Nachricht Nummer : 601
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Betrifft         : Zagreb Diary 28 May 1995
Erstellungsdatum : 28.05.1995 16:43:00 S+2

Zagreb Diary 28 May 1995

Dobar Dan,

It hard to stay in a possitive mood and to believe in things like "Peace"  
or "Brotherhood and Unity" when you get confronted day after day direct or  
indirect by television and email with things you hope would be slowly over  
after 3 years. It is stupid to get your mind clear, just the last days we  
have been so busy with the Serbs here in West Slavonia, asking them,  
begging them to stay, not to go to Bosnia. Afraid that the men will be put  
in uniform directly and send to the Brcko fights. The rumours go here that  
5 boys who went from Seovica area to Bosnia themselves 10 days ago, were  
immediatly picked up after they passed the Sava and were given an uniform  
and a riffle and send of to the fights. Two of them seem to have been  
killed and 3 are taken prisoner by HVO. Some people from Civil Affairs are  
trying to find out if the story is true and if HVO is willing to give this  
boys to HV, so they can be brought to Gavrinica to be able to tell that  
the stories are true.

They were push, ordered, to fight in the Bosnian Serbian Army, the same  
army who just have launched this mortar and grenade attack on Tuzla some  
days ago, which caused the biggest (known) massacre since the war in BiH  
started 3 years ago. At least 68 people killed, and a few hunderd wounded,  
from which 31 serious, so the figure of killed people can get higher.  
Besides to person older than 40, it were all young people, the same age as  
those 5 boys we escape from West Slavonia.

My mind is turning, how can I be feeling sorry for all those Serbs leaving  
West Slavonia and at the same time sorry for all those young people in  
Tuzla, which were obvious killed by a Serbian army. Which idiot has given  
the orders to pull the trickers of those heavy guns. Those young kids in  
Tuzla for sure were not fighting and I am sure that they also were  
dreaming of a peaceful future. Just like the young kids who were killed  
during the Croatian Police action on the first of May in Gavrinica.

What ,oh what is producing such a general blind hate that people don't  
think about who they may can kill, but just let there grenades fly, not  
really asking themselves what and who is on the spot were the grenade  
comes down. It all makes no sence. Our friends in Tuzla who work on all  
different types of humanitarian and peace initiatives are as smashed at  
the moment as we were 3 weeks ago when the action took place in West  
Slavonia and the bombs came down in Zagreb. For what are we doing it all  
if a handfull idiots destroy in a few moments all you have been working  
for for such a long time, at least that how it seems in the first place.

It is hard to refind time after time your motivation, some times it looks  
at least here in the Pakrac region that the local people have less  
problems with all that is happening than the internationals. Today onky a  
small drive through the villages, looking if some people were busy to  
prepare to leave on another convoy, tomorrow the things start again. I  
just needed a break, but can you get any in a war which seems to keep on  
going.

I love this land, I love the people, I hope everybody will find a rest  
some times.

Love,

wam

Mir od mene,
            Wam:-)

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