15TH ANNIVERSARY OF SREBRENICA GENOCIDE

US President Barack Obama honored victims of the Srebrenica genocide, Europe's single largest killing since the Holocaust: "On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica, and on behalf of the United States, I join my voice with those who are gathered to mourn a great loss and to reflect on an unimaginable tragedy." He added that the Srebrenica genocide was a "stain on our collective conscience."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated: "I join President Obama and the people of the United States in offering our deepest condolences on this most solemn occasion. We honor the memories of the victims and mourn with their families."

Some 60,000 came to pay respect to 775 newly identified Srebrenica genocide victims, today.The youngest victim buried Sunday was 14, the oldest 78, joining nearly 4,000 already buried at the memorial center. All the bodies had been excavated from mass graves and identified through DNA tests. Another 1,844 victims have been identified, but their skeletons consist only of a few bones and relatives are refusing to bury them before more fragments are found. Hatidza Mahmetovic buried her husband and two sons, aged 18 and 21 when they were killed. One of his sons is being buried without his head, while the other son's missing body parts are his arms and his legs.

#1. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#2. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#3. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#4. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#5. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#5. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#6. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#7. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#8. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#9. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#10. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#11. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#12. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#13. Bosniak woman faints as she mourns for her killed relatives. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.

#14. Some 60,000 people attended 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst crime in Europe since the Nazi era. Bosniaks prayed near coffins of 775 newly identified Srebrenica victims during a mass funeral at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on July 11, 2010. Fifteen years ago, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, some 30,000 Bosnian Muslims forcibly expelled and many women and girls brutally raped. The victims were shot and dumped in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly in more than 80 mass graves in a bid to cover up the evidence. So far, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) identified 6,481 victims of the July 1995 genocide through DNA method. Serbian President Boris Tadic, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and President Obama's delegation led by U.S. Ambassador Charaler L. Engleish were among the dignitaries attending the event.