DID YOU KNOW?  -- Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs torched Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica. In 1993, the UN described the besieged situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).

29 July, 2011

GEN. DIVJAK: "DEATH TO SERBIAN CHETNIKS!"

In December 1992, Bosnian Army General Jovan Divjak (ethnic Serb) proclaimed:
"Death to Serbian Chetniks and Neofascism! Freedom to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina!" 
Note: Serbian Chetniks were Nazi collaborators in World War II. They hunted down Jews and Bosniaks for extermination. Between 1992-1995, they also kept Sarajevo and Srebrenica under the siege, killing more than 20,000 people in two enclaves.

Gen. Jovan Divjak (ethnic Serb) holds a speech in Sarajevo. Behind him is a poster of Sarajevo, renamed to "SaraJOVO" and famous words he stated in December of 1992 in the besieged Sarajevo: "Death to Serbian Chetniks and Neofascism! Freedom tot he Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina!" Photo: 29 July 2011, Sarajevo.



Serbian general who defected to Bosnian army during the 1992-95 Bosnian Genocide has been freed from Austrian jail. Serbia had been seeking to put Divjak on trial for his alleged involvement in a 1992 attack on a Serbian army convoy in Dobrovoljacka Street. Bosniaks staged numerous protests in support of their general. Divjak is the founder of non-profit foundation "Education Builds Bosnia-Herzegovina." Here are photos of Gen. Jovan Divjak with his Bosniaks upon his return from Austria today:

Former high-ranking General in the Army of the Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jovan Divjak (ethnic Serb), carries a historic Bosnian flag with golden lilies upon his arrival from Austrian jail to Sarajevo. He was freed after Austrian court ruled that Serbian charges against him are baseless and politically motivated. Photo: 29 July 2011, Sarajevo.



Jovan Divjak (ethnic Serb), former high-ranking general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, holds a speech upon his return from Austrian jail. He was freed after Austrian court ruled that Serbian charges against him are baseless and politically motivated. Photo: 29 July 2011, Sarajevo.



Jovan Divjak (ethnic Serb), former high-ranking general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, gets hugs from his fellow Sarajevo citizens. Poster at the back reads: "Welcome in our arms." Signed by "Children of martyrs and fallen fighters." Photo: 29 July 2011, Sarajevo.

Photos courtesy: Sarajevo Daily "Dnevni Avaz"
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