WHAT DO YOU KNOW.... about the war that took place in area of ex Yugoslavia?
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when it first started,the rebels were refered to as narco terrorist's.my theory is milosovich was trying to take control of the processing and distribution of heroin in eastern europe.and a certain wealthy american who had the control called in a favor to get clinton to involve the US.but then i love conspiracy theories.
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Hope this site can help you:\n\nhttp://www.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/lect25.htm
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I can tell you it went from 1914-1918, not the years you said.\n\nHere's a big article all about it.  Next time go to Wikipedia.org before you come to Yahoo Answers.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I\n\nAt the time, world politics was dominated by five or six Great Powers, each of them a country in Europe with colonial possessions in other parts of the world.  They each went behind each other's backs a lot to make alliances, promising to join in if their ally was attacked.  It was a very unstable situation, because a squabble over something minor could suddenly spiral into a giant worldwide confrontation as each side called in more and more allies.  This is exactly what happened.  The event that triggered it all was the assasination of the man next in line for the Austrian throne; he was shot by a Serbian who thought Serbia should be its own country and not part of the Austrian empire.  Serbia is in the Balkans, the same area as the territory covered by the former Yugoslavia, and that's why others have said "the Balkans was a powder keg."\n\nOnce all the alliances had kicked in, both sides discovered that their new war technologies were good for killing a lot of people but not good for gaining territory or gaining a decisive advantage over your opponent. Much of the war was a long bloody stalemate.\n\nThere's obviously a lot more, but you'll have to get it from the Wikipedia article.
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Everyone please wake up! I am from SA and there are no wars\nor such stuff going on here! The only war that is going on here is the war against AIDS and poverty. So please get your facts correct before you try to answer something about another country.
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Palestinan and Israel conflict.  Jews moved on their land during WW11.  Divided over who gets Jeruselem and holy areas.  Just an idea.
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OK let me answer your questions one by one.\n\n1. I don't think Serbia will be the biggest traiding partner. Why not? After all what happened in that region, we don't trust serbs. (that's the general opinion of kosovar albanians).\n\n2. Minority rights will be protected. It's been quite a while since last incident between albanians and serbs. With time people will forget and go on with their lives.\n\n3. I think no one will prevent serbs from going to their churches.\n\n4. Well...It'll take time until people forget what happened. It was a dirty war. Thousands of inocent people were killed, children, women. I think years will pass and poeple will not forget what happened, but as they say "Time heals everything". \nYou said serbs and albanians had no problems a 100 years ago? well serbs have had no problems with slovens, croats and bosnians a 100 years ago neither but they did have a problem now. Remember, always you will have a problem when you repress people, when you take their rights away.\n\n5. Yes, serbia and croatia have managed to improve their relations. Eventually kosovar albanians and serbs will improve their relations too in about 10 years from now.\n\nTo wrap it up....The future of Kosovo's status will be known soon. I think that's a big help for both nations, serbs and albanians, because we will know where we stand. \nI'm optimistic that the relations will improve and hopefully things will get better in both sides.\n-----------------------------------------------\n\nTo the person who answered below:\n\nif serbia has nothing to import from kosovo, why all the trouble to keep it then? do you really think that serbia government cares for some religious objects? do you know that kosovo has the largest coal deposits in balkans and third in europe? it has coal enough to supply the whole region for at least 13 centuries. do you know that kosovo has the largest lead deposits in europe, not to mention iron, zync, chrome and copper. etc etc
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You should do some research on the Arab-Israeli Conflict.\nI highly recommend starting over here:\nhttp://www.palestinefacts.org\n\nFirst thing people should know is what exactly "Palestine" is. The area of Palestine is currently divided into the states of Jordan, Israel, the disputed territories of Judea/Samaria (aka the west bank) and Gaza, plus parts of Lebanon and Syria. \n\nThe British carved off about 80% of Palestine to create the state of Jordan in 1922. Israel declared its independence as the Jewish homeland in 1948.\n\nThe Arabs countries have been trying to "finish Hitler's work" as they call it since Israel's inception, not to mention the pogroms prior to the establishment of the State of Israel. (ex. Hebron Massacre 1929)
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The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918; its name was changed to Yugoslavia in 1929. Occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941 was resisted by various paramilitary bands that fought each other as well as the invaders. The group headed by Josip TITO took full control of Yugoslavia upon German expulsion in 1945. Although Communist, his new government and its successors (he died in 1980) managed to steer their own path between the Warsaw Pact nations and the West for the next four and a half decades. In the early 1990s, post-TITO Yugoslavia began to unravel along ethnic lines: Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were recognized as independent states in 1992. The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (FRY) in April 1992 and, under President Slobodan MILOSEVIC, Serbia led various military intervention efforts to unite ethnic Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." These actions led to Yugoslavia being ousted from the UN in 1992, but Serbia continued its campaign until signing the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995. In 1998-99, massive expulsions by FRY forces and Serb paramilitaries of ethnic Albanians living in Kosovo provoked an international response, including the NATO bombing of Belgrade and the stationing of a NATO-led force (KFOR), in Kosovo. Federal elections in the fall of 2000, brought about the ouster of MILOSEVIC and installed Vojislav KOSTUNICA as president. The arrest of MILOSEVIC in 2001 allowed for his subsequent transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity. In 2001, the country's suspension from the UN was lifted, and it was once more accepted into UN organizations under the name of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Kosovo has been governed by the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) since June 1999, under the authority of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, pending a determination by the international community of its future status. In 2002, the Serbian and Montenegrin components of Yugoslavia began negotiations to forge a looser relationship. In February 2003 lawmakers restructured the country into a loose federation of two republics called Serbia and Montenegro. The Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro includes a provision that allows either republic to hold a referendum after three years that would allow for their independence from the state union. In 2003 Svetozar MAROVIC was elected president of Serbia and Montenegro. \n\n### LINKS : -\n\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/yi.html\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/serbia-and-montenegro\n\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108157.html
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I've linked several articles below for your review. 1st - Ethnic cleansing, 2nd is an overview on Allied war crimes, 3rd a specific record of the details on the previous posters Katyn massacre. There were significant atrocities committed before (1932-33 era in the Ukraine) and after (Stalin's pogroms) the war and with most focus on the Nuremberg trials a lot of Allied crimes either went un-or-under reported. Best of luck in your research, hope this helps.
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The capital of the Former Yugoslavia, comprised of Serbia & Montenegro, is Belgrade. The republics that have ceased to be part of Yugoslavia, such as Croation and Slovenia, obviously have their own capitals.
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the war in bosnia was about the serbs, croats, and muslims killing and commiting genocide against eachother. It was over land and religous differences.\n\nYugoslovia was split into new countries like Serbia, Bosnia & Hercegoniva, Slovenia, and Macedonia. \n\nYugoslovia is still around, just not as big\n\nBosnia & Hercegoniva is the only dangerous country today.
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Are you asking about Serbia and Montenegro, or the recent history of the breakup of Yugoslavia?  Maybe you want to know a short history of the region?  you should try to narrow it down.  Are you asking about the funeral of Slobodan Milosevic?
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Wow, that's an indepth question to ask.\n\nFor starters, World War I completely reshaped the map of Europe and parts of the Near and Middle East.  The Austrio-Hungarian Empire was divided into Czechoslovakia, Hngary, Yugoslavia, and Austria; parts were also given over to Romania and to Italy.  The Ottoman Empire was divided into British and French Mandates, forming Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan for the British and Syria and Lebanon for the French, as well as the independant state of Turkey.  The Russian Empire was separated into Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.  The German (Prussian) Empire was divided as well, with part of their territories going to create the Polish Corridor, giving Poland access to the North Sea, an allotment was also made to Czechoslovakia, Blegium, and, of course, the German independant state.\n\nSome of the statistical information concerning World War I is as follows:\n\n-10 million soldiers dead\n-6.6 million civilians dead\n-21 million wounded\n-8 million MIA (Missing In Action) or POW (Prisoners of War)\n-Cost of War appx. $180 billion\n-Other Costs in Relation ~ $150 billion\n\nThere was also a mass movement of displaced people as their homes were utterly destroyed in the wake of the war.\n\nIn terms of politics, the ultimate loss of Russian troops allowed for the successful usurpation of the government by the Communist party.  Since Europe's economy was trashed, the United States became the dominant power in the world financially and wound up being the largest lending agent for the restoration of Europe.  France, bitter at their ultimate defeat, wanted Germany to be punished for its role in the war, which successfully undermined Woodrow Wilson's attempts to settle the Versailles treaty without instilling a sense of anger in the Germans unsuccessful.  Germany was forbidden to have a standing military, and felt betrayed by its high command (Jews, Liberals, Socialists), and combined with the effects of high unemployment created a perfect breeding ground for Hitler and the Nazi party to emerge later.  Italy did not get all that it asked for -- a mutilated victory -- which opened the door for Facism and Musilini.  Britain, with the creation of the Mandates in the Middle East, made a grab for the oil industry.  The Bourgeoisie class was elevated, which mostly eliminated the power of the Aristocracy, which, combined with a deteriorated economy, weakened the strength of Imperial Colonialism and set the stage for the dismantling colonial states held by European states all over the world.\n\nThe full repercussions of World War I would not be felt until World War II with the rise of Nazi Germany and Facist Italy.  The end of the war left countless dead and/or missing and/or displaced, German divided between western powers and those of Russia, who had taken over most of the countries that would later become the USSR.  This set the stage for the Cold War, which would last until the early ninties after the fall of the Berlin Wall.  The Holocaust left over six million Jews dead and the remainder displaced.  As a result, many Jews migrated to Palestine, which soon after became Isreal, a nation backed by the west and resented by Muslims everywhere, thus creating tensions between the Middle East and the Western nations.  The advent of the first atomic bomb would also set off a long series of discussions on the US's use of nuclear technology against Japan.  The United Nations also formed as a result of World War II; their first conferences were held in San Francisco (mostly so the NSA could tap the other delegates' phone lines and listen in on other conversations being held).  The Cold War resulted in the Arms Race, and the decision of the US government to simply out-spend the Russians and drive their economy into the ground, slowly deteriorating the basis for their system of government.  Really, we have not seen all the final effects of World War II, though some of the major politica
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There once was a war that was pivital\nAnd somehow this war was called "civil"\nThey all fought alot\nAnd someone got shot\nIt's too bad when different sides quibble!
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It was pretty much an ethnic conflict. The Tutsi's were pretty much running the country from the 17th century through around the mid 20th.  The Hutus began to get more and more power in the 60's and many Tutsis left for Uganda. A fairly significant group of Tutsi refugees began demanding return and coming into the country, and there was an actual military incursion by Tutsis from Uganda around 1990.\n\n The government began a big campaign via radio and word of mouth to resist the Tutsi invasion. Some Hutu governement officials began unofficially training militias. Some peace accords were signed around 1993, and the Hutus kept stirring ethnic tensions by publicizing events carried out during the conflict and attributing them to Tutsis, though it is questionable as to whether some were manufactured by the Hutus to generate the tension.  \n\nThe Hutu president died when his plane was brought down in April 1994.  Some suspect dissatisfied members of the Hutu government, worried about losing power were responsible.  Regardless, this spark ignited the tinderbox that had been built and a massive rampage took place in which 500k-1M Tutsis and moderate Hutus were butchered over a 3 month period.\n\nIf you look at the whole history, both groups were beastly to the other at various times.  Tutsis came out on the short end 10 years ago. Pretty typical kind of long lived ethnic conflict.\n\nIt stands out because the UN was on the ground at the time, and essentially refused to become involved, so the genocide occurred on the world stage with the United Nation's tacit approval.
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You can't really get an objective answer to this question...it is very complicated. The war came in 1990s - in fact from 1992 to 1995, and there were three sides - Serbs, Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks), and Croats. We all used to live in one country - Yugoslavia, however Croats, Slvenians, Macedonians and Bosnian Muslims wanted to get independence. Serbs have always wanted to stay in one country with their neighbours (even today many of them want so). Slovenia and Macedonia menaged to get independence without a war, so war is related mostly to the territories of Bosnia and Croatia. One part of Bosnia (today known as the Serb Republic - or Republic of Srpska) have always wanted to stay a part of Yugoslavia. Serb Republic exists today only as a part of Bosnia and it makes 49% of territory of Bosnia - most people still support Serbia in everything- from politics to soccer games against Bosnia. It seems that Serb Republic will never get independence although at least 85% of people living there want so, nor will they be allowed to join Serbia. That's mainly because of the negative image Serbs have in  Western Europe and U.S. (especially because of the Srebrenica masacr where a lot of Muslims were killed by the Serbs). Serbs are often portrayed as a bad guys, but I hope that image will change because each side has had losts, and thousands of Serbs were killed in Croatia and many became refugees. Generalizations are wrong.\nCroatia is today Western oriented country in development, more than 90% of population are Croats, Bosnia has around 45% of muslims and 34% of Serbs, and 17% of Croats.\nOne important thing is religion: Croats are Catholics, Serbs are Orthodox Christians (Russian Christianity) and Bosniaks are Muslims. Today, for some people everything's normal, others will never stop distinguishing who is who (our names are different and it's pretty easy to figure out our origins).\nIn my opinion, Slobodan Milosevic is neither better nor worse than Muslims' and Croats' leaders of that time. Hovewer, those two guys had luck to die before being called criminals. Finaly, everybody's inocent until proven otherwise.\nAnyway, don't think about Serbs only in the terms of war, and fight with neighbours. I'm a Serb, I have been there during the war, I still remember some horrible scenes, but I don't hate anybody. My best friend there was a Muslim girl, and here, in U.S. I spend most of the time with Croats. We are all humans. \nMontenegro is another story, they will get independence, but we have never in history been in war with Montenegro- it's only politics and their wish to enter the E.U. (Serbia is blaimed for protecting the war criminals) and they don't want to be blaimed for some things Serbia is blaimed. Montengro is a really small country, full of rocks and unused land, the only good thing is sea and Adriatic coast. It's beautiful. \nBy the way, you can call it Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian., Montenegrin or even Serbo-Croatian, but, in general, we all speak ONE language and understand each other.\n\nWe are free to travel from one of these new countries to another without a visa. Soccer games are still full of tensions, but it's becoming better...:)))))))))
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Yes I think so. \nthey suffered so much death from the serbs.\nIts not a large area and most are Albanians so I don't see what the hold up is.\nMaybe Kosovo is very rich in resources.\nIts always hard to claim rich land.