SARAJEVO SIEGE SUSPENDED
After an almost impossible 44-months, Serbia has lifted the siege on Sarajevo. The surviving citizens are extremely happy, but the siege was too long for the 10,000 killed/missing civilians,and 56,000 wounded. The city will doubtless take years or even decades to repair, as many buildings were destroyed by artillery fire.
"We thought that no one was going to survive this," a survivor states, "you couldn't walk outside without the risk of being shot at." Others are just happy they're still alive.
Mixed in with the happiness of surviving the siege is anger towards Serbia, and to the rest of the world which abandoned them for so long.
"This is not the world I thought I knew," A veteran from the army defending Sarajevo says,"When the world lets evil like this happen, it makes me sick" Maybe next time "The World" can afford to listen to other peoples problems.
Some of the Survivors say that the only thing keeping them from going insane and killing themseles was a cellist that played every day in front of his apartment. Very few of them actually knew his name, but some say it was Vedran Smailović.Vedran apparently would bring his cello to play at funerals as well, and sometimes playing in the shattered remains of the Sarajevo library. "I don't know what he was playing, or why he was playing it," one of the survivors says, "all I know is that he somehow gave me hope, told me I'd make it." Many other people who heard the music said similar things.
Whoever this Vedran is, I think it's safe to say Sarajevo owes him big time.
Hi Joel,
ReplyDeleteYou have made a better beginning this year. It is important to keep on the job and not to fall behind. NEWSPAPER THINGY?? It contains valid information along with the photo but really is very short. Not the comprehensive effort I'd like to and am seeing on this assignment.
Mrs. B
Hey Joel, it's me, G-Man.
ReplyDeleteYour newspaper is surprisingly realistic, and the picture really fits the text. However, the text itself has some inaccuracies. Firstly, before I mention most things, I would like to remind you that the spelling in these posts has to be correct. Go on Edit Posts, and then click the check mark with "ABC" written above it. It will highlight all misspelled words, and offer the correct spelling. On to the inaccuracies. If you’d had done any research about the topic, you probably would have known that there is no such thing as the “Sarajevan Army.” The characters fighting against the men on the hills in the book are actually the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They fought against the Serb forces, and eventually won, with the assistance of NATO.
Secondly, the point of the Siege of Sarajevo was not to kill people. And while unfortunately, thousands of innocent people were killed, this was not the focus of the Siege. The Serbs wanted control of the city, and unfortunately, this greediness caused a war. And while the men on the hills should be considered “evil” (they were actually trying to kill civilians, cf. My Lai Massacre, Vietnam), it is unreasonable that the goal of Serbia itself was to kill civilians for no apparent reason. And to tell you the truth, since I’m Serbian, I’m actually a little offended that you would suggest such a thing.
Look, I’m sorry if I’ve been a bit harsh. The Newspaper is a great effort; the figures are all correct, the “statements” made by citizens and soldiers are truly representative of what happened, however, I really think you could have done some more research to make it better.
Best Regards,
G. Randjelović
Hey "G-Man," it's me, Joel.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I didn't say their goal was to kill people in the newspaper that I made, I said you couldn't go outside without the risk of getting shot at. And secondly, when I said "Sarajevan army," I meant the army defending the city. (The one "Arrow was in in the story) But thank you for your constructive criticism.