Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Srebrenica: What really happened?

Today’s news headlines announce that Radovan Karadzic has been arrested in Serbia and will stand trial at the UN Tribunal in The Hague on fifteen counts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities, most notably for organizing the siege of Sarajevo and for his role in the massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica (1995).

If you read The Times, the Srebrenica massacre involved "more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys."

If you read the Guardian, the massacre involved "nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys." Elsewhere the Guardian reminds us, "That the Serbian forces under Karadzic's command committed genocide against the Muslims of Srebrenica in July 1995 is an established legal fact."  More...

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