Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:16:55 -0400 My response to "Bosnian war victims laid to rest." Stella
----- Original Message ----- From: sparta <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BBC World <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: BBC TV <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; BBC NEWS <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:04 AM Subject: response to "Bosnian war victims laid to rest." (BBC report of 28 July) BBC Letter to the editor(s) 31 July 2007 Well, BBC, which is it to be? At the offset of the war in Bosnia, the media consistently claimed that 250,000 Bosnians (all Muslims, of course), were victims. Now your article, "Bosnian war victims laid to rest," of 28 July gives the figure of 100,000 (again, all Muslims, of course). Other Balkan experts put the number of deaths, on all sides between 20 and 70 thousands victims. However, in 2002, BBC reported, "Some 40,000 civilians were murdered as Serbs, Muslims and Croats fought for control of Bosnia from 1992 to 1995," (on all sides,) so which is it to be, BBC, or do the exaggerations continue which would put into question the integrity of BBC. "It's horrible to have a funeral for so many people, killed only because they were Muslims, said Harisa Trto, 50, quoted by AFP news agency." And what of the tens of thousands who were killed by Bosnian Muslims and by tons of bombs dropped on them by NATO, because they were Serbs? Stella L. Jatras USA http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6920594.stm
