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Article: In Sarajevo, Dreams Become Reality -- As Big Battle Brews
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- June 16, 1995
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Elizabeth Rubin
Forward
06-16-1995
In Sarajevo, Dreams Become Reality -- As Big Battle Brews.
SARAJEVO -- "I had a dream last night. My friend called and said, `The deblockade has begun.' I said, `Let God help us.' I remember feeling terrified and I woke up sweating. Terrified." Edin stared at the flickering candle flames. It was not a romantic soiree, just a typical night in Sarajevo with no electricity or water.
A dog barked. His neighbor barked back. One shot rang out and the shellshocked dogs of Sarajevo commenced their nightly colloquy. Their howls reverberated over the river and the government buildings, up through the hillside neighborhoods, minarets and steeples, to the varicose-vein ...