Rethinking Srebrenica

Rethinking Srebrenica presents an irrefutable body of research that exposes the Srebrenica "narrative" as largely a legal and factual fiction that has been used to advance U.S. and E.U. political goals in Serbia and the Balkans, as well as to rationalize aggressive wars worldwide, using the pretext of "humanitarian intervention." Rethinking Srebrenica is a holistic examination of the events that took place in Srebrenica during 1992-1995, which includes: the killing of more than 3,000 Serbian civilians in the Srebrenica area; the refusal of Muslim forces to honor disarmament agreements; and the UN's reluctance to enforce these agreements. Furthermore, Rethinking Srebrenica refutes the claim that "8,000 men and boys" were killed in Srebrenica by making a comprehensive review of The Hague Tribunal's (ICTY's) own evidence in the case. The authors conclude that about 950 Muslim soldiers were killed during the taking of Srebrenica, of which about 400 had been executed, as evidenced by ligatures and blindfolds found during exhumations. These executions were certainly a war crime, but by no means a "genocide." Rethinking Srebrenica also demystifies the media manipulation that took place in creating the figure of "8,000" victims . For instance, the authors discovered that The International Commission for Missing Persons in the Former Yugoslavia (ICMP), the agency that performed the DNA testing to identify the alleged victims, had never been issued professional certification by Gednap, the international agency that regulates DNA testing laboratories. The authors also examine the contradictory and unreliable evidence presented by The Hague's star witness, Drazen Erdemovic. And the authors exposed the alleged satellite photos of the massacre to be a fraud, as well as the alleged radio intercepts that were used as evidence against the Bosnian Serbs. CONTENTS Introduction I. Srebrenica: A Critical Overview II. Demilitarization of the UN Safe Zone of Srebrenica III. Genocide or Blowback? IV. General Presentation and Interpretation of Srebrenica Forensic Data (Pattern of Injury Breakdown) V. An Analysis of the Srebrenica Reports Prepared by ICTY Prosecution Experts VI. An Analysis of Muslim Column Losses Attributable to Minefields, Combat Activity, and Other Causes VII. The Genocide Issue: Was there a Demonstrable Intent to Exterminate All Muslims? VIII. ICTY Radio Intercept Evidence IX. The Balance Sheet