The Yugoslav Wars, with Deborah Frances White
Conflict of Interest
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The History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
As the fighting in Yugoslavia worsened, international news outlets started to uncover the terrible violence being carried out by these paramilitary groups. This is a representative of Muja Hadim units. There's another one here that's got a sort of basically like a gun on a stand that looks a lot more aggressive and then another one of two eagles back to back with swords underneath. So there's all of these elements of ancient history, slightly more recent history, that are drawn on and pulled into all the identities that then start, start fighting.
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