M

Magamet (Chechen landlord), 250, 259

Maja (BiH 502 Brigade), 306

Maksharip (Chechen interpreter), 253–254, 258

maps, in frontmatter

Marko (HOS sniper), 29, 32, 33, 34, 35

Marrakech (Morocco), 59, 127–128

Maskhadov, General Aslan, 241–242, 255–256, 261

mass graves, 1

mass murder, 243

massacres (Bosnia), at

Ahmici, 42, 76, 83, 141, 169

Srebrenica, 1–2, 293–294

Stupni Do, 146, 149–156

Tuzla, 279–283

Uzdol, 141

media, UN troops and, 93–94, 148–149

media coverage, effects on Bosnia and Hercegovina, 308

mercenaries, 47, 54, 223

Metkovic (Croatia), 44

Micki (Serbian tourist in Marrakech), 129–131

Milan (friend), 82, 196

Miljacka River, 8, 9, 15, 181

Mima (friend), 12–13, 20

Momcilo (friend), 8, 12–13, 18–19, 20–21, 23–24, 30, 84, 179–182, 317

Monique (UNHRC worker), 225, 227

Moscow, 259, 261

Mostar (Bosnia), 40, 50–53, 81

murder, 99, 100, 168–169

Muslim-Croat conflict in Bosnia

Ahmici, massacre at, 42, 76, 83, 141, 169

Bihac, battle of, 214–219

Caplina, battle of, 45

Convoy of Joy, 97–101

Dastansko, battle of, 161–163

fraternization during, 156–157

Gornji Vakuf, battle of, 75–76, 84, 141, 178

Kopljara, battle of, 155

Muslim-Croat alliance, 40, 81

Novi Travnik, battle of, 98, 164–165

Operation Tiger, 217–219

origin, 41

peace accord (1994), 194, 197, 202, 205–206

Prozor, battle of, 73–74

Stara Bila, battle of, 83–84, 91–92, 119–120

Stupni Do, massacre at, 146, 149–156

Travnik, battle of, 86–87, 94

Turbe, battle of, 113–115

Uzdol, massacre at, 141

Vares, battle of, 138–140, 144–149, 151–161

Velika Kladusa, battle of, 222–227

Vitez, battle of, 105–108, 167–168, 171–172, 180

Muslim-Serb conflict in Bosnia

1994 lull in, 205–206

Bijeljina, battle of, 12

Caplina, battle of, 45

fraternization during, 113–115

Gorazde, battle of, 205

Kupres, battle of, 236

origin, 40

outcome, deciding factor, 299

Sarajevo, battle of, 9–11, 21–28, 284–288

Srebrenica, massacre at, 1–2, 293–294

Muslim-Serb conflict in Bosnia (continued)

Stanski Most, battle of, 296, 303–310, 313–314

Travnik, battle of, 86

Tuzla, massacre at, 279–283

Vogosca, battle of, 33–35

Muslims, Bosnian

atrocity as a tactic, 142

autonomists vs. loyalists, 215, 217–232

Englishmen, their view of, 52

federation of Muslims and Croats, 197

food supplies, 167, 203

headcases, influence of, 177

hospitality, 16, 73, 219

Islamic sectarianism, 217

massacres of, at

Ahmici, 42, 76, 83, 141, 169

Srebrenica, 1–2, 293–294

Stupni Do, 146, 149–156

Tuzla, 279–283

nationalism, 85–86, 142

obstinacy, 16, 17

snobbishness, 107

sympathizers, 94, 111–112, 141, 142

Tito and, 85, 278

Western powers and, 142, 316

See also Muslim-Croat conflict in Bosnia [on this page]; Muslim-Serb conflict in Bosnia [on this page]

mutilation, 31, 72, 306

N

nationalism, 7, 39, 84–86, 123, 142, 170, 194

NATO, 2–4, 5, 127, 299

NDH (Croatian fascist dictatorship), 73

Neretva Valley (Bosnia), 50

Netherlands, UN troops, 176, 293–294

Nikola (friend), 116, 117, 119

Novi Sad (Serbia), 13

Novi Travnik (Bosnia), 95, 98, 164

O

Omar (friend), 13

Operation Tiger, 217–219

P

Pale (Bosnia), 21

papci, 84–85

Patrick (journalist), 105, 108–109

Pavelic, Ante, 72, 73

Pazic, 'Doctor' (Bosnian fighter), 313, 316

peace, 126, 186, 198

people trafficking, 181

Petar (friend), 18, 20, 21, 179, 181–182, 317–320

Peter (mercenary), 54

photographs (described)

group frozen by imminent shelling, 88

soldier kicking corpse while smoking, 12, 312

Popeye's Group, 223

Posavina (Bosnia-Croatia borderlands), 45, 47, 206, 222

"Postman Splat" (HVO gunner), 83, 202–203

Prazina, Juka, 170

Prijedor (Bosnia), 313, 315

prisoners of war, 105, 164–165, 171–172, 196, 308, 310, 315

propaganda, 71, 99–100, 110–111, 223–224

Prozor (Bosnia), 73–74, 75, 81

R

Rajic, Ivica, 140, 149–150, 155–156, 157–158, 161

refugees, 98, 113, 120, 215, 222, 224

Rejo (Bosnian gastarbeiter), 297, 311

retribution, 154, 172–173

Robbie (cameraman), 219, 220, 228, 229

Ron (photographer), 312, 315

S

Saco (criminal), 24

Sanski Most (Bosnia), 296, 303–310, 313–314

Sarajevo (Bosnia)

the BB club, 29

bombardment, 25

control by criminal gangs, 24–25

curfew, 29

daily life, 21–22, 35

Holiday Inn, 15–16, 81

hopelessness, 10, 22

NATO air strikes, 127

physical suffering, 30

Serbs in, number of, 19–20

Vojvode Putnika (Snipers' Alley), 9, 10, 16–17, 19, 26–27

"seeing a war," 36–37, 54

Senad (BiH 502 Brigade), 316

Serbs, Bosnian

Arkan (paramilitary warlord), 314

atrocity as a tactic, 141–142

British public opinion and, 279, 281, 283

concentration camps, 106

Croats, cooperation with, 45, 139, 140

the dead, mutilation of, 306

defined, in frontmatter

hostage taking of UN personnel, 279, 294

media, attitude toward, 225, 279, 308

nationalism, 85

NATO attacks on, 294

prisoners, treatment of, 308, 310, 315

in Sarajevo, number of, 19–20

See also Muslim-Serb conflict in Bosnia [on this page]

Shali (Chechnya), 250

Shamil (Chechen warrior), 242

Shane (mercenary), 53, 54–55, 57–58, 59

Shimmy (friend), 121, 126, 266

sljivovica, 118–119

Slunj (Bosnia), 224

Snipers' Alley (Vojvode Putnika, Sarajevo), 9, 10, 16–17, 19, 26–27

Split (Croatia), 14, 41, 42, 97

Srebrenica (Bosnia), massacre at, 1–2, 293–294

Stalin, 243

Stara Bila (Bosnia), 81, 83–84, 86, 91, 97, 116–117, 279

Stari Vitez (Bosnia), 83, 168, 199

starvation (Bosnia), 167

Stella (friend), 121

Stupni Do (Bosnia), massacre at, 146, 149–156

suicide, by soldiers, 39–40, 308–309

superstition, in soldiers, 2–4, 125–127

Sweden, UN troops, 145–149, 151, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160–163