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Bosnia

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1. Bosnia - Noun

2. Bosnia - Proper noun

Meaning

a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims

the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years. Paddy Ashdown

My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut. Paddy Ashdown

I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth. Paddy Ashdown

We Bosniaks would for sure fight for integrity of Bosnia. Alija Izetbegović

The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with. Alija Izetbegović

Bosnia should be a secular state. A non-secular Bosnia would be terror. Alija Izetbegović

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