User:Antidiskriminator/Drafts of articles/Halakanje during the War in Bosnia


 * Sometimes civilians would enter these villages even before the troops, and sometimes many of them were wounded, many of them were killed, many of them did not accomplish their mission. They didn't get hold of the food, although it was food they came for in the first place." But you must understand this, Your Honours. I invite you to imagine a scene out of hell, thousands of civilians, men, women and children, banging pots and pans, making a terrible noise and running into every house searching for food.
 * Q. Isn't it right that actually most of the people were in civilian clothes on that day, most of the people you saw attacking the village, that they weren't in uniforms at all? A. Some did and -- some were and some weren't. Q. And it's right, isn't it, also that there were women among them? A. The women were taking things away. They were looting. Of course there were some. I've already said that before. Q. It's right, isn't it, that they were banging pots and pans and household objects to try and scare the Serbs away? Isn't that something you saw? A. That's correct. That's correct. I said it once, didn't I? Q. Must have been a pretty pathetic sight the women who were reduced to banging  Q. Were the children also among the attackers?  A. Those who were a bit older, not those that were still very young. 15, 16 years old, well, yes, they had to carry things too.
 * In order to frighten the Serbs and2 get them to leave their houses, let's say five or six or 10.000 of us3 would enter the village but I can guarantee that in Kravica, well, perhaps4 5.000 could have gone to Kravica. The entire population of Srebrenica5 must have been in Kravica on that day. It is unspeakable. I mean, it's6 like some kind of film. People were crying, screaming, banging pots and7 pans. They were driven in a way which was totally frightening.8 Q. One point in the transcript. In English, and please, I'm9 correcting something in the English, I'm not questioning your answer. But10 it says in English, perhaps 5.000 could have gone to Kravica. Was that11 what you said, that it was about 5.000 people who went to Kravica? Or did12 you give a different figure?13 A. No. What I meant was that perhaps around 5.000 people had stayed14 behind and all the others went to Kravica. The entire population, only15 the ones who were sick and bed-ridden stayed behind and all the others16 went to Kravica.
 * Ladja screaming, shouting and noise made by banging pots and I pans was heard.
 * Ladja screaming, shouting and noise made by banging pots and I pans was heard.