Category: Bosnia 1992-1993

A broken clock in Senadin Seta's kitchen shows the time of 4:50. That's when a Serb tank shell smashed through the ceiling.

The Washington Post
February 24, 1993

SARAJEVO – For the past 10 months, Bosnia’s embattled Muslim-led government has tried in vain to persuade the world powers to stand up to Serb aggression in the republic and say simply, “enough is enough.”

Now, ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
February 22, 1993

SARAJEVO, Feb. 21 –  U.N. military and humanitarian aid officials disagreed today about the wisdom of proposed American airdrops to starving Bosnian civilians, but they concurred that such an operation could entail significant risks ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
February 21, 1993

SARAJEVO, Feb. 20 – Under international pressure, the Bosnian government called on the Sarajevo city council today to lift its controversial boycott of humanitarian aid and declared a unilateral cease-fire to facilitate aid shipments.

The ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
February 9, 1993

BUDAPEST – An international proposal to end the three-sided Bosnian war has sparked a new round of “ethnic cleansing” in which Serb and Croat nationalist forces are trying to solidify their control over areas of the republic ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 24, 1993

SARAJEVO – Sgt. Richard Roth is a stealth soldier.

While the Pentagon and White House have fretted about sending armed forces into Bosnia, Roth, a blunt-talking, Marlboro-smoking sergeant from Maquoketa, Iowa, slipped into Sarajevo ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 17, 1993

ROGATICA, Bosnia – The Serb commander with a double-pump shotgun and a crooked moustache did not waste his breath when asked how many reporters could accompany a U.N. relief convoy to the trapped Muslim town of Zepa.

“None,” he barked.

Commander ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 16, 1993

SARAJEVO – Shivering as her life went up in smoke, Elza Vukmanovic, 65, wept while she fed the pages of a book into her tiny stove. She was trying to stay warm.

Her husband, Branko, 72, was out on the apartment balcony, doing what ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 13, 1993

SARAJEVO – Through the static of a shortwave radio, Fadil Heljic made a frantic plea from hell.

“The town is like a big cemetery,” he shouted from the Muslim-held town of Zepa, which is surrounded by Serb forces and has ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 12, 1993

SARAJEVO – Three days after the assassination of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s deputy premier by a Serb gunman, U.N. commanders are refusing to let Bosnian government investigators question the troops who were escorting the politician ...  (Read more)