unpunished," Times (UK), November 15, 2003
"BOYLE SAYS RS IS GENOCIDAL PRODUCT AND SHOULD BE ABOLISHED," ONASA News
Agency, July 9, 2005
Edward P. Joseph, "Bystanders To a Massacre: How the U.N. Failed
Srebrenica," Washington Post, July 10, 2005
Nicholas Wood, "More Prosecutions Likely to Stem From New Srebrenica
Report," New York Times, October 6, 2005
