The Washington Post
March 13, 1993
SARAJEVO – An embodiment of the banality of evil shuffled into a Sarajevo courtroom today, wearing a beaten pair of black shoes without laces.
Borislav Herak, self-confessed war criminal, looked like a defeated man on the first day of his trial for mass murder ...
The Washington Post
March 12, 1993
SARAJEVO, March 11 – It might be hard to consider a man shot by a sniper as lucky, but that is precisely what Haris Bahtanovic is. Lucky.
Bahtanovic, 22, was walking behind Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn Wednesday, on his way to visit a friend, when he heard the crack ...
The Washington Post
March 12, 1993
SARAJEVO – Lawyer Branko Martic isn’t sure his client is innocent, but he hopes so.
“I have a hard time accepting that the crimes charged against my client can be committed,” Martic said. “I won’t feel pleasant if it is proved that ...
The Washington Post
March 11, 1993
SARAJEVO, March 10 – It was only a matter of time until the sniper got somebody.
It was perfect shooting weather today. No clouds, fog or falling snow to obscure a sniper’s view. Just blue skies and bright sunshine. It’s the kind of promising weather that ...
The Washington Post
March 10, 1993
SARAJEVO – It was midday, and Munira was at the doorstep of Kosevo Hospital’s diagnostic building. She was an architect, and her job was to assess shell damage at the medical complex and supervise repair work.
Midday is the time when the hospital is busiest. ...
The Washington Post
March 8, 1993
SARAJEVO – Himzo Devedzija makes people laugh and cry by fiddling with dials all day long.
Devedzija is a shortwave radio operator. In ordinary times, he would be seen by many as a classic nerd — a pudgy, balding guy with a gap between his front teeth who ...
The Washington Post
March 2, 1993
SARAJEVO, March 1 – U.S. Air Force cargo planes parachuted a second load of emergency aid to isolated areas of eastern Bosnia tonight, less than 24 hours after the first such airdrop failed to reach the beleaguered Muslim civilians for whom it was intended and apparently ...
The Washington Post
March 2, 1993
SARAJEVO, March 1 – A Muslim shortwave radio operator in Cerska was shouting through the crackling receiver here that Serb militia forces were attacking the east Bosnian town. Then, all of a sudden, a menacing voice cut him off.
“You are lying, you Muslim filth,” ...
The Washington Post
February 27, 1993
SARAJEVO, Feb. 26 – Muamera Puska is the queen of purple hearts.
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The Washington Post
February 26, 1993
SARAJEVO, Feb. 25 – Today’s burial of Almedena Seta was like most others here, except that she was only 2 years old when she was killed by a Serb tank shell while napping, and so the coffin bearing her body was no bigger than a pillow.
Funerals in Sarajevo, ...
