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- ↑ "Igman Initiative: Mission" . Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ↑ In an interview with Radio Free Europe one of the activist, Ivan Stambolić, said “because of the people in Sarajevo and solidarity with them, but also in support of the people in Serbia who have been against the war and destruction of the city and the people in it, but also because of war monger and instigators . . . with this act I want to show that patriotism, lest humanism, is a lie.”
- ↑ At that time the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) still consisted of Serbia and Montenegro.
- 1 2 3 "Igman Initiative: History" . Retrieved April 29, 2014.