>>>>>"Both Croatia and Serbia transfered forces to Bosnia and
handed our weapons in preparation for war<<<<
Croatia was recognized as independent state in January 1992. At that time Bosnia was still part of Yugoslavia from the point of view of international law. Any deployment of forces into Bosnia and Herzegovina was an act of aggression.
When Bosnia and Herzegovina became an independent state (April 6, 1992) Yugoslav Forces were ordered by the Yugoslav government to retreat to Yugoslavia. Retreat was completed by May 15 1992.
Bosnian Serbs, JNA officers, NCOs remained in their country and others left for Yugoslavia.
Except those ambushed by Bosnian Muslims in Sarajevo and Tuzla. That was a war crime, according to Geneva Convention.
What "handed our weapons" in your post means? You are Bosnian Muslim, aren't you? If you are, you should know that your strongest weapons (lie,deception, false accusations) unfortunatelly are innefective here on FR.
JCB,
now we come to the point - should all bosnian serbs have waited for them to be personaly attacked? If serbs in Sijekovac and Kupres, and before that grooms father shot dead in Sarajevo, and muslims arming themselves by PLN all over Bosnia, breeching Constitution in october 1991 (the main cause for tensed situation, and eventualy, war), anti-serbian propaganda, so, you say "if serbs were attacked in Sijekovac, why they had to react in Bjeljina?" What great logic!
Another issue. let us presume, for the sake of conversation, there were no mujaheedins in 1992. They came in 1993. What's the big difference? We have major part of Bosnian and Serbian muslims voting for SDA, Alija Izetbegovic and his Islamic declaration. Calling upon traditions of WW2 and Handjar SS division, founded by Jerusalem Mufti (Yassir Arafat's oncle). During the war, they were very religious. So, contingents of mujaheedins came during the war, this guy among them
http://www.balkan-archive.org.yu/politics/forbidden_pictures/present/serb_head1.html ---breaking news-- as Sarajevo muslim daily paper "Dnevni avaz" says, Sanel Sjekirica, suspect of Madrid terrorist attack, is about to be released.
As someone has already said, Serbs took what was theirs. Serbs owned more land than their percent was, because serbs lived more in rural areas, and muslims in urban. Heritige of islamic domination, when rural serbs were exploited by urban muslims, as serfs. For centuries.
70 000+ dead you could subscribe to Alija and his words "I would sacrifice peace for independant Bosnia, and never independant Bosnia for peace", followed by his destruction of Lisboa agreement in spring of 1992, that was about to prevent the war, and was signed there by all three parties, but then rejected upon Izetbegovic's return to Bosnia. Way to go Alija!
Bjeljina and Zvornik were strategic points, lines of communication. Serbs would be sliced to pieces in 1993, maybe even in 1992, if there was no prompt reaction.
Let me turn question around: Why killing at the wedding? Why Pofalici massacre? Why Sjekovac and Kupres?
The magazine "Novi voks" published in Sarajevo promoted the most extreme Moslem stances and openly called for genocide of the Serbian people.
Thus in its October 1991 issue No.3, on page 40, in a regular feature called "Documents", "Novi voks" published an article entitled "What (is to be done) with the Serbs in the Moslem Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina", which, inter alia, states the following
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1. Every individual Serb must be aware of the responsibility of the entire nation for his own uncontrolled acts. The punishment for evildoings committed will be collective - for one Moslem house torn down ten Serbian houses will be demolished, for one dead Moslem 100 Serbs will be liquidated. For a wounded Moslem, depending on the severity of the wound - 10 to 50 Serbs.
2. All Serbs will have 12-hour working days, the salaries of all employees will reflect the degree of their loyalty and will as a rule be by 30% below the salaries Moslems occupying the same posts receive.
9. A good Serb is a live and obedient Serb; or a dead disobedient Serb.....
(End quote)
NOTE: The above ratio of retaliation 9one dead Moslem equals 100 (hundred) dead Serbs is exactly the ratio that Nazi occupation force of Serbia, during WWII, had in store for the "rebellious Serbs"...
The front page of the No.3 issue of this magazine which came out half a year before the so-called Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed in April 1992, carried the message "Hanjar division readying" illustrated with a drawing of an armed Moslem soldier beneath whom were the cut off heads of the Serb leaders Karadzic, Koljevic, Milosevic and Seselj with the Moslem soldier trampling Karadzic's head underfoot.
Serbs realy had no reason to feel threatened upon Izetbegovic and Croats breeched the BiH Constitution in october 1991! They should have waited, how long !?
You don't have a clue...