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The parade of sovereignty turned into genocide

The beginning of the 90s. The Republic of Yugoslavia has a few days left on international scene, the authorities are struggling to restrain the growth of nationalist sentiments. Unprecedented popularity comes to the right-wing parties. Serbs living in Croatia defend their rights to their culture and language. The result is sad: famous public figures are behind bars, from school curriculum Serbian poets disappear, Orthodox priests are regularly attacked.

The society still has memories of the genocide of Serbs during the Second World War. Then they were burned, shot, thrown into rivers and mountain gorges. These memories by no means contribute to the reconciliation of the Balkan peoples. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, meanwhile, the ideas of Islam are flourishing, which is professed by almost half of the inhabitants. Cooperation with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states promises the Bosnians mountains of gold. New mosques are being built in the country, young people are sent to study in the east. Bosnian Muslims, fueled by their allies, are in favor of preserving the integrity of their state. When war breaks out, Islamic extremists from abroad will join their ranks. Blinded by faith, they will not spare their opponents.

The region has always been considered explosive due to its ethnic diversity, but in Yugoslavia it was possible to keep the peace thanks to effective levers of government. Paradoxically, the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was considered the most "calm" in relation to ethnic conflicts. Now the minds of the Balkan peoples are seriously seized by the idea of ​​national unity. The Serbs demand unification within one state, the Croats are striving for the same. These claims involve the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Bosnians, Serbs and Croats live side by side.

Sarajevo was shelled every day for 44 months

A little more, and the ideas of nationalism will spill over into bloody ethnic cleansing. Events are developing rapidly: on March 1, 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed an independent republic following a referendum. The Serbs living in the country do not recognize this decision and create on its territory the Republika Srpska with autonomous governing bodies. Radovan Karadzic becomes President of the Republic: later he will be accused of genocide and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Croats on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaim the Republic of Herceg-Bosna. The country is fragmented.

44 months of fear

On March 1, 1992, the inhabitants of Sarajevo are greeted in high spirits: the weather is fine, independence has just been gained. A luxurious wedding procession is driving along the central streets, the Serbian flag flaunts on the cars. All of a sudden, armed Bosnian Muslims attack the participants in the celebration. The groom's father is killed, and the city is in riots.

One of the most tragic pages of the Bosnian war begins - the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted 44 months. Bosnian Serbs leave townspeople without water and electricity. Those who leave Sarajevo in the hope of getting food are dealt with. The city is bombarded every day for 44 months. Schools, markets, hospitals - snipers consider any target suitable, as long as there are as many victims as possible.

Citizens walk along the street, which is under constant fire / photo istpravda.ru

The war quickly spreads beyond Sarajevo. Whole villages are being slaughtered. Women are raped by representatives of all warring parties. Often they are kept in military camps for months, forcing them to "serve" the soldiers. A resident of Serbia, who wished to remain anonymous, told the site that young women were often subjected to forced sterilization. “And the most terrible symbol of this war for all of us was the death of the 11-year-old boy Slobodan Stoyanovich. Fearing persecution, his family left their home. Once safe, the child remembered that he had forgotten to pick up his dog. He rushed back and fell into the hands of an Albanian woman who lived next door. She mutilated his body with a knife and then shot him in the temple. The prosecutor's office of Bosnia and Herzegovina opened a case against this woman, but she has not yet appeared before the court, ”the source said.

There is evidence that young women were sterilized

The warring parties, apparently inspired by the example of the Third Reich, open concentration camps. Bosnian Muslims were imprisoned in Serbian camps, Serbs were imprisoned in Muslim camps. The Croats also had a concentration camp. The prisoners were treated extremely cruelly.

Prisoners of the Serbian camp Trnopolje / materials of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The war is dragging on because the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina along ethnic lines was initially a difficult idea to implement. However, the parties to the conflict do not lose hope and periodically enter into alliances with each other. Thus, in 1994, Bosnian Muslims and Croats unite against the Serbs. But the war continues, by 1995 about 100 thousand people have become its victims. For the small states of the Balkan Peninsula, this is an unthinkable figure. For example, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991 (including the autonomous regions) was only 5 million more than the population of Moscow today. In addition to human losses, the war completely paralyzed the economy of the state.

Photo by Associated Press

In July 1995, an event takes place that radically changes the attitude of the world community towards the Bosnian Serbs. This is the Srebrenica massacre. The city, by the way, was previously recognized by the UN as a security zone. Bosnian Muslims flock here who want to wait out the terrible war. However, some of them, under cover of night, raid the surroundings and set fire to Serbian villages. Yet Srebrenica remained an island of tranquility in a country engulfed in flames. The Serbs attack him.

Inspired by the example of the Third Reich, combatants open concentration camps

The city is protected by peacekeepers, but they do not intervene in the conflict. The Serbian Army is killing up to 8,000 people in and around the city. General Ratko Mladic, who issues the orders, is confident of his impunity. However, here he miscalculated: his trial continues to this day. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia recognized the events in Srebrenica as genocide.

Meanwhile, Serbs deny the fact of genocide. As proof of Mladic's innocence, they cite documentary footage in which the general takes part in the evacuation of civilians, gets on buses and asks the Bosnians to leave the city:

In response to the Srebrenica massacre and the explosion in the Sarajevo market, NATO launches a massive military operation against the Bosnian Serbs. However, according to a number of historians (including American ones), the West intervened in the war much earlier, providing the Bosnian Muslims with military equipment. This is also stated in the resolution of the State Duma on Russia's position on the Bosnian settlement (1995).

The Serbs themselves are convinced that NATO's intervention in the war on the side of the Bosnian Muslims means only one thing: the West takes into account the interests of Saudi Arabia in this region. By the way, today Saudi Arabia is the main investor in the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnian Serbs kill up to 8,000 people in and around Srebrenica

In 1995, the United States initiated peace talks, which ended with the signing of the Dayton Agreement. In order to prevent a repetition of the bloody events, peacekeeping forces are being sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The state is divided into the Serbian Republic and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The functions of the head of state are performed by the Presidium, which includes one representative each from Croats, Bosnians and Serbs. In addition, the post of UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina is being introduced. The Dayton Agreement is still valid today.

From World of Warcraft Roleplay Wiki

The source of information in this section is - fiction across the Warcraft universe.

War Against Nightmare(English War against the Nightmare) began shortly after the fall of the Lich King, when the Lord of the Emerald Nightmare attacked Azeroth. Although the Nightmare began spreading through the Emerald Dream hundreds of years ago, the war itself began later, when the inhabitants of Azeroth were unable to wake up. They found themselves lost in their nightmares and did not know how to leave them. A mysterious fog swirled over the lands taken over by the nightmare, and dark figures began to appear all over the world, eventually attacking the inhabitants. Later, the sleepers themselves began to walk in their sleep, attacking everyone who was near, as they were experiencing their worst nightmare.

At the same time, the Nightmare Lord managed to capture almost the entire Emerald Dream, and the defenders of nature, without stopping their resistance, tried to find a way to stop the spread of the curse. Fandral Staghelm, the leader of the Cenarion Circle, urged the druids of Azeroth to direct all their efforts to heal the corrupted tree of Teldrassil, assuring them that it was from this corruption that the Emerald Nightmare draws its strength. However, the druids Broll Bearskin and Hamuul Runetotem were able to reveal that the ritual of purification, for which tens and hundreds of powerful druids would join their forces, was the plan of the Nightmare Lord himself, who intended to subordinate all the guardians of nature to his will, and the arch druid of the Deer Helmet has long been is dominated by a vision woven from his own bad dreams. Malfurion Stormrage, who was held captive in the most hidden and terrible part of the Nightmare, with the help of friends, the dragons of the Green Flight and the great artifact of the War of the Ancients - the ax Broxigar, managed to free himself and reveal the true essence of the Lord of the Emerald Nightmare; it was Xavius, Queen Azshara's advisor and confidant.

Realizing the plan of the old enemy, Malfurion, Broll and the rest of the druids cleansed Teldrassil of the corruption, and Alexstrasza the Life-Binder blessed the World Tree. After that, the great druid called out to all living creatures of Azeroth, inviting them to fall asleep and join the battle against the Nightmare in the Emerald Dream. Varian Wrynn became the commanding officer of the Sleeping Force. All mortal races of Azeroth have united to confront the Nightmare; They were joined by the ancient Ents - tree creatures of nature, and the keepers of the forests, and dryads, and dragons - red, green and even blue, and the Forsaken, as well as animals that inhabit the vastness of the shattered world.

However, after the victory over the Nightmare, the long-awaited peace did not reign - the Sundering was approaching.

After you've learned how EFT helps heal trauma in Rwanda and Mexico, you may not be surprised to hear how EFT is helping veterans of the war in the United States.

Depression, anxiety, insomnia, nightmares, alcoholism, drug addiction, violent behavior, suicidal tendencies, paranoia are a short list of PTSD symptoms that war veterans regularly experience. These are injuries that conventional therapies do not treat effectively, which is why TPP founder Gary Craig and Dawson Church, founder of the Institute of Spiritual Medicine, created the Stress Project. Through this project, veterans are trained to use EFT to work through very painful, often gruesome, war memories that are impossible to get rid of.

To test whether tapping works in these cases, Craig and Church recruited five Vietnam and Iraqi veterans with severe PTSD and spent five days working with ETP.

This group of five has since been joined by nearly three thousand victims. The significant impact Project Stress has achieved has shaken die-hard skeptics such as Dr. David Gruder, a clinical psychologist in San Diego. He now describes himself as a TPP “enthusiast”. Such a major change of opinion occurred, in his words, "only because the results of tapping are obvious."

After serving in Iraq, Andy Hodnik suffered from stuttering, struggled with severe paranoia, antisocial, aggressive behavior, and nightmares. After using EFT, Andy could remember what happened and talk about it out loud, without stuttering or worrying at all. The paranoia and fear of society receded, so he again began to visit public places and restaurants.

Carlene Sloan is an Iraqi war veteran who, prior to Project Stress, drank until he fainted and took up the bottle again as soon as he regained consciousness. This was the only way he could calm his memories - he saw how a child was blown up by a mine, and then a crowd of women ran to him and everyone shouted that it was his fault. Tormented by guilt and these terrible memories and desperately resisting the pain of his wounds, Carlin thought that he was ready to go to war again, this all-consuming despair made it impossible for him to return to a peaceful life.

A few days after working with the thermal power plant, Karlin slept all night, not waking up to drink, but waking up, he felt cheerful and even noted that the constant trembling in his hands had disappeared somewhere. A few months later, Karlin stopped drinking altogether, no longer felt guilty, and his wounds no longer hurt. Most importantly, his behavior changed completely.