Shot Through the Heart
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When Bosnia's parliament
voted for independence

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from Yugoslavia, Bosnian Serb
leader Radovan Karadzic

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warned of
violent consequences.

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Now Bosnia is independent
and there's growing concern

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that violence, even open war,
could erupt,

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fueled by old ethnic hatreds
that are again emerging

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as Yugoslavia
disintegrates.

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In Sarajevo, many believed
peace would prevail.

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Muslims, Croats and Serbs
have lived comfortably together

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in the Bosnian
capital for decades,

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forging friendships
and intermarrying.

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But the mountains
that ring Sarajevo,

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where the winter Olympics
were held just eight years ago,

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are now controlled by Bosnian-Serb
militias with heavy weapons.

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One kilometer or a kilometer
and a half from Sarajevo.

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But we don't shoot.
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We try just to keep peace
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and not to... to control
the surroundings of Sarajevo.

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You could take Sarajevo
tomorrow, couldn't you?

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Anytime.
We could take it anytime.

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Lejla, what are you
doing in there?

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Bosnian-Serb politicians
still talk peace

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and they're denying a report
that Muslims and Croats

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are now being forced at gunpoint
to leave their villages.

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- I'm trying to find my book.
- Can't achieve anything by war.

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We don't want to take
the others' villages

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or the other towns
or to impose any revolution.

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We just want to be free,
to be as independent as the others.

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But many Sarajevans don't
believe Karadzic wants peace.

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Fearing the worst,
they're abandoning their city.

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- Found my book, Dad.
- Hmm?

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- Found my book.
- Good.

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You had it!
Ready?

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- Bye, Mama.
- Thank you for having me.

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Bye-bye.
Bye-bye, Lejla.

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Stay whenever you want.
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- Bye!
- Bye!


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