1. The Bosnian Genocide 200,000 Killed
“Ethnic cleansing” and “The failure of the West”

2. Present Day Bosnia:

3. Yugoslavia’s new leader
By the late 1980s a new leader emerged in Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic, a former communist, rose to power using nationalism and religious hatred to gain power
Inflamed tensions between Serbs and Muslims
Milosevic, a Serb, wanted to take control of all areas where ethnic Serbs lived
Sought to protect interests of Serbs
Violence ensued when Croatia and Slovenia declared independence in 1991
Slobodan Milosevic

4. World response
Despite the camps, rapes, and killings the UN and others did little
UN imposed economic sanctions and sent troops to distribute food
UN troops were prohibited from taking military actions
The arms embargo imposed by Western nations only hurt Bosnians because Serbians were already most armed group in the area
Throughout 1993 the Serbs, confident that there would be no military intervention from the West, freely committed genocide
Bill Clinton campaigned in 1992 to intervene in Bosnia to assist ethnic minorities
President Bush held the same view
Was not until 1994 that Clinton and NATO demanded Serbs withdraw from Sarajevo following the bombing of a marketplace

5. Srebrenica so called safe haven
Srebrenica was one of the safe havens set up by the UN
The French and Dutch governments were responsible for this haven
1995 Serbian troops attack and shell Srebrenica
Food and water supplies begin to dwindle
The Dutch soldiers guarding the city could do little against Serbians
Poorly equipped with little backup
All men were transported out of the city and killed
Women and children transported then raped and killed after men
After the massacre of Srebrenica NATO finally responds and on August 30th 1995 they begin a massive bombing campaign

6. US and NATO take action
The heavy bombing and ground losses force Milosevic to seek peace
November 1st 1995 the warring factions travel to Ohio for peace talks
After three weeks a peace was reached
60,000 NATO soldiers were deployed to keep the peace
Over 200,000 are dead and there are over 2,000,000 refugees from Bosnia
November 21, 1995: Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, left, Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, center, and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, right, initial the peace agreement after 21 days of talks at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

7. Kosovo
Kosovo was an autonomous region located in Serbia before the rise of Slobodan Milosevic
When Milosevic took power he began to take away the autonomy of Kosovo
This was the beginning of another “ethnic cleansing” campaign
Some Kosovar Albanians formed the Kosovo Liberation Army to fight back against the aggression of Milosevic and the Serbian Army

8. NATO actions
NATO is continuing to bomb strategic targets in Serbia through 1999
However, these bombings did not deter Milosevic in Kosovo and the killing and relocation continued
NATO refused to send in ground troops which would have easily put a stop to the killings in Kosovo
NATO originally had a goal to simply secure Kosovo and have the refugees return
This was unacceptable because the refugees would simply return to a land still controlled by Milosevic