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7 Cards in this Set
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Civil War in Bosnia-Herzegovi
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- 1992 civil war spread to Bosnia-Herzegovina, which had declared independence
-Serbs, were about 30% of the population, refused to live under the more numerous Bosnian Muslims - Unleashed ruthless burtality w/ murder, rape, destruction, and the herding of refugees into concentration camps |
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Slobodan Milosevic
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- Serbian President
- intended to grab land from other republics and unite all Serbs - Arbitrarily abolished self rule in the Serbian province of Kosovo |
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NATO bombed Bosnian Serb Military Targets
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- July 1995, Bosnian Serbs overran Srebrenica, a "safe area" and killed several thousand citizens, NATO stepped in
- Bombed Bosnian Serb military targets intensively - The Croatian army drove all Serbs from Croatia |
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Accord of 1995
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- In Nov. 1995, President Clinton helped the warring sides hammer out a complicated accord
- Gave Bosnian Serbs 49% of Bosnia and the Muslim-Croatians the rest - Troops from NATO countries patrolled Bosnia to keep peace |
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The Albanian Muslims of Kosovo and the KLA
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- Gained nothing from the Bosnian Agreement
- Early 1998, Kosovar militants formed the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and began to fight for independence - In 1998 Serbian forces attacked the KLA guerrillas and unarmed villagers, displacing 250,000 people |
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Milosevic and NATO
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- Jan. 1999, the U.S. was threatening Milosevic w/ heavy air raids if he did not withdraw Serbian armies from Kosovo and accept self-govt. for Kosovo
- Milosevic refused - March 1999, NATO began bombong Yugoslavia - Serbian paramilitary forces responded by driving about 750,000 Kosovars into exile - NATO redoubled its bombing campaign and forced Milosevic to withdraw - Kosovars regained their homeland |
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New Pro-western Serbian Government
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- Serbs voted a still-defiant Milosevic out of office
- Turned Milosevic over to the war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands to stand trial for crimes against humanity |
