Personally think the article is objective, professional and clear.
Wars like wars are absolutely unbearable to the general population. Once they happen, they are disasters.
The ins and outs of the "Srebrenica Massacre"
2005-06-24 Source: Guangming Daily Author: Song Wenfu, our reporter based in Belgrade
In front of a house full of mountains and jungles, a few soldiers wearing red berets were unloading something from the truck. The chest of the camouflage uniform was prefixed with a golden yellow poisonous scorpion with a raised head and chest. Tied and trembling young men dressed in civilian clothes lay flat on the car, and the soldiers guarding them placed their guns directly at them, kicked them hard on the head and body, and screamed and drove them out of the car. Then these young people stood in front one by one. The soldiers pulled the trigger from behind and killed 4 people one after another. They untied the ropes of the remaining two young people under 30 years old, and they killed 4 of them. After the corpses of the shooter were pulled far away, they were shot and killed by the soldiers, and then the shooter drove away. All this is like making a movie, but it is indeed a reproduction of the real scene. On June 1st of this year, during Milosevic’s court defense, Judge Jeffrey of the International Criminal Court in The Hague requested a short video to be shown. These are the real images in the video. Judge Jeffrey explained that the video was obtained on May 25 this year. The filmmaker was a member of the Serb "Scorpion" volunteer force. After the city of Srebrenica, the captured Muslims were taken to Tarnovo to carry out mass killings. The judge believes that since the Serbian “venomous scorpion” armed volunteer force is part of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs police force, it can be proved that the Bosnian Serb army, with the help of the Serbian army, after occupying the city of Srebrenica, The massacre of a large number of captured Muslim soldiers and civilians in the past can further prove that Milosevic did indeed commit genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The "Srebrenica Massacre", like a scar on the entire Serbian nation, was once again uncovered and hit hard by the international community. The origin of the incident was Srebrenica, a small town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Surrounded by mountains, it is less than 20 kilometers from the Serbian border and about 100 kilometers from Sarajevo. The word "Srebro" in Serbian means "silver", and the city gets its name from the very famous local silver mine. According to the population statistics in 1990, there were a total of 3. 50,000 people, three-quarters of whom are Muslims. After the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina began in 1992, almost all of the eastern towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina were occupied by Serb forces in the spring. After being occupied for 3 days, he quickly withdrew and was back under the control of the Muslim armed forces. As the only important support point of the Muslim armed forces in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, the surrounding Muslim refugees continue to pour in here, and the local Muslim armed forces have also grown. In winter, hungry residents and Muslim armed forces in the city continue to attack surrounding Serb villages and residents. At that time, the most convenient passage from Pale, the Serb capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Belgrade was very close to Srebrenica. This passage was very important to Karadzic. The Muslim armed forces stationed in Srebrenica had several times. Attempt to cut it off. Therefore, in March 1993, the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina determined to take Srebrenica completely. As the Serb army was approaching the city step by step, the United States and Western society began to intervene. With the mediation of the French peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbs agreed to stop the offensive and demanded that all the Muslims in the city disarm and stop attacking the Serbs. Residents, and must never threaten the security of the passage from Pale to Belgrade, the Serb capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On April 16, 1993, the Security Council passed a resolution specifying the city as one of the United Nations protected areas. In the spring of 1995, a large Serb settlement in Croatia, which was also listed as a UN protected area-the Republic of Krajina, was completely captured by the Croat army within a few days. A large number of Serb refugees fled to Serbia and Poland. Black, this action completely angered the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally made up their minds to gather forces again to completely capture Srebrenica. After the Serbian army first surrounded and isolated the Dutch peacekeeping forces on July 6, the attack officially began. Five days later, Mladić officially announced on television that Srebrenica had been taken. At the same time, the Serbs have also begun to be criticized by the Muslims and Western society. They stated that in the days from July 11 to 16, the Serb armed forces had organized organized crimes against Muslim prisoners of war in the Srebrenica area. Mass killings of civilians. The controversy surrounding the numbers is who ordered the massacre? How many people were killed? The British BBC television program stated that in the days from July 12 to 16, 1995, a total of 7414 Muslim residents were killed by the Bosnian Serb army under the command of Mladic. After the Dayton Agreement in November 1995, dozens of various committees and professional teams from the international community came here, dug hundreds of tombs and re-verified and investigated. The Serb government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has also established a special committee to Help with this. In the past few years, the death toll has been on the rise, varying from 7,000 to more than 11,000. Just after the video on June 1 of this year that six Muslim youths were shot and killed, on June 11, Sarajevo’s newspapers published the list of all 8,106 people missing in the 1995 Srebrenica incident for the first time, stating that This is the result of the survey done so far, but it is not all. According to materials published by the International Red Cross in August 2004, the identities of 1,482 bodies have been confirmed. Coupled with verification by other international organizations, the true identities of a total of 2,984 people have been ascertained, of which 2,173 were the result of verification after re-excavation of corpses or corpse fragments. The Srebrenica Investigation Commission of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Serb Entity Government pointed out that based on the list of missing persons provided by more than 30 organizations, the number of missing persons should be roughly between 7,000 and 8,000. If this is true, then at least There should be the remains of 5,000 to 6,500 people, but where are these remains? There is no specific whereabouts in the multiple searches. Belgrade has different opinions on this figure. The director of the "Investigation Commission on Crimes of Persecution of Serb Residents", Ivanishić, pointed out that the so-called list of 8,106 missing persons was taken out by the International Red Cross in 1995, but it also It was the 3016 on the list who reappeared on the voter list during the Bosnia and Herzegovina general election the following year. He also said that even among the more than 2,000 people who were verified to have died, only 36 were women, and about 50 were elderly and children, and there were very few civilians. He said that the military expert of the Hague Tribunal, Mei Ningjin, wrote in his report that the re-examination after exhuming the corpse had been carried out 17 times. Among the 1883 corpses, it was verified that 1,656 of them were men. Only one is female, another 212 cannot be distinguished by gender, and 1,424 of them died after being wounded by a gunshot. Therefore, Ivanishevich himself does not agree with the so-called massacre. Serbia’s response. Once the video on which six Muslim civilians were shot and killed was broadcast, the entire Serbia was shocked, and the Serb residents who had been treated as weak or regarded as being unfairly treated by the international community were shocked. Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica delivered a speech on the same day, condemning the crimes committed in Srebrenica most angrily. All political parties in Serbia and people from various circles also expressed their views, pointing out that the shooting and killing of six Muslim youths was an act of fascism. Compatriots of the nation felt ashamed and humiliated by this action and unanimously demanded that the parties should be severely punished. Serbian President Tadic made it clear that he himself can go to Srebrenica and contribute to the war. The sacrificed innocent non-Serb residents repented. The Serbian government immediately issued an order to arrest the four “venomous scorpions” members who were still living in Serbia, as shown in the video. Eight non-governmental organizations including the Human Rights Foundation in Serbia immediately signed a letter to the government, requesting the Serbian Parliament to pass a resolution publicly admitting crimes committed against Muslim residents during the Bosnia-Herzegovina War. However, after two days of debate and deliberation, the parliament finally failed to reach an agreement. The main reason is that most people think that the war itself is an extremely cruel action. The death of family members and the death of comrades in arms may arouse the wild side of individual people and lead to extreme methods. However, these should be more personal actions, and the perpetrators must They were severely punished, but they did not represent the will of the entire Serbian nation, and they could not be deemed to be an act of the state. More people emphasized that any atrocities should be condemned and punished, whether by Serbs, Muslims or other ethnic groups. If the parliament passes a resolution, it must also condemn Muslim extremists against Serb residents during the years of war. The atrocities committed. According to the Commission of Investigation on Crimes of Persecution of Serb Residents, Srebrenica is also the grave of Serbs. From 1992 to 1995, at least 3,227 Serbs died in the entire Srebrenica area. There were 446 deaths in the city center, and as many as 469 Muslim mobs were involved in crimes, all of which have various evidence materials such as text and images. The Committee emphasized that during the Bosnia and Herzegovina War, a total of 26,818 Serbs lost their lives, of which 19% were soldiers, 31% were farmers, 10% were women, and less than 1% were children. These must also be clarified, because every death Both are equally important, and Serbian mothers have the right to know all the truth. Milosevic’s questioning faced the judge’s video broadcast. In the court, Milosevic made it clear that what he saw was “no doubt a crime”. However, he also stated that this crime cannot be linked to Serbia because the "Poison Scorpion" unit was established in 1992 and was officially incorporated by the Serb armed forces of the "Republic of Serbia Krajina" in Croatia. A total of more than 300 people belonged to it. Volunteer troops, whose salaries are 4-5 times higher than those of regular Serb soldiers, are tasked with protecting the oil producing areas of the Republic of Krajina. After the Dayton Agreement was signed, the Ministry was disbanded in the fall of 1996 and has nothing to do with the Serbian police force. Therefore, it is impossible to prove that Serbia was directly involved in the Srebrenica incident. Then Milosevic asked, "Can the judge prove who and where this video was taken?" 4 kilometers, on what basis can it be concluded that the six Muslim residents who were shot were indeed from Srebrenica? "When is the exact shooting time?" "The entire videotape of about 2 hours is clearly marked with the recording time in the upper left corner, but why is there no indication on the 20-minute tape showing the murder scene?" "It is obvious that some parts have been re-edited, and one of the passages has obviously been erased. "Therefore, Milosevic questioned the authenticity of this videotape and hoped that the judge could explain it. Why the video was disclosed at this time? According to judicial procedures, the videotape is indirect evidence. Due to the existence of various doubts, even Judge Jeffrey himself also thinks that it is difficult to formally classify it as evidence. Analysts in Serbia believe that the judge knew it very well from the beginning, but the real purpose of the video broadcast is to achieve a sensational effect that shocked the society. It is enough to let the international community see this shocking scene of Serb crime. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Srebrenica incident. On July 11, the international community will hold a large-scale memorial event in the city. Many international leaders Everyone said they might go there by then, but so far, Mladic, the main producer of the Srebrenica incident identified by the West, is still missing. In the second half of the year, negotiations on the final status of Kosovo will also officially start. Therefore, a local analyst believes that the main purpose of the video being disclosed now is that the main purpose of Western countries is to accuse Serbia of not being able to face up to its past, so as to weaken Serbia and Montenegro’s negotiating position on Kosovo’s final status; secondly, the West hopes that the 7 Arrest Mladic as soon as possible before November 11th, thinking that after these shocking images are broadcast, most people will have a new understanding of Mladic. What is the truth of the Srebrenica incident? What do you think of this incident? General Stankovic, the former dean of the Serbian Military Medical Academy and who has appeared on various battlefields many times, thinks, “In a large pit where the corpse was buried in Skolanin, we saw with our own eyes A boy walked in and searched for each corpse one by one. I wanted to go up and stop it, but he said to me,'My father, mother, brother and sister are all here.' Later, I saw this boy in military uniform, with a submachine gun on his back, and began to avenge his loved ones. "The general said that the biggest problem with the Srebrenica incident is, "We are currently trying to judge the result (of the war), not its cause." What are these behaviors? It must be a crime. But is it genocide? revenge? Or something else? We owe the dead, no It only refers to the Serbs, and includes all the war victims. "
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