Article: Paying for the sins of their fathers. (children of Bosnia-Herzegovina)

They seem like the only true innocents in the madness that is the Balkans. The children in this central Bosnian town, as in other towns and cities in this ravaged place, have their own war stories. Yet, so often, amid the talk of geopolitics and the battles for territory, the children are shoved to the edge of the picture.

Every morning and night in recent weeks, Ivan, Mario and Ivana-- 9, 6 and 12, respectively--have awakened and gone to sleep to the sound of artillery fire. In the last two weeks, intense fighting between Muslims and Croats has swirled around their home. Sniper fire hit the house next door, but so far these Croatian kids are all right. One ...

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