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lant for transportation and
tourist industry Ai cording ton
l! N Se< urity (Council resolu
tion. HVO was to withdraw
from the bridge at midnight on
Aug I The bus wag to cross the
bridge about midnight, so peo
ple in the bus were talking about
it As the bus approached the
village, some people were get
ting nervous unci looking around the hus carefully,
especially car lights When the hus crossed the
bridge, it was 10 past midnight. It was dark, and
calm In fact, there were only a few HVO soldiers
They hadn't withdrawn from the bridge yet (Of
course, it was much better for us ). Fortunately,
nothing happened, and the bus continued to trav
el to Split A few days later. Maslenica bridge was
shelled by Serbs, and the conflict has not been
resolved yet.
Mir Sada and Peace Movements
(Aug. 2)
There are many people from oil over the world
who are getting involved in humanitarian activities
in ex-Yugoslavia, particularly in Bosnia-Herzegov
ina People are sending food and medicine to needy
people in RiH both individually and as a group or
organization. Doctors are getting into war-tom areas
to treat sick or injured people, and while risking
their lives, drivers are delivering aid to starving peo
ple There are many peace organizations that are
helping and giving a comfort to refugees and dis
placed people. Keeping support to people seems to
be the best and only thing that people can do. But
when I was in Split. I encountered one international
movement actually dedicating to peace making
That was "Mir Sada (Peace Now) "
In this Mir Sada. peace activists from all over the
world (mainly from Europe and the United States)
were to stay in Sarajevo Aug 4-14. Delivering
humanitarian aid was one tiling, but the thing that
amazed me was their intention of humanitarian
intervention to stop tiie war. What they wanted was
to make war factions realize that there were so many
people from the world com erned about peace in
Bril and then to let them consider seriously about
cease fire and negotiation lor peace They were not
taking any sides hut supporting multi-ethnic cul
ture of Bosnian state They opposed any military
intervention but tried to pursue their aims with
absolutely peaceful means So. this was a serious
attempt of humanitarian intervention of people for
peace making.
The participants of Mir Sada had a (-amp in Split
before their march into Bil I 1 met some Italian mem
bers on tiie street near UNHCR building, and 1 asked
them to take me to the < amp I thought that I might
tw able to join them although 1 didn't have any
preparation for the 10-dav trip at that time. While
western governments were doing nothing effective
for pear* and justice in BiH, 1 had already seen so
many people from all over the world (mainly
Europe) coming to Bill to help people, even risk
ing their lives They had to keep coming hack again
and again because they saw no prospect for the end
of the war And now t encountered Mir Sada peo
ple who were committed to pence making in BiH.
Although 1 thought that their action was idenhstu,
I wanted to witness the process and might tie able
to see some positive turnout. The Italian members
welcomed me and took me to the camp. In the camp.
1 didn't know how many people were there, but I
heard that the number of the participants w as going
to lie 2,500. I was near the reception area in order
to get registered. 1 thought that I was going to pre
pare everything after registration.
In the camp. Italians were the biggest in numbers,
followed by the French and other Europeans. There
were Americans who had already arrived at the
camp There were two Japanese monks as well. The
participants were divided into small groups and
were supposed to go Into BiH by buses and cars. Of
course, it was going to lie a dangerous trip, hut they
asked their governments not to react militarily even
if they got attacked The positive points were that
direct distribution of aid to people in Sarajevo and
an attempt to deliver tho message to relatives (Sara
jevo residents) of refugees who were already in for
eign countries. Although I was pessimistic about
immediate peace in BiH, considering the situa
tion of that country, I hoped that they could make
some positive impact on tho course of the war.
I was taken to a camping place where the Amer
ican group was staying. 1 thought that it was bet
ter to participate as an outsider (as a journalism stu
dent). There was a group of journalists besides Mir
Sada ones Regardless of the consequences, 1 didn’t
have any objections against the principles of the
Mir Sada movement. So, 1 thought that it was all
right to join in one of the groups. I asked the Amer
ican group If I could join them. But they turned out
to be extreme pacifists, and I found that there were
differences between mo and them in terms of polit
ical position in this conflict. I frankly stated my
opinion about this war and said that it was some
times necessary to use force to fulfill justice. I didn't
want to make any misunderstanding, but as soon
as 1 used the word “force," some of them turned
their backs to me. They didn't want to have anyone
who had different ideas because they all agreed on
one thing and took a pledge for it even before they
left the United Stales Although I agreed on the prin
ciples of Mir Sada, that was not enough for them.
1 didn’t continue my argument because I realized
that some of them were not even listening to me.
Others sympathized with me, but 1 thought that I
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