Sheri Fink - War Hospital

PAGE 109 With Kravica… This figure, 350 miles, is based on information in Naser Orić, Srebrenica, map section, p. 253, and is quoted in other sources, for example, Sudetic, Blood and Vengeance, and Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 53/35 (1998), “Srebrenica Report.”

PAGE 114 Kicking machine gun casings out of the way… According to the photographer, Philipp von Recklinghausen, Orić took the injuries as a sign and abandoned the idea of poisoning the Drina River.

Muriel Cornelis, Dr. Eric Dachy, Senator Georges Dallemagne (Belgium), Rex Dudley, Larry Hollingworth, Dr. Simon Mardel, Dr. Nedret Mujkanović, Dr. Ilijaz Pilav, Hans Ulens, Martin Zogg

Agence France-Presse, March 10, 1993 (“Le général Morillon à Mali Zvornik mercredi et à Srebrenica jeudi,” by David Daure); BBC, March 11, 1993; CNN, March 20, 1993; Daily Telegraph, March 8, 1993 (“Rescue hope for refugees fades in the chaos of war Aid officials suspect UN commander fell for Serbian cover-up of butchery in Cerska,” by Patrick Bishop), March 12, 1993 (“British patrol held hostage in Bosnia,” by Robert Fox), March 16, 1993 (“The general who refused to go away: Has General Morillon, the UN commander in Bosnia, experienced a dramatic conversion?” By Robert Fox and Michael Montgomery); de Barros-Duchêne, Srebrenica, pp. 77–81; Hollingworth, Merry Christmas Mr. Larry, p. 184; Honig and Both, Srebrenica ; Morillon, Croire et Oser, pp. 161, 165, 167–169; Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1993 (“Serbs block evacuation of wounded civilians,” by Carol J. Williams); New York Times, January 12, 1993 (“U.N. to ask NATO to airdrop supplies,” by John F. Burns), January 13, 1993 (“U.S. Finds Serbs Skimming 23% of Bosnian Aid,” by Michael R. Gordon), February 13, 1993 (“Bosnians tell U.N. they’ll refuse relief aid shipments to Sarajevo,” by John F. Burns), February 14, 1993 (“UN halts flights to Bosnia capital in dispute over aid,” by John F. Burns), February 19, 1993 (“Halt in aid leaves Bosnians stunned, and hungry,” by John F. Burns), February 23, 1993 (“U.N. General warns against an airdrop for Bosnia,” by John F. Burns), March 1, 1993 (“U.S. planes start dropping relief supplies to Bosnians,” by Stephen Kinzer), March 4, 1993 (“UN Report sees massacre by Serbs,” by Paul Lewis), March 7, 1993 (“UN General visits besieged Bosnians,” by Chuck Sudetic), March 17, 1993 (“U.N. General to stay in Bosnian town,” by John F. Burns), Sudetic, Blood and Vengeance , pp. 178–181.

UN document S/25353 March 3, 1993 has details of the emergency session of the Security Council. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Case IT-98-33, indictment October 27, 1999, “The Prosecutor of the Tribunal against Vinko Pandurević.” Unpublished reports from UNPROFOR and U.N. military observers; Unpublished communique from UNHCR Tuzla to other UNHCR offices February 19, 1993; UNHCR Update March 18, 1993; Climatological data for western Serbia during dates of Eric Dachy’s trip to Srebrenica (data kindly provided by the Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of Yugoslavia, Belgrade); Eric Dachy’s unpublished chronicle.

Photographs of main characters and areas featured at this time taken by Simon Mardel and Muriel Cornelis. Web site: www.sunrisesunset.com/calendar for daylight, sunset and moon information.

PAGE 119 The winter passes. “UN Report sees massacre by Serbs,” Paul Lewis, New York Times , March 4, 1993.

PAGE 131 Of course the United Nations… “U.N. General warns against an airdrop for Bosnia,” John F. Burns, New York Times, February 23, 1993, p. A8.

Tony Birtley, Muriel Cornelis, Dr. Eric Dachy, Senator Georges Dallemagne, Rex Dudley, Larry Hollingworth, Dr. Fatima Klempić-Dautbašić, Dr. Simon Mardel, Dr. Nedret Mujkanović, Dr. Ilijaz Pilav, Philipp von Recklinghausen, Dr. Thierry Pontus

De Barros-Duchêne, Srebrenica, pp. 81–86; Hollingworth, Merry Christmas Mr. Larry, pp. 184–197; Morillon, Croire et Oser, pp. 175, Sudetic, Blood and Vengeance , pp. 182–185.

Eric Dachy’s unpublished chronicle. Unpublished U.N. Protection Force document describing the retrieval of the medical supplies.

Raw video footage of Morillon’s announcements and Srebrenica and surroundings taken by ABC journalist Tony Birtley. Other footage included in the videorecording, Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation . Photographs of main characters and areas featured at this time taken by Simon Mardel and Muriel Cornelis.

PAGE 143 Is the general sincere? These are some of the thoughts that Eric Dachy recorded in an unpublished chronicle of his experiences and that he shared in interviews with the author.

Tony Birtley, Daniela Cerović, Muriel Cornelis, Dr. Eric Dachy, Senator Georges Dallemagne, Rex Dudley, Larry Hollingworth, Laurens Jolles, Dr. Fatima Klempić-Dautbašić, Judith Kumin, Dr. Nedret Mujkanović, Dr. Ilijaz Pilav, Philipp von Recklinghausen, Dr. Thierry Pontus, Hans Ulens

Hollingworth, Merry Christmas Mr. Larry, pp. 211–215; The New York Times, March 19, 1993 (“UN moving to toughen Yugoslav flight ban,” by Paul Lewis), March 22, 1993 (“UN Aide Seeks Deal on Stranded Serbs,” by John F. Burns), March 25, 1993 (“Shelling grounds Bosnia evacuation,” by John F. Burns); Sudetic, Blood and Vengeance, p. 175.

U.N. Military Observer report (undated); unpublished cable from Annan to Wahlgren, March 23, 1993; U.N. Documents: S/24900add.27 “Note verbale dated 16 March 1993 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council.” S/25426 March 17, 1993, “Note by the President of the Security Council” condemns the flight ban violations, demands that they cease and that the Bosnian Serbs provide “an immediate explanation.” It also requests an investigation of the use of Yugoslav territory to launch attacks on Bosnia and includes the quote, “the above flights are the first violations of Security Council resolution 781 (1992) observed by UNPROFOR which involved combat activity.” S/25444 “Letter dated 16 March 1993 from the Secretary General addressed to the President of the Security Council,” includes details of the banned flights. UNSC Resolution 781 (August 1992), the text of the flight ban resolution. S/25440 March 31, 1993 contains the text of the draft resolution to authorize military action against those violating the flight ban.

Cable from the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb to the U.S. Secretary of State, January 11, 1993, entitled “CGY001—Zagreb Update Jan 11, 1993,” cites reports of Serb air attack on Srebrenica.

Personal diary of Thierry Pontus recording impressions of Srebrenica, such as number and types of patients and his activities there.

Situation report by Simon Mardel, WHO, March 17, 1993.