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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Federal People's Republic of Yugoslav declared
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Josip Tito dies
Slobodan Milosevic becomes the leader of Yugoslavia causing the country's stability
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Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
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Lasva Valley case
The first acts of destruction of mosques and Bosnian homes, the first acts of pillage, the first murders of civilians http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Bombed_mosque_in_Ahmici.jpg/800px-Bombed_mosque_in_Ahmici.jpg -
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Bosnian War
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Siege of Sarajevo
Upon Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, the Serb army led by Slobodan Milosevic set out to siege the capital. All roads to Sarajevo were blocked and the militants opened fire on demonstrators. An estimated 400,000 Bosnian civilians were trapped in the city while being cut off from food, medicine, water, and electricity. -
Serbia's ethical cleanse
Serbia officially sets out to "ethically cleanse" Bosnia-Herzegovina territory by systematically removing all Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) -
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Zvornik Massacre
Ecompasses the killing of 700-900 Bosniaks as well as ethnic cleansing of 40,000 in Zvornik in the beginning the Bosnian war, taking place over than three years before the Srebrenica Massacres -
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Doboj Massacre
This encompasses the siege of Doboj and all the crimes including murder, ethnic cleansing, building destruction, and rape committed against all non-Serb citizens of the area during April to October 1992 -
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Prijedor Massacres
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Glogova Massacre
A Serb Army massacre of 65 Bosniak civilians in Glogova. Moques, homes, and privately owned property were destroyed and most of the village was burned to the ground.
In the following months, dozens of civilians were shot and killed in the village. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vADGnqDkynw/S-Yqkuy3hmI/AAAAAAAABVE/uAeP9rM8Lic/s400/Glogova+Massacre+9+May+1992.jpg -
Mount Vlasic Massacre
Over 200 Bosnian men falsely told they were part of a prisoner exchange are shot and pushed over the edge of a ravine at Koricani http://www.islamtimes.org/images/docs/000008/n00008533-t.jpg -
Ahatovici Massacre
64 Bosniak males were abducted and tortured by the Serb Army. After being told they were part of a prisoner exchange and put on a bus, the Serbs opened fire on the bus killing all but 8 men. -
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Foca
All Bosniaks were removed from Foca. Over 2700 were killed during this period. Dozens of what were commonly referred to as "rape camps" were set up at various locations where hundreds of Bosniak women were raped -
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Croat-Bosniak War
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Kravica Attack
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Dusa Massacre
A massacre of Bosniak women and children by Croat militants. There were a total of 10 deaths. This massacre is referred to as the "Forgotten" Massacre as there were no convictions made to this day, -
Strpci Massacre
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Ahmici Massacre
A conflict between the Croats and the Bosnian government. An army of organized Croats destroyed two mosques and killed an estmated 120 Bosniaks. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ahmici_massacre.jpg/800px-Ahmici_massacre.jpg -
UN involvement
The United Nations declares that the citites or Sarajevo, Goradze, Srebrencia were safe areas, enforced and protected by UN peacekeepers -
NATO involvement
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization authorizes air strikes against Bosnian Serbs in an effort to stop the attacks -
Tuzla Massacre
The Serb Army shelled a crowd of young people in Tuzla killing 71 and injuring over 200 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Tuzla%2C_kapija.jpg/450px-Tuzla%2C_kapija.jpg -
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Srebrencia Massacre
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The Dayton Peace Accords
U.S. led negotiations in Dayton, Ohio officially ended the war in Bosnia and created a force to continue the ceasefire http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/images/BosniaPeaceSigning.jpg
