tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post2336255233097957246..comments2023-10-28T05:02:10.442-04:00Comments on Americans For Bosnia: "Bosnia and Beyond" by Jeanne Haskin [1]Kirk Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-20398160597588680122011-04-04T11:18:33.802-04:002011-04-04T11:18:33.802-04:00Kellie--a belated thank-you for that link.
Daniel...Kellie--a belated thank-you for that link.<br /><br />Daniel--I admit that I went into this review without doing any reading about Haskin or where she is coming from. You clearly know more of the context this book was written in than I do; I trust your judgement and have no opinions on the matter; not yet, anyway.Kirk Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-10505049412317548772011-03-25T02:29:40.007-04:002011-03-25T02:29:40.007-04:00Question for you:
The latest research on the num...Question for you: <br /><br />The latest research on the number of killed in the Bosnian war -- conducted by Obermayer et al.-- puts the figure to 160,000 dead.<br /><br />But the activist demogaspher Ewa Tabeau disagrees. Tabeau, who is widely considered 'expert' on all issues relating to demographic statistics, has been a major player in Bosnia's numbers game. She successfully demolished a "myth" that 200,000 people were either dead or missing in Bosnia, number which accurately portrayed situation during the war (many people were simply missing during the war, so Bosnia's Prime Minister used the figure of 200,000 to refer to killed AND missing.)<br /><br />What is your opinion on Tabeau? Her research is not UN's research, but merely prosecutor's tool to aid Hague's OTP. Do you find Obermayers extensively documented data reliable or do you believe that Tabeau's numbers are unquestionable in terms of reliability?Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-47056483233726503342011-03-25T02:18:34.220-04:002011-03-25T02:18:34.220-04:00Jean Haskin's allegation that only 2.5 percent...Jean Haskin's allegation that only 2.5 percent of Bosniaks served in Yugoslav Partisans - a claim she attributed to Tito - is false. Tito never said anything like that. I challenge herbto provide direct quote. No newspaper archive ever mentioned that Tito said anything along those lines. Also remember that at that time, Yugoslav authorities - Srrbs and Croats-- considered all Muslims to be Serbo-Croats and Muslims/Bosniaks had no other option but to declare themselves as Serbs/Croats on birth certificates, census papers, etc.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-51753873644936941142011-03-25T02:09:47.526-04:002011-03-25T02:09:47.526-04:00The biggest problem is Jasenovac. Serbian Orthodox...The biggest problem is Jasenovac. Serbian Orthodox Church and ultranationalist educational system in Republika Srpska and Serbia indocrimate young Serbs to believe in myth of 700,000 Serb victims of Jasenovac. They also present Croatia as a nazi nation, even though Anti-fascist leader Tito himself was a Croat. They teach Aerbs to hate their neighbors because of the Jasenovac myth. The US Holocaust Museum puts the figure of Serbs killed in Jasenovac camps at 45,000-52,000 based on Dr Milan Bulajic's lies (he was also Srebrenica genocide denier); on the other hans, however, Yugoslav/Serbian office of statistic has compiled a final list of 28,000 Serbs who died there.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-65989351609054180332011-03-23T05:54:57.675-04:002011-03-23T05:54:57.675-04:00Something from earlier this month, BBC Radio 4'...Something from earlier this month, BBC Radio 4's series The Reunion on UNHCR Bosnia:<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z2sj6" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z2sj6</a><br /><br />The guests are Tony Land, Chief of Operations for the UN refugee agency for much of the war; Larry Hollingworth, a logistics officer with UNHCR; Amira Sadicovic, worked as UNHCR's external relations officer; Kris Janowski, field-worker, Paddy Ashdown, and Misha Glenny.kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503738414917449549noreply@blogger.com