Category: Washington Post

The Washington Post
December 28, 1992

VITEZ, Bosnia – It was, as a British officer might say, a cracking good show.

During a recent patrol near the northeast Bosnian city of Tuzla, a convoy of British Warrior armored fighting vehicles was ambushed by Serb militia forces. The Serbs opened fire ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
December 27, 1992

ZENICA, Bosnia – Two weeks ago, a 22-year-old woman made her way to the gynecology ward at the main hospital here and asked doctors for an abortion. The woman, from the eastern Bosnian town of Foca, said she had been repeatedly raped by Serb soldiers and ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
December 27, 1992

ZENICA, Bosnia – Before the local Serb warlord took Muniba away from her apartment to rape her on June 9, he told her not to cry. Muniba, a Muslim schoolgirl, would be safe with him.

Then, Muniba, 17, said in a lengthy interview here, the Serb ordered her, her ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
December 26, 1992

SARAJEVO, December 25 – Karlo and Janja Pelzl went to Christmas Mass this morning, but they went to separate churches. It had nothing to do with religious differences or a marital spat.

The Pelzls were afraid that if they went to the same church and it was ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
December 26, 1992

SARAJEVO, Dec. 25 – The commander of U.N. relief forces in Bosnia, in a glum Christmas discussion of prospects for peace in this war-torn republic, said today that his quarters were shelled twice in the past 24 hours and that only a “miracle” had ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
December 25, 1992

SARAJEVO, Dec. 24 – In a city shivering under a winter siege, Christmas hymns drowned out the sound of gunfire at St. Anthony’s Church today.

It was supposed to be a midnight Mass, but it was held at four in the afternoon to beat Sarajevo’s nighttime ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
November 16, 1992

TRAVNIK, Bosnia – Commander Fahro Alihadzik cradled an AK-47 assault rifle in his lap and kept a sharp lookout on the cafe entrance the other day as he sipped a soft drink and explained how he maintains discipline among his Muslim troops fighting Serbs in ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
November 12, 1992

TRAVNIK, Bosnia – All of a sudden, a land of sanctuary for Bosnia’s Muslims has turned into a land of fear.

Until a few weeks ago, Muslim leaders thought central Bosnia would escape Serb domination and remain a rugged haven for their threatened people. ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
November 7, 1992

VITEZ, Bosnia – When British soldiers rolled into this central Bosnian town on behalf of the United Nations the other day, they asked to use an empty school as a base for their relief operations. They expected simply to be handed the keys because they were ...  (Read more)