Bosnian Muslim widow wins battle to remove Serbian Orthodox church
Konjevic Polje village, 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) east of Srebrenica, 3 October 2007
1. Wide of land owner Fata Orlovic's land, with Serbian orthodox church in the foreground, Orlovic's house in the back
2. Close-up of cross on the roof of the church
3. Tilt-down from church to Orlovic's house
4. Wide of Orlovic's house
5. Mid of Orlovic coming out of house
6. View from behind of Orlovic walking out of house
7. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Fata Orlovic, land owner:
This is my land, this is my house (showing the land and the house with her hands), and this is the Serb church in the middle of my land (showing the church). I want this church out of my land. All this you can see here is my land (showing the land with her hands). The church should be taken away. I just want my land and my front yard to be like it was before the war.
8. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Fata Orlovic, land owner:
This was done by war criminals. The church was built when they were killing and slaughtering our people. Now it is calm. And they should remove the church.
9. Pan left from church to zoom-in of the house
10. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Fata Orlovic, land owner:
I am in my house, all alone. I can't pray in this room. Look at this (she removes the curtains of the window and the church is seen outside).
11. Mid of Orlovic praying in her house
Srebrenica, 20 March 2007
12. Mid of Orlovic arriving at court in Srebrenica, Fata being greeted by Muslim woman from Srebrenica
13. Mid of Orlovic taking out court order from her bag and showing it to Serbian policeman, UPSOUND (Bosnian) Fata Orlovic: I do have a court order. I am righteous. You should do this to criminals.
14. Mid of Orlovic entering room of Srebrenica court
15. Mid of judge Danica Stjepanovic reading out verdict, UPSOUND (Bosnian) Danica Stjepanovic: We will postpone this verdict, because of lack of witnesses.
16. Wide of Orlovic and her lawyer Fahrija Karkin exiting the court building
17. Orlovic being hugged and greeted by Srebrenica Muslims
Banja Luka, 4 October 2007
18. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb Prime Minister:
I have to inform you that the government has reached the decision to remove and dislocate this church. We will do our best to do this in shortest possible time.
19. Mid of Dodik and Serb orthodox priest Vasilije Kacavenda, walking out of meeting
20. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Vasilije Kacavenda, Serbian priest:
I don't want to talk about this much, because this case is at court. But I need to stress that the land where this church is located, is actually called Crkvina (translation: 'the Churches'). It is written like that in the land-owner papers. I showed this to the Bosnian grand Mufti. It does say that the owner is Fata Orlovic, but the land is called Crkvina. And for us this means a lot.
Konjevic Polje village, 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) east of Srebrenica, 3 October 2007
21. Tilt-up from stones (Orlovic's improvised fence) to the church and Orlovic's house
STORYLINE:
A Bosnian Muslim widow's battle to remove a Serbian Orthodox church from her land came to an end on Thursday.
After eight years of court proceedings, the church will be moved.
In a small village of Konjevic Polje, about 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) east of Srebrenica, a huge Serb Orthodox church built in the yard in front of a smaller private house dominates the scene.
The church was built in the time of the four-year long war between the Serb and Muslim armies, and it was built by the Serbian church on the private land of a Muslim owner, Fata Orlovic.
Like many Muslims in the hills of eastern Bosnia, Orlovic was ethnically cleansed from the village during the war in the early 1990s.
Her husband was killed and she was made a refugee.
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Bosnia - Serbian Orthodox Church Closed
T/I: 10:26:59
Bosnian Serbs still living in the Sarajevo suburb of Grbavica on Thursday (14/3) took the highly symbolic step of closing their Serbian Orthodox chapel. Now, as most of the suburb's Serbs have fled to Srpska, the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia, those who remain decided it was time to remove the religious symbols. Outside, men in military uniforms held a short service before carrying off the church bell and the icons. A large wooden cross was carried through Grbavica in a procession, as the bell was rung for the last time.
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GRBAVICA, BOSNIA - 14/3
men singing with cross
cu cross
ms soldiers salute
soldiers stand with flag
prosession through streets with cross
front shot men carry cross
procession continues
ws procession
people carry bell into building
cu people kiss bell
ms people hug & kiss
ms refugees in street with bags
vs people board bus
cu man on street with bags
ms people load up lorry
cu people receive bread from lorry
ms man in street with piano
women walk with bags
woman pulls trolly with bags
ends 2.48
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Bosnian Orthodox Serbs attend Christmas church service
Sarajevo's largest Serbian Orthodox church was packed on Wednesday as Bosnian Serb Orthodox Christians gathered for a Christmas service.
The service at the Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos was led by Vladika Grigorije, Episcope of the Serb Orthodox church in Bosnia.
Vladika called for peace among the people of Bosnia, asking the congregation to clean their hearts of hate, a reference to years of nationalistic tension between Bosnian Serbs, Muslims and Croats.
Members of the congregation outside the church following the service were full of cheer and optimism.
We want to show that there is belief in people and belief in the future, said one man.
Orthodox Christmas in Bosnia is traditionally a family holiday, so people were expected to gather in their homes for celebrations with close relatives.
Christmas falls on January 7 for Orthodox Christians in Bosnia, the Holy Land and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world.
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The old Serbian-orthodox Church of St. Michael in Sarajevo (English)
Кратка видео презентација Старе цркве у Сарајеву која прати проспект са титловима на енглеском језику.
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BOSNIA: BILDT MEETS WITH HEAD OF SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Eng/Serb/Nat
The top civilian administrator in Bosnia, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, has met with the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle.
The pair greeted each other at a church in the town of Sokolac, near Sarajevo, and spoke about the future of the country.
The latest meeting in the former war-torn republic is further evidence of the steps being taken to build bridges and secure peace.
E-U envoy Carl Bildt, the man charged with overseeing the implementation of the Dayton agreement, met with the Serbian Patriarch at the church some 25 miles outside Sarajevo.
The two men spoke inside the building, where the Patriarch asked for assurances of freedom of movement for Serbian religious dignitaries in Bosnia.
The meeting comes at a time of growing concern by Serbs over the future of their districts in the Bosnian capital, which are due to come under government control in March.
Bildt spoke of the importance of the Orthodox Church in achieving a reconciliation between the former enemies in Bosnia.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I appreciate the road that the Patriarch and the other Church leaders can play in giving comfort to the people and giving them assurances for the future, and I think it is very important that Bosnia of the future is a country where people are seeking different ways to their respective goals, that they can live together in a way that should be possible now that peace has now arrived.
SUPER CAPTION: Carl Bildt, EU Administrator in Bosnia
Bildt said he was optimistic Sarajevo could return to the peaceful way of life its inhabitants enjoyed before the war.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I'm perfectly certain that it's going to be possible for people to continue to live in Sarajevo in the way that they did in the past. I think the steps that have been taken by the Bosnian Government now, the direction of an amnesty, with the exception of international war crimes, is a very significant step that will contribute greatly to the reconciliation and understanding.
SUPER CAPTION: Carl Bildt, EU Administrator in Bosnia
Reacting to reports of Serbs leaving Bosnia through fear of mistreatment, Bildt gave an assurance that their future would be safe.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I think those fears are unfounded. I think also they might be under the impression that after a certain date the border's going to be closed, which is not the case. I-FOR is going to guarantee that there is an open situation between the Federation and Republika Srbska, there will be the possibility to move every day wherever they want and whichever direction they want, so there is really no reason whatsoever to leave or to fear.
SUPER CAPTION: Carl Bildt, EU Administrator in Bosnia
Bildt's guarantees will be reassuring to Serbs in a period of uncertainty but all sides know that allaying fears and rebuilding trust can only be achieved through time.
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Sv. Preobrazenja Serbian Orthodox Church in Downtown Sarajevo
Crkva Sv. Preobrazenja is a Serbian Orthodox Church in downtown Sarajevo. I love how the Orthodox churches are designed and the interiors are always something beautiful to see.
BOSNIA: SERBS FLEE SARAJEVO IN WAKE OF HANDOVER
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Thousands of Bosnian Serbs fled the Sarajevan suburb of Vogosca Friday as the Bosnian-Croat Federation took control of the city.
Over the past two days, almost 20-thousand Serbs are believed to have fled their homes.
They fear they will suffer reprisals at the hands of the new authorities and are leaving for areas still under Serb control.
The former Bosnian-Serb stronghold of Vogosca is now under Bosnian government control.
And - despite assurances from the International Police Task Force, the suburb's mayor and the Chief of the Federal Police - its Serb residents continue to flee.
This morning, buses waited for any civilians still wishing to leave, but many took to the road with their belongings - still frightened of reprisals.
One woman said she had wanted to stay, but because everyone else had gone, she had to.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
what else can I do - everyone else has left
SUPER CAPTION: VOXPOP
Almost everyone is trying to leave - from the very young to the very old.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
there is fear in our hearts, what can I do
SUPER CAPTION: VOXPOP
Many of the refugees from Vogosca are fleeing to the Bosnian-Serb capital, Pale
One of the town's high schools has been turned into an emergency reception centre.
Families sat around recovering from their ordeal and told their stories.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
There were lots of us walking, through snow through rain, it was terrible.
SUPER CAPTION: VOXPOP
Some having arrived after a gruelling walk of some 40km through heavy snow carrying what belongings they could.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
'I've only got what I'm wearing and two bags, I left everything else - including my 80 year-old father.
SUPER CAPTION: VOXPOP
Those arriving after long journeys by bus are being offered food and water before continuing on their journeys.
They are travelling deeper into Serb-held territory.
Up to 20-thousand Serbs have fled over the past two days, burning buildings behind them-- through fear of the police or hatred of the new Bosnian-Croat Federation under which they would live.
With four more districts yet to be handed over to the Muslim-led government and its Bosnian Croat partner by March 19, the problems encountered in Vogosca could soon be repeated elsewhere.
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: BOSNIAN SERBS CONTINUE TO LEAVE SUBURB
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Bus loads of Bosnian Serbs continued to leave the suburb of Grbavica in Sarajevo on Thursday just as Muslims in the city were boarding buses to take them to the former Serb-held suburb.
Serb residents distraught at losing their homes, set them ablaze before they left.
On Thursday, the Serbs of Grbavica dismantled the contents of their Orthodox Christian church to be taken with them to a Serbian area.
With less than five days to go before control of Grbavica is transferred to the Muslim/Croat federation, the Bosnian Serbs were determined that their cherished bell and crucifix remain under their control.
Muslims entering the suburb tried in vain to put out the fires .
For other residents, the only way to save their possessions from the encroaching fires was to throw them out of their windows.
When the siege of Sarajevo began almost four years ago, Grbavica - the closest Serb-held area to the centre of the Bosnian capital - did not have an Orthodox church.
Orthodox Christian devotees quickly converted a room in the local town hall into a chapel, packing it with religious icons and a church bell.
But on Thursday - as the Serbs continued to flee from Grbavica continued - the religious symbols went too..
A short service was held in the street before the church bell and crucifix were carried off.
As the procession made its way slowly through Grbavica, people came out of their houses to hear the bell for the last time.
Soon, the journey was over - the bell and cross were now in Serb-held land.
The Bosnian Serb religion minister conducted the blessing.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
Dear brother Chetniks, I respect your will that you took the guns at the beginning of the war in Grbavica. I am happy to see you here and this day is blessed that we gather here on Serb land.
SUPER CAPTION: Dragan Dragojlovic, Bosnian Serb Minister for Religious matters
Fearful of their future, many are heading for the Bosnian-Serb capital Pale, a mere ten kilometres away.
With the drain of people has come the inevitable collapse of Grabvica's infrastructure.
No one is manning the stores and food is scarce - the United Nations has now begun delivering bread to the area.
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Dumb Serbian terrorists in Bosnia on Orthodox Christmas 2020
Primitivizam i malograđanština neviđene kategorije. Srpski teroristi uznemiravaju građane Srebrenice, Bratunca i Potočara na pravoslavni Božić 2020.
Bosnia - Islam influence increases
T/I 11:22:45
Western observers have noted increasing signs of the influence of Islam in Bosnia since the ceasefire. The ruling SDA Party sees its best way forward in Bosnia is to maintain a strong Muslim Party to counter the threat of Croatian and Serbian nationalistic parties which want to partition the country. Islam has also been evident in electioneering. SDA rallies are attended by Muslim clerics and are opened with prayers and appeals for Muslim brotherhood.
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VARIOUS LOCATIONS, BOSNIA RECENT + FILE
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA, FILE
0.00 WS old quarter
0.05 WS Orthodox church and other buildings
11/9/96
0.09 Ms mosque
TUZLA. 10/9
0.12 WS people praying
ZENICA 10/12/95
0.20 CU automatic gun TILT to soldier
0.23 Izetbegovic with General Rasim Delic watching parade
0.25 MS soldiers marching
0.37 WS march
JABLINICA 3/9
0.41 CU SDA flags at SDA rally
0.46 MS crowd clapping
0.50 CU women wearing head scarves
0.53 CU man
0.57 MS Izetbegovic and others praying
1.05 MS people holding SDA flag
1.07 MS Izetbegovic and others praying
1.12 VISION ENDS
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Bosnia - Orthodox Christmas In Sarajevo
T/I: 10:41:23
Despite the celebration of the Orthodox Christmas in Bosnia on Sunday (7/1), the sound of gunfire once again returned to Sarajevo. While many people were celebrating the birth of Christ in churches around Sarajevo, others were forced to run through Sniper Alley - the notorious killing ground in the middle of the city - as the sound of shots carried through the air.
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SARAJEVO, BOSNIA, 7/1
GV Sarajevo street with bells ringing, pan to church.
People entering Orthodox Church.
Various people praying.
Orthodox priest leading prayer.
Choir singing.
People lighting candles.
CU cross.
SOT Major Tarik Kupusovic, in Serbo-Croat, wishing Merry Christmas
to Serbs.
WS church.
WS sniper alley.
IFOR armoured vehicles parked with anti-sniping teams.
CU soldiers in armoured vehicle.
Soldiers walking past church as bells ring.
Interior church.
Crowd of worshippers in church.
VS inside church during service.
2.13
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Easter mass in Sarajevo
Believers attend the Easter Mass at Saborna Orthodox Church (Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 12, 2015.
HOW DO ORTHODOX SERBS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS EVE | BADNJI DAN 2019
Badnji Dan (Christmas Eve) in Orthodox is celebrated every 6th of January, following the Julian Calendar. On this vlog, you will see how Orthodox Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrate badnji dan. The badnjak (oak tree branch) is the symbol of orthodox christmas. It is a central tradition in Orthodox Serbs to have the head of the family get a badnjak from the forest and bring into the house a day before christmas. A badnjak ceremony is then held in the church as you see on this vlog. We also had a fasting christmas eve dinner at home after the church.
According to the Serbian Othodox Church, the festive kindling of the badnjak commemorates the fire that the shepherds of Bethlehem built in the cave where Jesus Christ was born, to warm the Baby Jesus and His mother throughout the night. The badnjak is also seen as a symbol of the cross upon which Christ was crucified, the warmth of it's fire symbolizing the salvation which, in the Christian belief, the crucifixion made possible for mankind. Scholars regard the tradition as inherited from the old Slavic religion. It interpreted badnjak as an incarnation of the spirit of vegetation, and as a divinity who dies by burning to be reborn, to whom sacrifices and prayers were offered for the fertility of fields, the health and happiness of the family. The burning symbolized sunshine, securing the vitalizing power of the sun in the coming year. Other South Slavic people have similar traditions, and the custom that a family brings a log into the house and burns it on Christmas Eve has also been recorded in other parts of Europe.
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Bosnian troops distroying serbian church from inside.
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Bosnia - Serbs Show Off Moslem Prisoners
Bosnian serb forces on Saturday (3/12) showed off more than 150
Moslem Fifth corp. prisoners from the fighting near velika kladusa
in the beleagured Bihac enclave. The prisoners were filmed by
a wtn camera crew 3 kms north of velika kladusa.
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VELIKA KLADUSA (3/12)
WTN common RTV
soldier behind logs
soldiers in woods
long view town below
various views of moslem deserters lined-up in two rows
vs close-ups of the moslem soldiers
soldiers walk off
ends: 1.31
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Bosnia/Croatia - Serbs Continue To Leave Sarajevo
T/I: 11:26:36 GS 10:38:06
13 US police officers on Thursday (14/3) arrived in Sarajevo to join the 400-strong UN police force. Bosnian Serbs on Thursday continued to flee Sarajevo for Srpska. Most of those departing were from the suburb of Grbavica, the last part of the Bosnian capital to be transferred to Muslim/Croat control. In a highly symbolic move, the Serbs closed down their only church in the suburb, the Serbian Orthodox Saint George chapel. In asolemn procession, they carried the cross, bell, and other
religious icons from the building. Once again, departing Serbs set fire to some of the apartments they were abandonning.
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SARAJEVO, BOSNIA, 14/3
00.00 us police filing off un aircraft
00.04 wider shot of same
00.08 sot officer: any police officer worth his stuff is concerned about his safety every time he puts on his uniform and goes every morning, ain't he?
00.14 ws police briefing
00.16 cu officer giving the briefing
00.20 two officers listening
00.23 ws officer briefing from behind two officers
GRBAVICA, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA, 14/3
00.25 ws street with serbs packing furniture on truck
00.29 serbs waiting for bus out of sarajevo
00.32 serbs carrying cross and other items from their serb orthodox church
00.38 flames and smoke pouring out of apartment block
00.41 smoke from another apartment block
00.43 ws building with all windows broken, smoke in background
MT JAHORINA, NEAR PALE, BOSNIA
00.45 ws ski slope
00.48 ext ski lodge
00.51 elderly serbs in ski lodge
00.54 cu elderly man
00.57 2 mothers with children
01.00 ws group in room
EASTERN SLAVONIA, CROATIA, 14/3
01.02 ws un soldiers saluting
01.05 officials saluting back
01.08 belgian general jozef schoups saluting as he passes troops
01.12 ranks of troops
01.13 band marching
01.16 troops marching away
01.20 VISION ENDS
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BOSNIA: ORTHODOX SERBS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS DAY
English/Nat
Orthodox Serbs in Bosnia are celebrating Christmas Day.
They have been gathering in churches in towns around Tuzla and Sarajevo.
I-FOR troops have been on guard to ensure the day runs peacefully.
Orthodox Christmas in Bosnia.
Around one thousand Orthodox Serb Christians marked Christmas in the Moslem stronghold of Tuzla Sunday gathering at the city's main Orthodox church for a service.
The church was shelled in 1992 and was rebuilt by the local Orthodox community. Now it is playing host to Sunday's worshippers.
The mainly Moslem city used to have a Christian community of around eighteen thousand before the outbreak of hostilities. Numbers have now dwindled to between five and seven thousand.
Most of the Serbs that have remained get along well with their Moslem neighbours and worshippers at Sunday's service were hopeful that peace in their country would last.
SOUNDBITE:
I just talked to my little friend that I am very happy because I hope that this Christmas will be really in peace, peaceful. Christmas is one big day because it celebrated peace.
SUPER CAPTION: VOXPOP
In Sarajevo bells rang out to mark the occasion.
The people gathered in churches around the town to celebrate their first peaceful Christmas in four years.
Men women and children have been attending church, singing and lighting candles.
The mood may be festive but I-FOR soldiers are on high alert.
Amid the festivities, French I-FOR soldiers opened fire after being shot at by unknown assailants on patrol in a Serb-held area near Sarajevo.
A French spokesman says it isn't clear if the troops were an intended target or if the gunfire was part of a wild celebration during Orthodox Christmas Eve.
But the troops are taking no chances.
It is the third time NATO troops fired back in anger since it took over the peacekeeping mission last month.
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HOW DO ORTHODOX SERBS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS DAY | ORTHODOX BOZIC 2019
Welcome to our home! We are opening our home to all of you! On this vlog, you will see how an Orthodox Serb family do the Christmas ceremonial at home. Discover the traditional way of celebrating Orthodox Christmas. Here, you will see how our family do the step by step process of blessing the food and the traditional activities.
Brief background:
First thing in the morning, on the day of Christmas, everyone in the family should wake up early for the Christmas breakfast. It follows the ceremonial blessing of the food. The sequence starts with a solemn prayer, incense blessing, breaking of the bread, drinking of rakija, eating of apple and cheese and greeting one by one with 3 kisses. Christmas activities include getting the coin in the bread. The one who get the coin in his/her bread will be lucky/blessed the entire year. There is also Piju piju (translated as sounds of little chicken in English) where babies and kids will enjoy the basket of candies and gifts. They will search goodies in a basket filled with hay. There is a custom also where kids visit houses to get paketic (gifts) and roasting pig every Christmas is part of the celebration.
Fun fact: Orthodox Christianity is popular in Greek and Slavic-language communities in Europe, including Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian communities.
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SERBIAN ORTHODOX SLAVA (FEAST OF FAMILY PATRON SAINT)
Celebrating the Feast Day of our Family Patron Saint - St. John the Baptist. It's a three day celebration. We tried to put everything on this video, capturing the step by step process of the traditional ceremonial celebration. For those who are curious about the Orthodox faith, traditions and religious practices; this video is for you.
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Reax to Bosnian Serb general jailed for 33 years for Sarajevo siege
Sarajevo - December 12, 2007
1. Wide shot street scene - location of 1995 marketplace massacre
2. People crossing street
3. Close-up of area of road damaged by shell, now filled in
4. Wide shot Markale market
5. Esad Pozdrer, seller at market, survivor of the massacre, standing behind his stand
6. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Vox pop, Esad Pozder, Sarajevo resident: ++rough translation++
He deserved that sentence. See how many people were killed besides my sister who died here. I survived. Actually, the sentence was soft, having in mind how many people he killed.
7. People in Markale market
8. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Vox pop, Dzemail Cilas, Sarajevo resident:
It's not enough for someone who ordered something like this against civilians, people, children ... I don't know.
9. Wide shot of street
10. Various of cemetery where civilians who were killed during the war are buried
11. Monument for killed civilians
12. Various of cemetery
Pale - December 12, 2007
13. Wide exterior of Orthodox church
14. Various street scenes
15. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Vox pop, Dragan Radojkovic, Pale resident:
It is another proof that this is a political court, when it gave General Milosevic such a high sentence. For us he is a national hero and I think most of the Serb people think this way.
16. People walking on footpath
17. Wide shot of traffic on street
FILE: Sarajevo - 1994-1995 (specific dates unknown)
18. Various of people running, sound of explosions and gunfire
19. Mother taking injured baby to hospital, hands baby to nurse
20. Wide shot of explosion as shell hits building
21. Zoom-in boys on ground after apparently being wounded by gunfire in notorious sniper alley, boys being dragged to safety
STORYLINE:
There was a mixed reaction along ethnic lines in Bosnia-Herzegovina after UN judges convicted a Serb commander of war crimes on Wednesday and ordered him imprisoned for 33 years.
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague ruled that General Dragomir Milosevic orchestrated the final 15 months of the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo.
It found him guilty of murder, inhumane treatment and overseeing a campaign of terror with indiscriminate shelling and bombing of the city, which killed thousands of civilians.
The horror of the Sarajevo siege was one of the darkest chapters of the Balkan wars that broke out as Yugoslavia crumbled in the early 1990s.
It was also one of the best documented: Television images of shells slamming into buildings and women and children huddling behind UN armoured vehicles to shelter from snipers were beamed around the world.
A notorious episode in the siege carried out by Milosevic's troops was the shelling of Markale Market on August 28, 1995, which killed 34 and injured 78.
In Markale Market on Wednesday, resident Esad Pozder welcomed news of Milosevic's conviction.
He deserved that sentence. See how many people were killed besides my sister who died here, he said.
Another resident of the capital, Dzemail Cilas, said the sentence of 33 years was not enough for someone who ordered something like this against civilians.
But in Pale, a town in Republika Srpska, Bosnian Serb Dragan Radojkovic condemned the length of the sentence handed to Milosevic.
This is another proof that this is a political court, Radojkovic said.
For us he is a national hero and I think most of the Serb people think this way, he added.
Bosnia was divided into two entities - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska - by the Dayton peace accords that ended a three-year war between the country's Muslims, Croats and Serbs in 1995.
Dragomir Milosevic is no relation to the former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who died in 2006 before his
genocide trial could be completed.
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