Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Once back in Italy, more drastic measures. ;he bus, the train when it 11 even hitchhiked, to get IU 5. e putting you >96 ignr tit events in the form table campus exist ng" have entered ou coverage of the confl lumbia journalist rect \ this distant crisis a im Smith Jr. of Columbia's >tar Reporter spent several yeeks in Bosnia in September ritnessing first-hand a most uman struggle for survival ough ethnic factions like the , Croats have coexisted for the al hundred years, recent movements among the l republics have plunged the intense civil conflict. L, Slovenia and Croatia heir independence from . In an attempt to keep the ether under Serbian control to republics with the highest of living, Serbia attacked 1 Croatia. Eventually fighting L>u&iua-xwrzeguv ma. vly-created middle republic i most heavily contested and mattered. Yugoslavia as a ity exists no more, and U.N. g forces have been dispatched and Croatia to keep some of peace. lifch, who graduated from I, began his trek into Bosnia >er. Fighting in the region avy, though media coverage s sparse. His original, and t was to visit an air base in ly. l was to cover the war in and aia from American air bases possibly from an American fViA Afiriafrif> " Smith iiU er Yugoslavia might s tence. Concepts lik r vocabulary only as ict in the republics w mtly travelled through bit closer to home hot into the region," Smith said "On in Croatia, I lived with Bosnian i for almost three days, experienci lifestyles and hearing their s Though Smith did not spee language, he found an interpre teenage boy who had remembered from his schooling before the w Smith also found commun with the children, perhaps on most touching experiences, re only smiles and the occasional bar. He describes the refugee c "a haven for the destitute a dispossessed." 'There were twelve dilapidate wooden barracks in a clearing," said. "These housed over 200 re They had turned one of the bu into a school and another into a 1 The buildings obviously needed repairs, but they had been home i of these refugees from the Se almost four years." . Smith said the destitute gro extremely generous with him, es where meals were concerned. "These people who had so litl me all I wanted and more. As i one plate was clean, they brou; i.1 mi j a anoiner. mere was no ena i hospitality," he said. At night, Smith drank strong' tea with the adults, while the c vied for the seat of honor next 1 American guest. The parents] harrowing stories of ethnic cleai the reporter. "I soon discovered that mos families had been chased fror homes by the attacking Serl pursued them along their escape ssica Nash, sta and indiscriminately shot at gr women and children," Smith sa "One mother told me about girl and old man who were shot attempted to run from Serbian She thought they were all goinj TOW I ( Now 0 th 503 K Welcome Specie Buy One Burger & F Get One Free Good only at Toddle House C Cayce, SC Exp. 2-29-96 Not combined with other ofl 7 nent: isnia eem a world away from a relatively e '"refugee camps" and "ethnic, vague references on CNN, and as anes, so might public interest. A * i the shattered Bosnian countryside h for himself and for his audience. ce I was and she still doesn't know how they refugees managed to keep running," he said, ng their Smith admits he fell in love with the tories." refugee children, tk their When he first encountered a group ter in a of them, they were also quite happy to . enough see him, as his backpack held Italian ar. candy and Snickers bars ? rare delicacies icating in a war-torn country, e of his "There's just no difference between squired them and the children I know at home," I candy Smith said. "Ihese refugee children just amp as live in a horrible situation." nd the Smith's additional experiences in the refugee camp left him with a good i, drafty sense of their routine. Smith Privacy was at a premium, and his sfugees. presence obviously alleviated what must ildings have been unbearable boredom for the ritchen. children. He also came away from the serious camp with a good sense of Croatian for most attitudes towards the war. rbs for "One of the refugees described it best," Smith said. "The Serbs want more up was than to kill me,' she said. "To take my pecially life is not good enough. They want to kill my children and my grandchildren.'" tie gave Smith also had the chance to talk to soon as Bosnian soldiers as he hitchhiked into ght out Western Bosnia. o their The impending cease-fire was a hot topic of conversation, and fie heard the Turkish local opinion of this international effort, hildren "Basically, the Bosnians and Croats to their say we're too late if we come now," Smith relayed said. "They wonder where we were four ising to years ago when the fighting started, but they don't understand our sudden interest t of the now." n their Smith's experiences have solidified bs who his own perceptions of the situation. } routes "I couldn't understand ? and still can't ? how such f nr inconceivable horrors could WI llvi have taken place across what I perceived to be the second oups of most socially progressive continent on id. . the planet," he said. "But I do know now a little that our presence over there won't stop ? as they anything. This is ethnic fighting, so we forces, can't just leave in a year and expect it sj to die to stop." Ml HOUSE UllfB ;OME ON IN! pen 24hrs. for 'Round e Clock Service!!! nox Abbott Dr., Cayce 739-2389 it USC Student ries Special Free Beverage With Purchase (w/ photo I.D.) iner, Good only at Toddle House Diner, Cayce, SC. Exp. 2-29-96 fers. Not combined with other offers. COLLEGE STUDENTS IORING IN illier! 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