Massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Srebrenica Massacre, La Va Valley Ethnic Cleansing, Prijedor Massacre, Mass Executions in the Srebrenica Massacre (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Srebrenica massacre, La va Valley ethnic cleansing, Prijedor massacre, Mass executions in the Srebrenica massacre, Zvornik massacre, Vi egrad massacres, Stupni Do massacre, Kori ani Cliffs massacre, Ahmi i massacre, Sjeverin massacre, Fo a massacres, Massacre in Grabovica, Markale massacres, emerno massacre, Doboj massacre, Prebilovci massacre, Du a massacre, Srebrenica Children Massacre, Tuzla Massacre, Zaklopa a massacre, Mokronoge massacre, trpci massacre, Doljani massacre, Bijeljina massacre, Bikavac fire, Dobrinja mortar attack, Pionirska Street fire, Ahatovi i massacre, Pogrom in Krnjeu a, Paklenik Massacre, Glogova massacre, Bosanska Jagodina massacre, Barimo Massacre, Kravica incident. Excerpt: The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, refers to the July 1995 killing, during the Bosnian War, of more than 8,000 Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) under the command of General Ratko Mladi . The mass murder was described by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War. A paramilitary unit from Serbia known as the Scorpions, officially part of the Serbian Interior Ministry until 1991, participated in the massacre and it is alleged that foreign volunteers including the Greek Volunteer Guard also participated. In April 1993, the United Nations declared the besieged enclave of Srebrenica in the Drina Valley of north-eastern Bosnia a "safe area" under UN protection. However, in July 1995, the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), represented on the ground by a 400-strong contingent of Dutch peacekeepers, Dutchbat, failed to prevent the town's capture by the VRS and the subsequent massacre. In...