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Article: The new siege of Sarajevo.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 27, 2004
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Byline: JOHN CARTER
Ninety years after the assassination that led to the First World War and a decade on from a brutal civil war, John Carter foresees another invasion of Bosnia's capital . . . by tourists
SARAJEVO - JUNE 28,1914 SARAJEVO'S mayor was looking forward to his moment of glory and was determined to deliver his prepared speech, despite what had happened on the journey to the town hall. He stood, in all his civic finery, boasting of the city's '. . . feelings of love and devotion, of our unshakeable loyalty'.
His reference to the city's ' enthusiastic greeting' was the last straw for Franz Ferdinand. Only minutes earlier, Nedjelko ...