MELISA M.

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MELISA M.

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On April 5, 1992 Sarajevo, the capital of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was attacked. The city which lies on the valley of Miljacka river is surrounded by mountains on which 260 tanks, 120 mortars and many weapons of smaller calibre were placed. The Yugoslav National Army aided by the local terrorists encircled the city and started to tighten the circle around more than 500,000 citizens.
On May 2, 1992 the city was completely blocked. A part of the city was occupied and the part which could not be conquered was exposed to a barrage of shelling and artillery fire. Every day the city was hit by some 4.000 shells and among the targets were hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, synagogues, maternity hospitals, libraries, museums, and the places where citizens stood in lines for bread and water. The aggressor destroyed the Post Office and the city was left without telephones and its water, gas and electricity supplies were cut. The food supply was fast dissappearing. The cemeteries were expanding.
On February 26, 1996, by opening the Northwest passage, i.e. by liberating the Vogosca and Ilijas districts, Sarajevo was proclaimed an open city. After the Dayton Agreement and the arrival of the IFOR, the aggressor started to leave the occupied territory around the city. As they did, they plundered, burnt and destroyed everything behind.
On March 19, 1996 the aggressor left the occupied district of the city - Grbavica - which was the last part of the city to be returned to the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina under the Dayton Agreement. 10,615 persons, out of whom 1,601 children, were killed in Sarajevo. More than 50,000 persons were wounded, a great number of whom remain invalids. The siege of the city lasted from May 2, 1992 to February 26, 1996 or 1,395 days, which is the longest siege in the modern history of mankind.
author: SUADA KAPIC

"...I U KOJE GOD DOBA DANA I SA KOGA GOD UZVISENJA BACITE POGLED NA SARAJEVO, VI UVIJEK I NEHOTICE POMISLITE ISTO. TO JE GRAD, GRAD KOJI DOTRAJAVA I UMIRE, I U ISTO VRIJEME SE RADA I PREOBRAZAVA." (Ivo Andric)
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MELY:
E-mail: mmelisa78@aol.com
Web-Page is active since 1999.
Last update: November 2004
Native: Bosnian, born Croatian, almost American:)
Location: South Florida

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