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[minako1]

Hi I'm a Japanese girl.
I am a college student, now I write a graduation thesis which is the about Bosnia war.

I wanna ask you some questions about Bosnia war. Just simple questions
please, give me your answer and opinion.

Q1; Do you know about Bosnia war in 1992~1995 ?
Q2; Do you know this word "Ethnic cleansing"?
Q3;please, give me your opinion about Bosnia war.

I chose this topic is that when I watched a television show about the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, I thought it was really unbelievable. At that time, I did not know about this horrible atrocity. Actually, I am ashamed to admit that I knew nothing about this topic. It was shocking to me that this took place only 14 years ago, and many people died because of this ethnic cleansing. In my opinion,the war was more complex. He feels that an American public relations company that was employed by the Bosnian government was responsible for giving the impression that the war was about ethnic cleansing. In fact, this pr company created the word �ethnic cleansing� just for this war.

Thank you,

[asterix]

From Wikipedia:-

The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995. The war involved several ethnically defined factions within Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats as well as a smaller faction in Western Bosnia led by Fikret Abdić. These factions changed their objectives and allegiances several times at various stages of the war (see Parties Involved).

Since the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a consequence of events in the wider region of former Yugoslavia, and due to the involvement of neighboring countries Croatia and Yugoslavia, there is an ongoing debate about whether the conflict was a civil war or a war of aggression. Most Bosniaks and many Croats claim that the war was a war of aggression from Serbia, while Serbs tend to consider it a civil war. The involvement of NATO, during the 1995 Operation Deliberate Force against the positions of the Army of Republika Srpska made the war an internationalized conflict.

A trial is ongoing before the International Court of Justice, following a suit by Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia for genocide (see Bosnian genocide case at the International Court of Justice) intended to shed more light on the character of the war.

The war was brought to an end after the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Paris on 14 December 1995 [1]. The peace negotiations were held in Dayton, Ohio, and were finalized on 21 December 1995. The accords are known as the Dayton Agreement.

The most recent research places the number of victims at around 100,000�110,000 killed (civilians and military)[2] [3] [4], and 1.8 million displaced (see Casualties).