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MUHIIUn l in
the cause of
division in
the group.
That was tbe
thing I was
afraid of. So.
I accepted
their rejec
tion I stayed
in tne camp
for the rest of the day. talking
with the participant* and attend
ing general meetings.
As an idea, the Mir Sada
movement was great, and jroople
who participated in the move
ment were courageous and
respectable. This was purely a
humanitarian intervention by
people for peace making It
would be great if this kind of
intervention could lead to the
end of war, far better than mili
tary intervention. But this was
too idealistic, not considering
the situation of Bill. Most of the
people who were working for
humanitarian aid delivery or
refugees said those pacifists
didn't know about the reality in
Biff. They once believed in
peaceful solutions, but they
changed their views after they
worked in BiH and Croatia for a
while. "I myself was a pacifist,"
one Catalan truck driver said,
"but after seeing injustice, dis
criminations and all the horrible
things, I think something deci
sive should be done, even with
use of force." I like the idea of
humanitarian intervention by
people but with certain condi
tions. I want to see immediate
peace, but it should be accom
panied by justice for all. All of
the leaders who orchestrated
and “created" this war should
be removed and punished, and
it's necessary to make Bosnian
Shin t mm an
Artwork from chlkkan In war-tom anas of Eaatam Europa.
Serbs and Bosnian Croats realize
what they are doing is wrong
War criminals on all sides
should 1h> punished. After all of
the massacres, rapes, hunger,
insanity, humiliation, betrayal
and manipulation, it's very diffi
cult to just bring peace without
fixing anything Even if peace
was achieved with peaceful
means, the causes of war would
remain and they would surely
create another war As long as
there are people like Milosevic,
Karadzic. Tudjman and Bohan,
there won't be any peace In ex
Yugoslavia. 1 prefer peaceful
solutions, but realistically I
choose tougher actions like mil
itary interventions.
I had a chance to join other
groups in Mir Sada Italian
groups were more open to me
than the American group. 1
could have prepared for the to
days trip for Sarajevo because
the departure was delayed In a
meantime. I found out that Mir
Sada was not really well-orga
nized. They didn't have enough
transportation for everyone, and
even some internal struggle
existed People were getting
tired of successive meetings in
the cruelly hot weather of Dal
matia. Eventually, I decided not
to go and hoped that they could
bring substantial help to people
in Sarajevo Of course. Sarajevo
is not the only place. There are
Mostar. Zepa. Srebrenica, Tuzla.
Corazde and other suffering
areas It could lie the beginning
of all the humanitarian interven
tion by people The attempt
didn't really succeed after all.
Only 65 out of 2.500 reached
Sarajevo, with almost nothing to
offer Hut a! least they saw the
situation of Sarajevo with their
own eyes I respect their ideas
and concerns for people and
appreciate what they tried to do.
Hut it was just not enough
Experience In Makarska
(Aug. 3-15)
I was back in Split, wondering
whom I should make contact
with On Aug 2.1 met an Amer
ican-born Mennonite. Marky
Klinefelter, who was working for
refugees as a member of Interna
tional Mennonite Organization
IMO has been contributing to a
non-violence, peace movement
for a long time, anil Harky him
self was a former associate of Dr.
Martin Luther King. He is now
residing in the Netherlands, ded
icating himself to humanitarian
activities On the next day. he
took me to IMO's office, and I met
Michele (I had mot her on Obon
jan island ). )im (a Catholic). Glo
ria (Jim's wife), Gerl (a photogra
pher from Belgium) and
Wolfgang (from Germany) Wolf
gang. Michele and Harky are
members of IMO. Wolfgang left
for Brae island in that evening.
Harky told us information about
an incident in Makarskn. which
he obtained from UNHCR, and
the whole story of Makarskn
began.
i mire is an hi i iiiiiiiiiiii.ilimi.
called Hotel Riviera, for refugees
(mostly women, children ami
elderly) from Bosnia-Herzegov
\M There wore about 70 Mus
lims among those refugees We
heard that those Muslims were
threatened by soldiers, so we
went down to Makarskn at 9:30
p m. Hotel Riviera is located at
the edge of Makarska. and it has
a beach on the west side, sur
rounded by small woods The
woods almost prevent people in
cars on the main road from rec
ognizing its existence. It has
many compounds with recre
ational facilities. Because the
reception is located near the
beach. people from the main
road have to go along many
compounds until they get there
We knew that it was not a good
idea to enter the hotel from the
front because local policemen
might Ihi there. We walked
through a little path in the
woods and got into one com
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