Media War of Yugoslav Secession continues

ari rusila's balkan blog
November 6, 2011

”Who needs facts if a good story is available?” (Ari Rusila)

A few weeks ago I promoted new Srebrenica documentary film Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed . Everybody was not happy about critical view of documentary. E.g the Norwegian Helsinki Committee made official complaint to Norwegian Broadcasting Council and Press Complaints Commission. This is not surprising as media war in Bosnia started same time as war on the ground. While the whole artificial outside forced state creature without any own identity is now openly tottering the media again is the tool to improve political interests....more...
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http://arirusila.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/media-war-of-yugoslav-secession-continues/

“Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed” – Finally a Critical Documentary about Srebrenica Tragedy

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“If you want to use a word “genocide” (for Srebrenica) – then OK, but we need a new word to replace the old “genocide” word…” (Noam Chomsky)

Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed a Norwegian documentary film directed by Ola Flyum and David Hebditch is now free to watch in Youtube. The film approaches Srebrenica tragedy from a bit different viewpoint than usual in Western mainstream media. Norwegian documentary about Srebrenica challenges generally accepted narratives about the 1995 massacre giving light to the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from non-biased point of view. It also connects Srebrenica into a wider context that is often ignored by the Western media, showing the crimes committed by the Bosnian army against Serbian civilians and villages in the area. These atrocities may also partly explain why some war crimes happened later in Srebrenica.....more...
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http://arirusila.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/srebrenica-a-town-betrayed-%E2%80%93-finally-a-critical-documentary-about-srebrenica-tragedy/

Bosnia Detains Another Suspect Over U.S. Embassy Attack

radio free europe
November 14, 2011

Bosnia's state court has said it is detaining for one month a man suspected of assisting a gunman who fired at the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia_detains_another_suspect_over_us_embassy_attack/24390678.html

Al-Jazeera Launches Balkans Network

radio free europe
November 11, 2011

On November 11, Pan-Arabic television network Al-Jazeera is set to launch its Balkans network, which will broadcast in local languages....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/al_jazeera_launches_balkans_network/24388037.html

Bosnia Jails Islamists For Planning Attacks

radio free europe
November 10, 2011
A court in Bosnia has jailed three radical Islamists for up to 4 1/2 years for planning attacks in the Balkan country in 2007-2008....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia_jails_islamists_for_planning_attacks/24387353.html

Ailing Ratko Mladic Misses Court Appearance

radio free europe
November 10, 2011
Former Bosnian Serb military chief General Ratko Mladic says he is too ill to attend a war crimes court hearing at which he is scheduled to enter a plea to a fresh count of multiple killings.....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/sick_ratko_mladic_misses_court_appearance/24387062.html

Police Say Serb Injured In Kosovo Clash Dies

radio free europe
November 10, 2011

Police and hospital officials say an ethnic Serb injured by gunfire during a clash between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo's north has died.
Two other injury victims, including a policeman, are still being treated.
Police spokesman Besim Hoti said Savo Mojsic died in a hospital in the Serb-run part of the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica on November 10 after a three-hour surgery....more..
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http://www.rferl.org/content/police_say_serb_injured_kosovo_dies/24386488.html