Bosnian Serb Army, officially Army of the Republika Srpska (Serbian Војска Републике Српске/Vojska Republike Srpske, ВРС/VRS) is the military of the Bosnian Serb political entity of Republika Srpska. The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Official language Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian Official script Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet Capital de jure Sarajevo de facto Banja Luka Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  24,811 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ Density  1,411,000  60/km² Ethnic groups (2005 est. ...

The Bosnian Serb Army was founded in 1992 from the forces of the old Yugoslav People's Army, the army of former Communist Yugoslavia from which Bosnia and Herzegovina had seceded the same year. The Yugoslav Peoples Army (Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavenska/Jugoslovenska narodna armija, JNA, Slovene Jugoslovanska ljudska armada) was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Official language none (1963–1974: Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Croato-Serbian, Slovenian) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Area (1991)  - Total  - % water Ranked xxst 255,804 km² Negligible Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked xxth 20,522,972 80/km² Currency Yugoslav dinar Time zone  - in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2...

The army counted some 80,000 personnel during the Bosnian War (1992-1995). It was officially composed only of officers and recruits born on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, predominantly of Serb Orthodox cadre. There were also a few Muslims part of it who were sympathetic to the Serbs' cause, mostly from the area of Teslić and Derventa (major Ismet Đuherić and 'Meša Selimović' brigade) in the north of the country. The army formations that fought for Republika Srpska also included various military and paramilitary units as well as Serb, Russian, Greek and other volunteers from outside of Bosnia itself. This is a history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The term Orthodox Christian refers to two Christian traditions: Oriental Orthodoxy, which separated from the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the 5th century; Eastern Orthodoxy, which the Roman Catholic church separated from in 1054 was the church that was started by the apostles. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ... Teslić (Теслић) is a town and a municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located southwest of Doboj, west of TeÅ¡anj and southeast of Banja Luka. ... Derventa (Cyrilic: Дервента) is a town in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located northwest of Doboj, in the Bosnian Posavina region. ... Mehmed MeÅ¡a Selimović was a Bosnian and Serbian writer born in a Bosniak or Bosnian Moslem family (which is controversy)1. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

The military leader of BSA was general Ratko Mladić, who is now indicted at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of war crimes but is not apprehended. General Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić supervising the separation of women from men prior to the Srebrenica massacre Mladić (centre of the screen) is a fugitive from the ICTY and faces charges from prosecutor Carla del Ponte (giving the talk). ... The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, acronym ICTY, is a body of the United Nations (UN) established... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...

External links

• Army of Republic of Srpska/Vojska Republike Srpske
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• ICTY indictment against Ratko Mladic