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===  WHY: === ===  There was once major conflict between the three major ethnic groups, the Serbs, the Croats, and the Muslims. The genocide was between the Serbs and the Muslims. Yugoslavia, a country created by the victory of the western allies, was once a multicultural country. Within the country, there were three major religious groups, the Serbs (Orthodox Christians), Croats (Catholics) and ethnic Albanians (Muslims). Each one of the groups hated the other groups which begun centuries earlier. As all of the religious groups moved around through generations, the Muslims moved to Bosnia. Later on in April of 1992, Bosnia decided to declare their independence, and Americans and Europeans recognized them. At that time, the Muslims were the majority of the area. As a result of Bosnia declaring their independence, Milosevic, the president of Serbia, decided to attack Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital. Serbia called the war "ethnic cleansing".   === = = 

Bibliography:  http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/bosnia_genocide.htm http://www.answers.com/milosevic 

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