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How did Bosnia Become Muslim?
As Bosnia became an Ottoman stronghold, we delve into the role of Bosnian Muslims in economy and administration, highlighting the rise of military and merchant elites. The 19th century brought the ...
At the heart of the deepening crisis in Bosnia -- where Serb leader Milorad Dodik has been pushing the weak central government to the brink with threats of secession -- is a battle over who owns what.
At the time, Oric was commander of Bosnian Muslim forces holed out in the encircled Srebrenica. Srebrenica was overrun by Bosnian Serbian forces in 1995, resulting in the deaths of an estimated ...
and as Bosnian Serb forces continued to attack Muslims in eastern Bosnia, President Clinton again began to contemplate military action against the Serbs. The administration was still deeply ...
In 1995 in central Europe, Bosnian Serbs had begun wiping out the largely Muslim population in their ... a massive NATO military response. "He didn't blink," National Security Coordinator Richard ...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia (Reuters)-- The Bosnian war crimes chamber sentenced a Bosnian Serb former paramilitary on Friday to 12 years in prison for the persecution, detention and torture of Muslims in ...
A burly basketball fan, Dodik was the first Serb politician to recognise the massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war as genocide. Early in his career ...
His military chief, general Ratko Mladic ... or any other attack" on the Srpska Republic, the Serb part of Bosnia. Muslims and Croats share the other half of the country, which has been ...
The Muslim majority and Catholic ... everything from rivers and forests to military installations -- was never resolved, putting a break on Bosnia's already ailing economy. Bosnian Muslims see ...