Bosnian Conflict: Not A Civil War

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Bosnia is a country located in the Baltic States near Italy. The conflict began on the 1st of March 1992. The following essay will prove that the Bosnian conflict is a genocide and not a civil war. The origin of the conflict was the territorial differences between the Bosnian Serb forces and the Bosniaks (Muslim Bosnians), after Bosnia and Herzegovina broke away from Yugoslav. The Bosnians got better resources and the Sarajevo (the capital of Yugoslavia). The angered Serbs followed in the steps of ethnic cleansing; killing, raping, torturing and beating Bosniaks. The NATO forces later joined the Croats and Bosniaks by bombing the Serb forces for three weeks, this eventually ended the conflict. The conflict ended with the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the agreement stated that there was to be peace in Herzegovina and Bosnia. However it can be said to be a civil war as they were fighting for land and resources.

The events of the breaking up of Yugoslav began the genocide in Bosnia. Yugoslavia, 1992. Yugoslavia’s parliament began to fall apart in the early 1990’s. Nationalism once again replaced communism as the leading force. Bosnia and Herzegovina were the first to break away from Yugoslavia. There was further conflict in Bosnia which declared them independence, Serbs who lived there were determined to stay within in Yugoslavia to help build a greater nation. The Serbs received fierce backing from extremist groups from Belgrade. B were forcibly pushed out of their homes through carefully planned operations called ‘ethnic cleansing.’ In 1993, the Bosnian Muslim government was sieged in Sarajevo. Therefore the breaking up of Yugoslavia caused hatred between ethnic groups, the Serb forces determined to make a better Serbia ...

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...d for their growing empire. The war was ended by the NATO forces who used air strikes in Bosnia to finally finish the war. Therefore the fighting for land and resources in Bosnia, could make the crisis in Bosnia a war.

In conclusion the events of the Bosnia crisis was in fact a genocide. The Bosnia Serb Forces had a deliberate intent to kill and destroy the race of Bosniaks. The Bosniaks and Croatians were massacred, deported and tortured which are all acts of genocide. Thousands of Bosniaks and Croatians were killed in the genocide simply because they were of a certain ethnic race. The bombing of the Serb forces from the NATO forces finally finished the genocide, and the Dayton Peace Agreement implemented peace and protected human rights. The memories of the Genocide of Bosnia still lives with thousands but thanks to the involvement of NATO forces it was stopped.

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