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Although, former U.S. Balkans peace negotiator Richard Holbrooke said in an interview that he believed the Bosnian Muslims wouldn't have survived without foreign help, as at the time a U.N. arms embargo uniquely diminished the Bosnian government's fighting capabilities - he called the arrival of the mujahideen "a pact with the devil" from which ...
Meanwhile, the Bosnian Muslims voted for independence. Bosnian Serbs declared an autonomous province, independent of Bosnia, and Bosnian Croats took similar steps. The war broke out in April 1992. [6] Muslim foreign fighters came to support the Bosnian Muslims and an independent Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 7th Muslim Brigade (Bosnian: 7. muslimanska brigada / 7. muslimanska viteška oslobidilačka brigada) was an elite all-volunteer brigade of the 3rd Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It served as the ARBiH's primary assault brigade in Central Bosnia, and was headquartered in Zenica.
The Srebrenica massacre, [a] also known as the Srebrenica genocide, [b] [8] was the July 1995 genocidal killing [9] of more than 8,000 [10] Bosniak Muslim men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. [11]
Patriotic League (Bosnian: Patriotska liga), was established by the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in June 1991 in preparations for the coming Bosnian War. Together with Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was transformed into the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Names of the victims of the September 11 attacks were inscribed at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum alphabetically by last name initial. They are organized as such: List of victims of the September 11 attacks (A–G) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (H–N) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (O–Z)
Bosnian genocide: 1992-1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), Scorpions paramilitary group: c. 34,000 [24] Sanski Most ethnic cleansing 1992-1995 Sanski Most: VRS 842 [25] Doboj ethnic cleansing (1992) April–October 1992 Doboj: VRS 322 Bijeljina massacre: 1-2 April 1992 Bijeljina: VRS, JNA 78
On 11 July 2010, the 15th anniversary of the massacre, 775 coffins of Bosnian Muslims were buried, including one Bosnian Croat. [24] [25] Serbian President Boris Tadić attended the ceremony. [26] On 17 November 2012, various war veteran groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia visited the memorial and paid tribute. [27] [28]