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John W. Olver: for 2 years now the genocide in Bosnia has continued. The whole world has watched dumbstruck as CNN, Headline News, ABC…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1994
for 2 years now the genocide in Bosnia has continued. The whole world has watched dumbstruck as CNN, Headline News, ABC, CBS, and NBC have brought the bloody pictures to us of more than 200,000 people who have been slaughtered by Serbian Socialists simply because of their religion; more than 2 million refugees because of their religion who have now been scattered all over Europe; hospitals in Sarajevo bursting with civilians bombarded in food lines and water lines; extended families from babes in arms to 80-year-olds lined up and slaughtered because of their religion; children slaughtered in Sarajevo playing soccer. Mr. Speaker, the appeasement of Belgrade by the United Nations, the European Community, and NATO has failed. It has utterly failed. There is no need to urgently investigate who the bombardiers are. Mr. Perry, Mr. Lake, Mr. Shalikashvili know, everyone in the United Nations, the EC, and NATO knows every incident of deliberate bombardment of Sarajevo civilians has been Serbian bombardment. There is no honor whatsoever in treating the aggressors and the victims as if they were identical. The killing in Bosnia will end when the Serbs realize they will not be allowed to continue it. Mr. President, it is time to do what is right; stop the genocide in Bosnia.
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John W. Olver
Massachusetts

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The speaker addresses the ongoing genocide in Bosnia and calls for action to stop it.

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