The Bosnian Genocide
According to Fouad Riad, there were “thousands of men executed and buried in mass graves, hundreds of men buried alive, men and women mutilated and slaughtered… (www.hrw.org). The Srebrenica Massacre was only one part of the Bosnian Genocide. The Bosnian Genocide is one of the worst genocides since World War II. With over 100,000 deaths and 8,000 of them related to the massacre of Srebrenica, Bosnia is home to the worst mass killing in Europe since World War II. Despite warning signs though newspaper and media, the international and the U.S. failed to intervene sufficiently.
A good starting place would be after the year of 1980, in which President Josip Broz (also known as Tito) of Yugoslavia died. He was responsible for keeping the country …show more content…
For example, concentration camps and detention camps were used for mass killings of Bosniaks, which is similar to the method of the Nazis during the Holocaust (www.historyplace.com). Women were often raped in order to get pregnant and there were 20,000 rapes within rape camps between 1992 and 1995 (worldwithoutgenocide.org). There were over 200 concentration and detention camps, in which over 100,000 people died due to shootings, horrific living conditions, beatings, and rape. An example of a mass killing would be in the city of Srbrenica in July 1995. According to an interview with Mevludin Oric, “Everyone in the sea of bodies were dead” (www.nbcnews.com). Roughly eight thousand men and boys were dead after the massacre, and it is the worst mass extermination in Europe since World War …show more content…
The U.N. (United Nations) established 6 safe areas in which the Bosnian Muslims could escape; there were guarded by troops. Despite the safe areas being implemented into Bosnia, it was ineffective as Serb troops were able to destroy the area.
The United States didn’t do much to ease the Bosnian Genocide. Bill Clinton and George Bush chose isolationist policies since they did not want to get involved with conflict despite an unprecedented amount of evidence of mass killings. However, beginning in 1992 the United States began to take action. On August30, 1995, Operation Deliberate Force was put into action; the strikes were primarily aimed at the Serbs (www.nato.int). This eventually led to a peace agreement between the Serbs and Bosnia. On December 14, 1995, the Dayton Accords were signed, which ended conflict in Bosnia. This genocide led to some
A good starting place would be after the year of 1980, in which President Josip Broz (also known as Tito) of Yugoslavia died. He was responsible for keeping the country …show more content…
For example, concentration camps and detention camps were used for mass killings of Bosniaks, which is similar to the method of the Nazis during the Holocaust (www.historyplace.com). Women were often raped in order to get pregnant and there were 20,000 rapes within rape camps between 1992 and 1995 (worldwithoutgenocide.org). There were over 200 concentration and detention camps, in which over 100,000 people died due to shootings, horrific living conditions, beatings, and rape. An example of a mass killing would be in the city of Srbrenica in July 1995. According to an interview with Mevludin Oric, “Everyone in the sea of bodies were dead” (www.nbcnews.com). Roughly eight thousand men and boys were dead after the massacre, and it is the worst mass extermination in Europe since World War …show more content…
The U.N. (United Nations) established 6 safe areas in which the Bosnian Muslims could escape; there were guarded by troops. Despite the safe areas being implemented into Bosnia, it was ineffective as Serb troops were able to destroy the area.
The United States didn’t do much to ease the Bosnian Genocide. Bill Clinton and George Bush chose isolationist policies since they did not want to get involved with conflict despite an unprecedented amount of evidence of mass killings. However, beginning in 1992 the United States began to take action. On August30, 1995, Operation Deliberate Force was put into action; the strikes were primarily aimed at the Serbs (www.nato.int). This eventually led to a peace agreement between the Serbs and Bosnia. On December 14, 1995, the Dayton Accords were signed, which ended conflict in Bosnia. This genocide led to some