PHOTO FORGERIES OF SERB 'VICTIMS' AROUND SREBRENICA USED TO JUSTIFY SREBRENICA GENOCIDE

The assault on truth and memory continues as Srebrenica genocide denial activists create digitally manipulated images (aka: photo forgeries) of grossly inflated numbers of Serb casualties around Srebrenica as "evidence" to justify genocide of at least 8,000 Bosniaks at Srebrenica...

In order to justify Srebrenica genocide in which 8,000 - 10,000 Bosniak (Muslim) civilians and POWs lost their lives, Serbian media is circulating gruesome photo forgeries claiming they represent Serb 'victims' around Srebrenica. These types of fake photos were produced by Serbian right-wing nationalist sources close to Milivoje Ivanisevic who is one of the most vocal Srebrenica genocide deniers. Take a look at a sample photo forgery below (click on the photo for higher resolution) and follow red arrows. This fake photo - with forged areas being visible even to a naked eye - represents a shameful piece of Srebrenica genocide denial propaganda used to spread hatred and justification of genocide against Bosniaks (Muslims) at Srebrenica.

CLOSE UP: You're looking at a photo forgery of a non-existent Serbian victim around Srebrenica used in Milivoje Ivanisevic's crusade to deny Srebrenica genocide. Click photo for a higher resolution, then follow red arrows to see image manipulated areas done by amateur image designer(s). These areas are clearly visible to a naked eye. People who continue promoting this type of hoax should be ashamed of themselves. They should also get a basic Photoshop training as their image manipulation skills are despicable.

First thing you will notice in the above photo is that one part of the image was cut out out (lower right corner side below skull). The cut out stretches even above the skull where you can notice a straight white line (most likely done by a paintbrush tool available in commercial image manipulation software programs like Photoshop or even in some free open source programs like GIMP). The top left corner of this image was manipulated by Blur / Sharpen Tool and Smudge Tool - you can notice brush movements visible to a naked eye and even forming a line next to the ladder. Now, look at the bottom part of the ladder and you will notice a virtual rung or step added as a blurred straight line. The skull was carved from a different image and re-inserted with color noise and bad image cuts around this photo being clearly visible. What appears to be skull smoking 'cigar' is actually a white dot. Keep studying this image and you will find even more faked elements.

PHOTO ABOVE: Actual photo forgery of non-existent Serb victim around Srebrenica. This hoax photo is circulated by ultra-nationalist Serbian circles and hosted by Serbianna web site in a section titled: "Srebrenica Massacre: A Photo Story." Serbianna describes this image forgery as a photo of "the decapitated head of Bosnian Serb farmer Pero Makic, who was executed by Bosnian Muslim/Croat forces in the northeastern Bosnian city of Brcko." Of course, Brcko is nowhere near Srebrenica, but the photo is promoted in Serbianna's section showing so called "Bosnian Muslim atrocities in Srebrenica." The section contains about 30 images of Bosnian Serb victims who died all over Bosnia, but they are conveniently described as victims of the so called "Muslim Terror" around Srebrenica. The fact is that many, if not most, of Serb civilian casualties in Bosnia were actually victims of Serb Army's heavy artillery attacks on Bosnian cities. In Sarajevo alone, as a result of the Bosnian Serb Army's shelling and sniper attacks, over 10,000 residents (of all nationalities) lost their lives - including more than 1,500 children.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF SERBIAN PHOTO MANIPULATIONS REGARDING SREBRENICA

PHOTO ABOVE: Serbian nationalist newspaper "Glas Javnosti" misused the above photo of Bosniak Muslim victims by portraying it as a mass grave of Serbs. What you see is a a mass grave of Srebrenica genocide victims (Bosniak Muslims) in a village of SNAGOVO during their exhumation in July 2007 as confirmed by the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP) and FONET (Serbian agency selling Associated Press photos). The above photo features ICMP forensic expert Sharna Daley of London UK. This kind of propaganda can be only produced by the sickest minds in order to misinform the public; and this is exactly what radical Serbian nationalists have been doing for the past 15 years. Read more here.

PHOTO ABOVE: These innocent victims of Bosnian Serb terrorism, Predrag Sekulovic (7) and Danka (4) Sekulovic, along with their parents Ranko Sekulovic and Radenka Sekulovic, where killed on Sep. 13, 1992 when their parent's truck came on an anti-tank mine, which was placed by the Bosnian Serb Army in the village of Bakic on the road to Foca to block communication between Muslim villages in largely Bosniak Muslim populated Eastern Bosnia (Podrinje). Even Milivoje Ivanisevic, a Srebrenica genocide denier who circulated these photos, wrote in his book ("The Chronicle of Our Graves") that Sekulovic family were victims of a landmine. However, these innocent children were conveniently branded as the victims of "Muslim terror" in Srebrenica, and their photos were repeatedly featured on Srebrenica genocide denial web sites to justify genocide of Bosniaks in Srebrenica. It is important to note that these children were not even from Srebrenica. It is equally important to note that in Sarajevo alone, over 1,500 children of all ethnicities were killed by the Bosnian Serb Army that used air-modified bombs to bombard Sarajevo citizens. More about Sekulovic family victims here.

Related research:
Srebrenica Genocide Denial: Milivoje Ivanisevic's Disturbed Mind of Genocide Denial
Srebrenica Genocide Facts: Responding to the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory
Serbian Media Propaganda: Grossly Inflated Numbers of Bosnian Serb Casualties Around Srebrenica