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.
...
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, ...
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.
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, with the Clinton administration ...
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 to the cargo planes and aircrews ...
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 government’s turnabout ...
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 populated by Slavic ...
