** Topic: Zagreb Diary **
** Written  5:06 PM  Apr 12, 1992 by wamkat in gn:yugo.antiwar **
Subject: Zagreb Diary


10 April

This day went passed with typing in the latest news from Sarajevo and wondering how I was able to do this, typing the stupid numbers into this stupid computer, I could remove deads by using the backspace.  I could put higher numbers, but what is the use of it.

The HOS militia held there announce 10 of April remembering day, in 1941 the NAZI created the state Craotia and the HOS militia held a nice party in their building, a few thousand people came and listnend to their stories. To stop the use of the emplafier the Town Council put the whole block out of electricity and our office is in that same block, so for 3 hours we couldn't do anything. We need laptops to overcome those situation and modems to make nodes in Sarajevo, they are running out of fax paper over there.

11 April

I think the search for Warsigns is over !!!

Today I got the final trill, or what ever I was looking for, to make the group here at the ARK (antiratne kampagje (antiwar campaign)) a liittle more closer with eachother I organised a diner for everybody. I cook a nice vegetarian meal (food is more expensive here than back home) and Melena bought some drinks. Ofcourse the local grass was passed around and sudden this guy started to ask me what I thought from the Sandinista fighting for their country, a test for a western peace activists. This guy was at the front in the first line, 300 meter away from the Chetnik rebels, near the Bosnia and Herzogovina, Croatian and Serbian border. His job is to clear minefields, what he said was so clear and so simpel.

'As long as Dutch tell jokes about Belgiums and send German in the wrong direction when they ask the way, why should we be able to judge about the fighting in Croatia and in the rest of former Yugoslavia. But as soon as the war is over we will go to Amsterdam and have a joint together.'

This were not the precize words, but it went straight to my heart and I was trembling like hell, I ended up in his arms and both were crying, he sitting there, going back to the front, I with all my dream and hopes to stop this grazy war.

And I thought I had seen it all. 
wam



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