My first interaction with news concerning Bosnia was way back in 1995 when Bosnian warwas coming to an end. A brutal outcome as it was, more than 100,000 people lost their lives with an estimated over 2 million people displaced ... this was by far the most devastating conflict in Europe since WWII. Back then I was too young (10 years old) to realize any political details. Few years later the decently compiled thriller drama series "Alpha Bravo Charlie" hit our national TV channel, highlighting Pakistan Army's operational involvement in the war under United Nation's protocol. Then in late 2008, Slovenia happened and I found myself more close to Bosnian proximity (Sarajevo is roughly 550km from Ljubljana). As Bosniaks constitute a sizable number of overall Muslim minority in Slovenia, my day to day interaction with them increased which eventually led to further research on breakup of Yugoslavia and the political turmoil surrounding that war.
July 1995, when army of Republika Srpska under the command of General Ratko Mladić with full backing of Serb paramilitary unit - Scorpions and Greek Volunteer Guard, under the presence of UN-deployed Dutchbat, executed genocide, ethnic cleansing, rape and abuse of civilians, construction of mass graves and a total massacre of more than 8300 Bosniak lives.
Today, 11th July 2011, I'm dedicating my post as a memo of remembrance, when this misfortune unleashed exactly 16 years ago ... I dedicate this post to my innocent brothers and sisters who paid with their lives ... to the people who had to face this ultimate tragedy of watching their loved-ones being slaughtered in front of their eyes ... to those who had to seek refuge out of their motherland ... to the ruthlessness of Mladić, Karadžić, Plavšić,Milošević and the nationalists who were blindly manipulated by them ... to the human right activists (including Serbs) who did everything to make sure this history does not get lost among the clouds of self-denial and apologetics ... to the grand joke of all practical jokes - United Nations, who (again) failed to control the situation ... to the hypocrisy of Dutchbat who knowingly handed over Bosniak civilians to Republika Srpska ... to the fact that it took them 16 years to capture the chief culprit and that justice delayed is justice denied ... to the promise that as Muslims WE WILL NEVER FORGET SREBRENICA!!!
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