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NEWS > EVERYONE ELSE > BOSNIA FINALLY GETS AROUND TO BURYING MASSACRE VICTIMS
BOSNIA FINALLY GETS AROUND TO BURYING MASSACRE VICTIMS
July 11 2010
Srebrenica, Bosnia – Thought few people will ever cite the Bosnian War as one of the great tragedies of the modern era, the sheer numbers of dead and the trauma it created in the region speak otherwise. Officially occurring between 1992 and 1995 
between former states of Yugoslavia was the worst violence seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War. While obviously dwarfed by that event, the conflict still left hundreds of thousands dead and displaced and many shamed once again by the evil of ethnic cleansing.
While there were many reasons for the war and many monsters that made it happen, there are a few significant names that stand out. Slobodan Milošević is perhaps the most prominent name from that conflict. As leader of both Serbia and Yugoslavia, Milošević was pinpointed as the principle belligerent behind the war and the person most directly responsible for the chaos and ethnic slaughter, something the War Crimes tribunal made clear. However there were other people involved and like his European counterpart fifty years earlier it was those people who actually caused most of the damage. In particular it was Ratko Mladić and Radovan Karadžić who were most directly responsible for the crimes in the region, including the notorious Srebrenica massacre which killed more than 8000 people, people the city has just gotten around to putting to rest.
“I came here in an act of reconciliation. I want to build bridges of trust and understanding among the nations in the region. This is a time for honouring the dead but also to make promises that the men responsible for these actions will be brought to justice,” said Serbian President Boris Tadic. “These actions are not just a shame for those who died, they are a shame for Serbia and for all of humanity. We must pledge to bring those who committed these acts to justice and ensure that such things do not happen again.”
Mladić is still at large, presumably in Serbia, while Karadžić is on trial in The Hague.
“We welcome the President in peace. This is a time for reconciliation not a time for revenge or war. The victims of this war and these actions, including those still living, seek above else peace and understanding. Those responsible still need to be brought to justice but we cannot 
seek revenge in favour of peace,” said Kada Hotic, a spokesperson for the Srebrenica widows. “This has been a long process and we are glad to finally be putting these men and children to rest. By giving them peace we are also giving ourselves and our country peace and moving forward to a new future that does not include the kinds of atrocities of the past. While this is a sad day, it is also a day of great redemption and satisfaction for everyone involved.”
In all 775 people were laid to rest in the city, constituting the bulk of the remaining victims which had become a major eyesore for many citizens.
“Even fifteen years removed from those awful days the pain of the slaughter is still very potent to the people involved but also to the spirit of the country. That of course had been exacerbated by the sheer amount of decayed bodies lying in areas around the city which are very 
difficult to not notice. I’ve driven through the city and though they ceased to stink many years ago, the sight of these body piles is still a potent reminder of what happened,” said Scrape TV International analyst Gustav Hander. “People cannot be expected to forget the past when it is right there in their faces, while they take their children to school or buy fresh groceries. I understand that it’s been very difficult to get the money together to put these people to rest, I mean funerals are expensive everywhere, but they should have acted with a little more sense of urgency. Finally though, the past has been laid to rest.”
Reached for comment Mladić could not be found.
Emil Uliya, International Correspondent
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