[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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                        DEADLY GAMES IN SARAJEVO

  (Mr. FOGLIETTA asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOGLIETTA. Mr. Speaker, 9 years ago the eyes of the world were on 
Sarajevo, celebrating the human spirit at its very best--young people 
from all over the world competing in sport. Today, the eyes of the 
world are again on Sarajevo, but not in celebration of the winter 
Olympics. Today, they play only very deadly games in Sarajevo. But they 
are not games. They are atrocities. Thousands of innocent men, women 
and children have died. They die of starvation, sniper fire, in random 
artillery attacks and of horrible torture. Last week's mortar attack on 
a crowded market which killed 68 people and injured hundred others, is 
just the latest and most widely publicized atrocity. Sadly, many more 
innocent people die everyday--but their cries are never heard.
  Some of my colleagues have taken to the floor to compare this tragedy 
to the movie ``Schindler's List''. It is time, my colleagues, that we 
put the people of Bosnia on America's list.

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