How Did Ibadete Show Courage

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“ We were afraid that the serbs would come kill everyone” That is one thing that Ibadete remember saying. Ibadete was really afraid that the serbs would killed her and her family . Ibadete teaches us to have a lot of courage in ourselves. Ibadete was one of the victims in the Survivor War she lost a leg because of it. During the war they lived in tents they only had a bit of blankets . when it rained they had sleep like that the tents couldn’t cover the water from coming in. Ibadete and her family only ate soup that was made from random things in the woods . They weren’t far from the village they were only few far from the village but everyday they would see bombs falling into their homes. The serbs were only able to hurt some

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