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Articles: "Graves
Found That Confirm Bosnia Massacre" |
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Rohde investigated the area on foot for two hours, using a blurred, faxed copy of one of the satellite surveillance photos. In that time he located no fewer than four areas of fresh digging. Abundant, undeniable forensic evidence of mass executions was strewn over a quarter-mile swath. It included empty ammunition boxes, spent shell casings, an elementary school diploma with a Muslim name, washed-out personal photographs, notes from a Srebrenica town meeting, and decomposed human bones in tattered clothing that poked above earth. The largest of the possible mass graves was as long as a football field and equally wide. The smallest was 50 x 100 feet. They matched the photos perfectly. Rohde collected documents and what photos he could find to substantiate his conclusions. Aware that Serb officials and others would try to discredit his story and challenge what he saw, Rohde was meticulous about documenting the evidence. He and his translator (herself a doctor) visited a veterinary university to confirm that the bones he saw were not those of cows or horses, but were human. It all checked out.
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A school diploma found at a gravesite by Rohde in August, was identified as belonging to one of the missing men from Srebrenica. Photo: Christian Science Monitor |
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