Tag: Bosnia and Herzegovina
The false narrative of “Srebrenica genocide” has been picked apart relentlessly over the last decade and a half, Stephen Karganovic writes.
November 21 marked the 28th anniversary of the signing of the US-brokered Dayton Agreement, which brought an end to the proxy war in Bosnia after three years and eight months. It is an event few celebrate – although there was much cheering in Sarajevo two days later when Stuart Seldowitz, the man who led negotiations on Washington’s side, was arrested for subjecting Muslim Americans to vile verbal abuse.
Widely ignored official reports and never-before-seen declassified files suggest shadowy British special forces operatives played a crucial role in one of the 20th century’s most notorious and controversial massacres.
When reports from the front are bleak and things are going badly, the Balkans 1990s playbook is an unfailing source of inspiration.
