* Another side of Srebrenica *
from: Radio Nederlands, 29/11/2002
---
Come documentazione precedente si veda / As previous documentation see:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1747
Was there a massacre in Srebrenica? What really happened and why?
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/list-s.htm
Altri link / More links:
Was the Srebrenica 'Massacre' a Hoax? (by R. Grémaux & A. de Vries)
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/falsely.htm
Srebrenica (by Carlos Martins Branco)
http://www.balkanpeace.org/cib/bos/boss/boss07.shtml
Srebrenica, a small town in Yugoslavia: 5 years on and the lies
continue.
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/texts2.htm
A journey through evidence and documents (two years after)
http://www.serbianlinks.freehosting.net/srebrenica.html
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From : Rick Rozoff
Date : Tue, 3 Dec 2002 02:14:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject : [yugoslaviainfo] FRI: Another Side Of Srebrenica
http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/bos021129.html
Radio Netherlands
November 29, 2002
Another side of Srebrenica
by David Jan Godfroid
Serbian cousins Aco and Darko are butchering pigs for
winter in the village of Fakovici, along the banks of
the River Drina in Eastern Bosnia. The two cousins are
the men of the house; ten years ago, when they were
still kids, their fathers were killed by Muslims from
Srebrenica. The attack happened near this very spot.
The drama of Srebrenica, one of the darkest chapters
of the Bosnian civil war, is a story often told in
simple terms. Bosnian Serb troops surround the town,
isolate it for years, then finally capture it and
slaughter 7000 men and boys, mainly Muslims. But the
reality is far more complex.
There was a lot of violence here before the siege of
Srebrenica began. Serbs attacked Muslim villages in
the surroundings, torched the houses and killed the
villagers. And Muslims did the same. From September
1992 until January 1993, dozens of Serbian villages
fell prey to Muslim sorties from Srebrenica. Hundreds
of Serbs, mainly civilians, were killed.
Destructive raiders
The village of Skelani nestles in the mountains on the
eastern border of Bosnia. During the war, a Muslim
army unit from Srebrenica often raided the Serbian
villages in this area, under the command of Naser
Oric. After ten years, you can still see the results.
Birches grow out of a demolished house. Down the road,
there's a group of partly destroyed houses; three of
them are abandoned, two others are inhabited again,
but only the ground floor has been provisionally repaired.
Naser Oric was the local commander of the Bosnian
Muslim army in Srebrenica. Just the mention of his
name causes outrage among Serbs in this region. A man
who goes by the pseudonym of Petar Jovanovic remembers
Oric from the days when they both worked on the
Srebrenica police force.
"Oric came to Srebrenica on orders to organise a
Muslim army and prepare them for war. He knew nothing
about religion. Oric told me this himself. He was
willing to fight for whoever made him the best offer.
He was 25 or 26 years old and he wanted only three
things: money, fancy cars and women."
Memories of death
In the village of Fakovici, Aco and Darko don't feel
like talking about the attack ten years ago, but they
think about the deaths of their fathers and other
relatives every day. They still live in the house
where the slaughter occurred. "Look," says Aco,
"That's where we found grandfather . . . his hands
were tied and his skull was crushed."
Sitting on the very spot where that man was killed is
Mica, one of the few defenders of Fakovici. Mica, who
himself was injured in the assault, is still furious
with his own people:
"If only one person had tried to defend our villages,
the Muslims would never have attacked us. We had
enough arms and men at our disposal, but one
paramilitary group after another came to tell us that
we were under their command. And when the Muslims
finally attacked, our commanders were across the
border in Serbia, and our defenders went picking
walnuts in the forest or fishing, three kilometres up
the river Drina. We had less than 15 men to defend the
village against over 200 attackers. It was one big
confusion."
Animal response
Twenty-four people were killed in Fakovici, including
Darko's parents and Aco's father and grandfather. Mica
is one of the few Serbs who think Muslims are not to
blame.
"First we chased them out of their villages. And a man
who has been forced to leave his house and live in the
forest becomes an animal. They had no choice but to
respond. First they were chased away, then they
organized themselves and they attacked. Of course."
From the graveyard of Bajina Basta, just across the
River Drina in Serbia, you can see the mountains of
Bosnia, where the war started ten years ago. Many of
those who died in those mountains in 1992-93 lie
buried here in a Serbian grave.
There are dozens of them. All of the victims are from
the villages across the river. Fakovici, Skelani...
small villages, often no more then a couple of houses.
The civilians who lived in such places were killed by
the attackers from Srebrenica.
Hari has just visited the grave of a good friend. He
looks at the other side of the river Drina, his eyes
filled with tears.
"It hurts, because I know how many young people lost
their lives there. You can rebuild a house or a
village. You can replant fields and orchards. But a
lost life, a young life . . . that hurts most."
from: Radio Nederlands, 29/11/2002
---
Come documentazione precedente si veda / As previous documentation see:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1747
Was there a massacre in Srebrenica? What really happened and why?
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/list-s.htm
Altri link / More links:
Was the Srebrenica 'Massacre' a Hoax? (by R. Grémaux & A. de Vries)
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/falsely.htm
Srebrenica (by Carlos Martins Branco)
http://www.balkanpeace.org/cib/bos/boss/boss07.shtml
Srebrenica, a small town in Yugoslavia: 5 years on and the lies
continue.
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/texts2.htm
A journey through evidence and documents (two years after)
http://www.serbianlinks.freehosting.net/srebrenica.html
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From : Rick Rozoff
Date : Tue, 3 Dec 2002 02:14:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject : [yugoslaviainfo] FRI: Another Side Of Srebrenica
http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/bos021129.html
Radio Netherlands
November 29, 2002
Another side of Srebrenica
by David Jan Godfroid
Serbian cousins Aco and Darko are butchering pigs for
winter in the village of Fakovici, along the banks of
the River Drina in Eastern Bosnia. The two cousins are
the men of the house; ten years ago, when they were
still kids, their fathers were killed by Muslims from
Srebrenica. The attack happened near this very spot.
The drama of Srebrenica, one of the darkest chapters
of the Bosnian civil war, is a story often told in
simple terms. Bosnian Serb troops surround the town,
isolate it for years, then finally capture it and
slaughter 7000 men and boys, mainly Muslims. But the
reality is far more complex.
There was a lot of violence here before the siege of
Srebrenica began. Serbs attacked Muslim villages in
the surroundings, torched the houses and killed the
villagers. And Muslims did the same. From September
1992 until January 1993, dozens of Serbian villages
fell prey to Muslim sorties from Srebrenica. Hundreds
of Serbs, mainly civilians, were killed.
Destructive raiders
The village of Skelani nestles in the mountains on the
eastern border of Bosnia. During the war, a Muslim
army unit from Srebrenica often raided the Serbian
villages in this area, under the command of Naser
Oric. After ten years, you can still see the results.
Birches grow out of a demolished house. Down the road,
there's a group of partly destroyed houses; three of
them are abandoned, two others are inhabited again,
but only the ground floor has been provisionally repaired.
Naser Oric was the local commander of the Bosnian
Muslim army in Srebrenica. Just the mention of his
name causes outrage among Serbs in this region. A man
who goes by the pseudonym of Petar Jovanovic remembers
Oric from the days when they both worked on the
Srebrenica police force.
"Oric came to Srebrenica on orders to organise a
Muslim army and prepare them for war. He knew nothing
about religion. Oric told me this himself. He was
willing to fight for whoever made him the best offer.
He was 25 or 26 years old and he wanted only three
things: money, fancy cars and women."
Memories of death
In the village of Fakovici, Aco and Darko don't feel
like talking about the attack ten years ago, but they
think about the deaths of their fathers and other
relatives every day. They still live in the house
where the slaughter occurred. "Look," says Aco,
"That's where we found grandfather . . . his hands
were tied and his skull was crushed."
Sitting on the very spot where that man was killed is
Mica, one of the few defenders of Fakovici. Mica, who
himself was injured in the assault, is still furious
with his own people:
"If only one person had tried to defend our villages,
the Muslims would never have attacked us. We had
enough arms and men at our disposal, but one
paramilitary group after another came to tell us that
we were under their command. And when the Muslims
finally attacked, our commanders were across the
border in Serbia, and our defenders went picking
walnuts in the forest or fishing, three kilometres up
the river Drina. We had less than 15 men to defend the
village against over 200 attackers. It was one big
confusion."
Animal response
Twenty-four people were killed in Fakovici, including
Darko's parents and Aco's father and grandfather. Mica
is one of the few Serbs who think Muslims are not to
blame.
"First we chased them out of their villages. And a man
who has been forced to leave his house and live in the
forest becomes an animal. They had no choice but to
respond. First they were chased away, then they
organized themselves and they attacked. Of course."
From the graveyard of Bajina Basta, just across the
River Drina in Serbia, you can see the mountains of
Bosnia, where the war started ten years ago. Many of
those who died in those mountains in 1992-93 lie
buried here in a Serbian grave.
There are dozens of them. All of the victims are from
the villages across the river. Fakovici, Skelani...
small villages, often no more then a couple of houses.
The civilians who lived in such places were killed by
the attackers from Srebrenica.
Hari has just visited the grave of a good friend. He
looks at the other side of the river Drina, his eyes
filled with tears.
"It hurts, because I know how many young people lost
their lives there. You can rebuild a house or a
village. You can replant fields and orchards. But a
lost life, a young life . . . that hurts most."