Croatian-Bosnian war 30 years ago - the consequences can still be felt in today's daily politics
Alexander Rothert
A.n the morning of April 16, 1993, the commander of the British United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) battalion in central Bosnia, Lieutenant Colonel Bob Stewart, arrived in the village of Ahmici near Vitez. What he found there brought tears to the eyes of even Her Majesty's hardened and battle-hardened officer. 116 Bosnian civilians, all women, children and old people from the village, had been massacred just a few hours earlier by soldiers from the Croatian Defense Council (HVO), some burned with flamethrowers. The youngest victim was a three-month-old baby. A British soldier said to the camera: "This is Europe in 1993, not 1943." One of the main perpetrators of this war crime was the "vice president" of the Croatian para-state of "Herceg-Bosna", Dario Kordic. This was from
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