Bosnians

Yesterday, it was officially announced through the town telegraph that Britain has declared war on Germany for violating the terms of the Treaty of London by invading Belgium. Consequently, the Canadian government has also confirmed that Canada is at war. Notorious for its selfish ambitions, Germany has always been power-hungry. By taking advantage of the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Russia, German troops invaded Belgium to attack France as a blow to the Triple Entente. Britain was…

When we hear the word “genocide” we at once remember the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. About 6 million of people became victims of the Holocaust, 1.5 million of Armenians were killed in the Armenian Genocide, these huge numbers will always remain in our minds. A lot of people lost their families, homes and the ability to live in peace. These actions, by no means, left imprint on our ancestors whose peaceful life was disrupted. The problem of genocide is currently central problem of our…

1991 census, Bosnia’s population, 4 million, was composed of 44% Bosniak, 31% Serb, and 17% Croatian. Since the independence of Bosnia, Bosnian Serbs wanted to establish a separate Serbian state. With the support of the Serb dominated Yugoslav military, Bosnian Serb forces attacked Bosniak-dominated towns in an act of ethnic cleansing. By the end of 1993, Bosnian Serb forces were in control of nearly three quarters of the…

done. Often times, actual peacekeepers representing the United Nations are on the ground and aware of the atrocities being committed and still do not have the authority to intervene, we have touched on situations such as this in class like with the Bosnian incident. Broadly speaking, the major change to the Security Council needs to be the limitation of the permeant five members. Narrowly speaking, the change that needs to be made in a timely fashion are a set of…

Jester-Wright-Paul 1 Felicity Jester-Wright-Paul March 1 ,2016 . Period 7 . Genocide Essay Do you know the true definition of genocide ? Many people do not . Genocide is not only a mass killing but it is , " intent to destroy , in whole or in part , a national , ethnic , racial , and or religious group " defined by the United Nations in 1948 . Genocide is one of the biggest problems of / with the world today . Who will put an end to it ? Will there be an end ? I believe the world can not solve…

continued to progress and gain new members after these episodes. In 1994, Golden Dawn competed in the European Parliament election, receiving over 7,000 votes. Many of the Golden Dawn representatives fought in the Greek Volunteer Guard during the Bosnian War. It is believed that some of these supporters only fought due to the fact that they are…

As we see time and again the rise and fall of Dictators ,Tyrants, leaders, and governments. From as early as the 1600s to modern day society we have seen how political leaders use various tactics in order to achieve their political agendas. They use different types of tactics such as media, rallies, speeches to send false messages to their people to persuade the people to follow them. This is called propaganda which is spreading the ideas based on biased or misleading nature to help promote or…

Following the end of the Second World War, Marshall Tito, former leader of the Partisans, lead the ethnically diverse, if not artificial, state of Yugoslavia into a new age of optimism that lasted for three decades. Unfortunately, this age ended with his death. His death, along with the fall of the Soviet Union a decade later, left the fate of Yugoslavia, and its many peoples, uncertain. Following the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellites in 1989, a feeling of uncertainty tainted the air…

CHOICES David Bannatyne, self-made millionaire, dour hard-headed Scotsman on the TV programme Dragon`s Den, has written his auto-biography in which he tells of a strange encounter. After the Bosnian war he went to Rumania to help fundraise for the orphanages there. He was horrified by the appalling plight of the children that had been abandoned with medical, mental and physical disabilities, all treated identically, chained to their cots. Lying in their mess. Many were never held and even if…

She turned out to be right. As Bolkovac investigated deeper, more and more Bosnian investigators and sex trafficking victims came forward with what they knew. The evidence suggested that American and other international contractors were having sex with underage trafficking victims or even buying them outright. Some of the men…