Zlatko Dizdarevic

Although the Bosnian Serb Army lay siege to Sarajevo early in the war, cutting off supplies and utilities, the city's major newspaper, Oslobodenje, did not shut down. The newspaper's staff continued to issue the paper while the building in which they worked was being bombed. Later, when the building was consumed by fire, the staff published the paper in a modified form from other parts of the city. Throughout the siege, the Oslobodenje remained critical of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force, which it believed should have done more to stop the war.

Zlatko Dizdarevc, a journalist for Oslobodenje, reports on the destruction of the Oslobodenje building and explains that the building was not necessary in order to publish the paper. He recounts recent deaths in Sarajevo at the hands of Bosnian Serbs, vilifies the United Nations for not acting to stop the...