Judeofascist Terrorism in its full splendor:
Survivors Mark Srebrenica Massacre
Thu Jul 11, 7:51 AM ET
By ALMIR ARNAUT, Associated Press Writer
KLADANJ, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - When Ajka Mehinovic traveled the road from Srebrenica in 1995, she was fleeing the worst civilian massacre in Europe since World War II. On Thursday, she returned to the eastern Bosnian town, this time to remember those who didn't get away.
"I'm going to pray for their souls there," Mehinovic said.
Seven years ago Serb forces slaughtered some 8,000 men and boys in Srebrenica, a town that had been declared a safe zone by the United Nations. Each year since, survivors have marked the anniversary. This year, for the third time, they travelled to the former silver mining town, 50 miles northeast of the capital of Sarajevo, by bus - the same mode of transport as when they fled during the massacre.
"It's like 1995. Buses full of women, children and old people, just heading the other direction," said Mehinovic, who was among some 5,000 survivors who came to Srebrenica on Thursday. They came to honor those who died in the massacre, during Bosnia's 3-year war.
On July 11, 1995, Serb troops led by Gen. Ratko Mladic - now one of the most-wanted war crimes suspects sought by the U.N. war crimes tribunal - forced out all Muslims who had been taking sanctuary in the town under U.N. protection.
They headed toward nearby Potocari, where a small number of Dutch U.N. peacekeepers were stationed. The Muslims hoped the Dutch would be able to protect them from Serb aggression.
But the Dutch peacekeepers were outnumbered and their repeated requests that U.N. headquarters in Bosnia send them NATO air support went unfulfilled. Mladic took charge.
Serb soldiers separated men and women and brought the men to fields, where they executed more than 8,000 systematically during three days. Some men, including Mehinovic's husband and son, tried to flee through the forests but were caught and killed.
Mladic organized buses that brought women, children and elderly to Tuzla, where they hoped to rejoin their husbands and sons. Most saw their hopes shattered.
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