The day of sorrow has visited me once again

[zex]

This morning, a very dear fried of mine, Amir, whom I haven't seen for more than ten years now, has come to me and said he was gonig to Srebrenica today. Last time I saw him he was still a kid (13-14 y.o.) Srebrenica is the town where we spent our childhood, where we were born and the town which we don't like to remember.
Then, I woke up, only to realize that it was only a dream. The said friend has actually fallen a victim in the war that raged in Bosnia ten years ago. I simply couln'd mourn enough my friend Amir over these years. When I told my wife about it, a treacherous tear drop has told my wife not to ask me anything.
Today is also a memorial day. It is ten years since one of the worst crimes against humanity happened. UN forces failed to do what they promised and 7000 or 9000 or 10000 or who knows how many children, women, the old, and men died. Not simply died, my friends, but got executed, raped, tortured, suffered in great pain...
This morning, I took a bath, did religious washing and I am ready. Ready to suppress tears the whole day. Ready to recite The Holy Qur'an. Ready to play with my kids. Ready for anything you can thnk of.
Please, my friends, remember all those innocent voctims for just a moment today and ask The God to forgive them and us.
Thanks.
P.S. This text is also posted on appzplanet forum.

 

[King Alexander]

You have my sympathy, zex.

War is indeed the worst thing that can happen, and the innocents pay more than those who started it.

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Tell your story often. Hopefully we in the West will stop failing to act in a timely manner, as we continue to do. I hope for the day when the whole world can live in the peace and prosperity I was lucky enough to be born into.

 

[Rik Meleet]

Zex: I wish you strength.
Don't surpress your tears, sometimes it's better to let them flow.

 

[Sickman]

There are simply no words...

My heart is with you and the victims of Srebrenica.

 

[Rambuchan]

Zex: I wish you strength.
Don't surpress your tears, sometimes it's better to let them flow.

I second that. I did not realise the subject of this thread initially. I was in fact wondering why no one had created a thread on the topic. So thank you for doing so, and in such an honest way.

It is indeed worth remembering the 10th anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica. Like Rwanda and Darfur, the UN is/has been present and done nothing of any consequence to stop the atrocities. The world continues to watch and decry rather than take action via the means provided in international law. We need to highlight such events so that the needless and preventable fates of those innocently (and otherwise) caught up in these conflicts need not happen again. We are not learning the lessons of ethnic based conflict at all.

 

[Gelion]

I am with Alexander. God help you to carry on and Gob bless the innocents...

 

[JoeM]

We pray for them and for those who survived.

How many times will the phrase "Never again" ring hollow? My horror at the crimes of that day are only matched by my horror at our inaction.

 

[mrtn]

Uhm, yeah....
*No, I can't find the words...*

 

[CurtSibling]

Nothing of mankind's hypocrisy surprises me anymore...

I see a world were scum outnumbers humans...

.

 

[Stylesjl]

It goes to show some of the worst things a legitimate government can commit, and the worst things humans can be the victims and subject other people to

 

[zex]

Thank you all.
In fact, Amir, the friend whom I saw im my dream, isn't the greatest loss I suffered, in terms of loss or family. I lost many near and dear mambers of the family, but I wouldn't like to talk about that. Also, I lost many 'better' friends, some of which were really true friends. Again, I wouldn't like to talk about that neither.
The thing is that there are some people that you simply love, and you don't know why. Amir and Nino were the boys I simply loved with all my heart. As I said, i really could never mourn them enough. And I never knew why was it to such extent.
Life is really a bi*ch, isn't it?