March 1994 | Voices from the Drina

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🧵 Previously forgotten diseases are inundating Srebrenica due to the inhumane conditions we are living in.

We have many cases of tuberculosis, not to mention skin conditions such as lice, scabies and so on. These skin conditions are everyday occurrences and sometimes we healthcare professionals get infested; it’s unavoidable given that we have barely any water in Srebrenica.

Since the reservoir the town gets its water supply from is located outside the town, in Zeleni Jadar, a village that has been under Serb control from the beginning of the war, we are not sure if the water is safe to use.

We have doubts over whether it has been polluted; we even think it might have been poisoned, so we stopped using it long before the water supply was shut off.

There is in no way enough water, clothes, medicinal or hygiene supplies in Srebrenica. We are still relying on the springs for water.

🧵 Muslims continue to attack our lines. They are also staging bloody scenes in Sarajevo, with mass killings including the one at Markale market. We know that they used all sorts of dolls and old corpses from previous exchanges of fire between Muslim and Croat forces.

As is custom, we are immediately accused of having committed it, and this has caused us many problems. We will hold onto what territory we have. If we do not, this would possibly be the first war in which a victorious army withdraws from some of its territory.

It would be setting a bigger precedent than if we were to hold onto what we have defended, on what is our territory. I’m not saying that we should aim to hold onto all 72% of Bosnia, but at least 64%, which is our territory.

War is total. We cannot leave or allow peace in battlefields where things are going badly for the Muslims, or where they have hope of building something.

The world has realised that a unified Bosnia is not possible.

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