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=__ Bosnia __= =** Rosemarie, Ariel, Alyssa, Michelle **=  - Bosnia Genocide 1992-1995 - 200,000 Deaths

__STEP TWO part one:__ -Bosnia consist of three main groups based off of ethnic and religious backround. The three groups have long been bitter rivals. -The Orthodox Christian Serbs, Catholic Croats, and Muslim Albanians were the three main groups in Bosnia. __Orthodox Christian Serbs__-The identity of ethnic Serbs was historically largely based on Orthodox Christianity and on the [|Serbian Orthodox Church], to the extent that some Serb nationalists claimed that those who are not its faithful are not Serbs. ethnologists consider that the distinct Serb and Croat identities relate to religion rather than ethnicity.
 * __Muslim Alabanians__-** Bosnian Muslims were hopelessly outgunned. As the Serbs gained ground, they began to systematically roundup local Muslims in scenes eerily similar to those that had occurred under the Nazis during World War II, including mass shootings, forced repopulation of entire towns, and confinement in make-shift concentration camps for men and boys. The Serbs also terrorized Muslim families into fleeing their villages by using rape as a weapon against women and girls.

__Catholic Croats__-The Catholic religion is a defining aspect of the Croatian identity and deeply intertwined with politics. When Croatia was a part of former Yugoslavia.Tito discouraged outward displays of religion as part of his effort to meld the ethnic identities. As a deeply religious people, Croatians smoldered under the restrictions and lost no time publicly celebrating their Catholic faith when the country declared independence. Religion goes a long way to explaining the bitter differences between the Catholic Croats and the Orthodox Serbs as well as the relatively traditional values that prevail in Croatia.

__part two__ Thes groups are targeting and persicuting each other. Serbian forces. Beginning in 1993, after failed diplomatic efforts, the U.S. and NATO launched air strikes against the Serbs, who retaliated by taking hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers as hostages and turning them into human shields. During one brutal episode, the infamous General Ratko Mladic led the systematic slaughter of nearly 8,000 men and boys between the ages of twelve and sixty in the "safe haven" of Srebrenica. In 1995 a massive NATO bombing campaign and the advancement of Muslim and Croat troops led ultimately to a peace accord. By this time, however, over 200,000 Muslim civilians had been systematically murdered, more than 20,000 people were missing, and two million people had become refugees

__Step 2, part 2__:   - This group is a geographal group that was being killed. - The Serbs were persecuting the muslims and bosnians. - The serbs were slaughtring people in concentration camps, and burried them in mass graves. These actions are present on the pyramid of hate by all acts being committed.

__Step 3:__ First hand acount 

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=<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">__Bosnia__: Fractured Region by Eric Black and Andrew Bell-Fialkoff <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">media type="youtube" key="3HsGrKkuz3c" width="425" height="350" **War on many fronts** **1992** - Croat and Muslim nationalists form tactical alliance and outvote Serbs at independence referendum. Serb nationalists are incensed as constitution stipulates that all major decisions must be reached through consensus. War breaks out and Serbs quickly assume control of over half the republic. Ethnic cleansing is rampant in the newly proclaimed Serb Republic but also widespread in Muslim and Croat-controlled areas. The Bosnian Serbs, under Radovan Karadzic, lay siege to Sarajevo. The city is controlled by Muslims but they are unable to break out through lines set up to defend surrounding Serb villages. There is bitter fighting as well as many atrocities. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> =

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">1993 - As tensions rise, conflict breaks out between Muslims and Croats, culminating in the destruction of much of Mostar, including its Old Bridge. The bridge had graced the city since it was built by the Ottomans in the 16th century and was a symbol of Bosnia's cultural diversity. The conflict is extremely complex. Muslims and Serbs form an alliance against Croats in Hercegovina, rival Muslim forces fight each other in north-west Bosnia, Croats and Serbs fight against Muslims in central Bosnia. UN safe havens for Bosnian Muslim civilians are created, to include Sarajevo, Gorazde and Srebrenica. Dayton peace accord signed in Paris. It creates two entities of roughly equal size, one for Bosnian Muslims and Croats, the other for Serbs. An international peacekeeping force is deployed. Three senior Muslim generals indicted to face war crimes charges. Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic changes her plea at the UN tribunal in The Hague to one of guilty of crimes against humanity. The remaining seven charges are dropped. She is subsequently sentenced to 11 years in prison. EU officially embarks on its first foreign security operation by taking over policing duties from UN. Borislav Paravac of Serb Democratic Party replaces Sarovic as Serb member of presidency. Parliament adopts new rules to stop deliberate absenteeism to block parliamentary decisions.
 * 1995** - Safe haven of Srebrenica is overrun by Bosnian Serb forces under General Ratko Mladic. Thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys are separated from their families and massacred, despite the presence of Dutch UN troops. Nato air strikes against Serb positions help Muslim and Croat forces make big territorial gains, expelling thousands of Serb civilians on the way.
 * After Dayton**
 * 1996** - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia begins work in the Hague. Drazen Erdemovic, a Croat who fought for the Serbs and took part in the Srebrenica massacres, is the first person to be convicted. He is sentenced to five years in prison.
 * 1997** - International conference in Bonn extends powers of High Representative.
 * 1998** - Elections see nationalist politicians do well. The first Bosnian Muslims and Croats are convicted of war crimes in the Hague.
 * 2000** - Moderate parties do well in elections in the Muslim-Croat entity but nationalists gain the upper hand in the Serb entity. Results force main Serb nationalist party to form a coalition headed by moderate Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic.
 * 2001** March - The Croat representative in the collective presidency, Ante Jelavic, is dismissed as his party threatens to declare independent Croat republic.
 * 2001** May - Bosnian Serbs in Banja Luka and Trebinje use force to break up ceremonies marking the reconstruction of mosques destroyed during the Bosnian war. Several Muslim refugees are injured, cars are set on fire and international delegates are forced to shelter in local buildings.
 * 2001** August - Hague war crimes tribunal finds Bosnian Serb Gen Radislav Krstic guilty of genocide for his role in the massacre of thousands of men and boys in Srebrenica. Krstic sentenced to 46 years.
 * 2001** December - Amid growing international pressure, the main Bosnian Serb nationalist party, the SDS, votes to expel all war crimes suspects, including wartime leader Radovan Karadzic.
 * 2002** May - UK politician Paddy Ashdown becomes UN High Representative.
 * 2002** October - Nationalists win back power in federation presidential, parliamentary and local elections.
 * 2003** January - Three months after elections, parliament approves new government led by Adnan Terzic.
 * 2003** April - Mirko Sarovic, Serb member of presidency, resigns following report by Western intelligence services on affair involving illegal military exports to Iraq and allegations of spying on international officials. High Representative Paddy Ashdown abolishes Supreme Defence Council of Bosnian Serb republic. He also alters constitutions of Bosnian Muslim/Croat federation and Bosnian Serb republic removing all reference to statehood from both.
 * 2004** July - Celebrations mark the reopening of the rebuilt 16th century bridge at Mostar.
 * 2004** December - Nato hands over peacekeeping duties to a European Union-led force, Eufor.
 * 2005** March - High Representative Paddy Ashdown sacks Croat member of presidency Dragan Covic, who faces corruption charges.
 * 2005** May - Ivo Miro Jovic appointed Croat member of presidency.
 * [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41276000/jpg/_41276158_ashdown.jpg width="203" height="152" align="right" caption="UN High Representative 2002-2006"]]2005** June - Bosnian unit with members from all three main ethnic groups heads for Iraq to support forces of US-led coalition.
 * 2005** October - Entity and central parliaments back establishment of unified police force.
 * 2005** November - EU foreign ministers give go-ahead for Stabilisation and Association Agreement talks.
 * 2006** January - Christian Schwarz-Schilling takes over from Paddy Ashdown as UN High Representative.
 * 2006** February - International Court of Justice in The Hague begins hearings in genocide case brought by Bosnia-Hercegovina against Serbia and Montenegro.
 * Srebrenica trial**
 * 2006** July - Largest war crimes trial to date over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre opens at the UN tribunal in the Hague.
 * 2006** October - General elections reflect ethnic divisions, with Serb entity voting to maintain split from Muslim-Croat entity. In run-up to vote, Bosnian Serb leadership threatens to seek complete secession in event of moves to end autonomy of Serb entity.
 * 2006** December - Bosnia joins Nato's Partnership for Peace pre-membership programme after the organisation overturns a decision to exclude it because of its failure to catch Radovan Karadzic.
 * 2007** January - Nikola Spiric, a Bosnian Serb, is asked to form a government after party leaders agree on a coalition.
 * 2007** February - The International Court of Justice rules that the 1995 Srebrenica massacre constituted genocide, but clears Serbia of direct responsibility.
 * 2007** May - Zdravko Tolimir, one of the top fugitives sought by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague for his alleged role in the Srebrenica massacre, is arrested.
 * 2007** July - Miroslav Lajcak, a Slovak diplomat, takes over as High Representative.
 * 2007** November - Nikola Spiric resigns as prime minister in protest at EU-backed reforms the High Representative wanted to introduce.
 * 2008** June - Former Bosnian Serb police chief Stojan Zupljanin is arrested near Belgrade and transferred to The Hague to stand trial for war crimes.
 * 2008** July - Celebrations on the streets of Sarajevo at news that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, wanted on war crimes charges, has been arrested in Belgrade after nearly 13 years on the run.

__Step 5: Concluding paragraph:__ How this genocide connects to the genocide that Elie Wiesel experienced in "Night," was they killed people in the genocide in Bosnia and if they didnt kill the people then they tortured them just like in "Night." Also, in "Night," the prisoners were put into concentration camps if you were captured, in Bosnia they also put the prisoners that they captured and put then into concentration camps where the people would work. In Bosnia, they would burry the people they killed in mass graves. This was a mass genocide because the serbs wanted to eliminate the muslims and the bosnians.

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