Once beautiful cities. villages. and towns now lie In ruin. Buildings that have stood since the days of the Roman Empire are among the latest casualties of the nationalist fervor sweeping Eastern Europe. serving to demonstrate the intransigence of the Serbian government and the Yugoslav Federal Army. But the tragedy In Croatia Involves much more than the desecration of historic and religious architecture. it Involves the death of thousands. the creation of tens of thousands of refugees. and the wrenching apart of families. Each day brings more photos of elderly women struggling along rubble strewn streets. families fleeing their basement shelters which can no longer withstand the barrages of artillery shells. and the bodies of young and old who are the bloody results of this hatred and violence. This war is an altogether unfortunate reminder of the carnage of World War II and an affront to the principles democracy and freedom.
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