Sarajevo and Butmir Pictures,

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

I worked at Camp Butmir in Sarajevo from May 2000 to April 2001

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325.09 KB		 Russian plane skidded of runway during snowstorm and into minefield, did not explode any, but just left it there, reminder of the war.
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Butmir Ruins 2.jpg
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where I worked, second floor, third door from left
48.75 KB		 typical MIG hanger on base, several of them, now for storage. Serbs put AAA guns inside of these during war. Also drove MIGs down this road to the main airport. When war started flew all MIGs to Belgrade but not without doing a treetop flyover of the neighborhood.
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351.00 KB		 Walk platz in Sarajevo, old cobblestone streets
415.05 KB		 Irish constables and Italian Carabrieneri wait for a German EOD sapper to chisel a unexploded rifle grenade out of the road
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Italian Carbieneri and Irish Constable block road while a German EOD member removes a undetonated rifle grenade from the road. My 4x4 was parked nearby but I couldn't move it
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eod.jpg
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96.73 KB		 not me, Glenn, quit and went back to Texas because of woman problems
46.57 KB		 Haris and Aris, my landlords sons. Haris is studying Oracle, Aris is doing his time in the Army (9 months).
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131.63 KB		 armored land rover, a reporters must have during the war
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me_home.jpg
114.62 KB		 me in the snow, wearing my Bosnian cap, hand made, all wool
117.84 KB		 minefield in back of the base
122.72 KB		 Turksih guards doing mirror inspection under vehicle at the gate
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101.61 KB		 German EOD sapper with a t-shirt on digs a enexploded rifle grenade out of the road. That is my SUV parked next to him, couldn't move it. Of course we only drove over that a zillion times!
81.05 KB		 nice double rainbow against Mt.Igman, not unusual after a rain.
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remote controlled mine sweeper, I had a small video of this in action, I'll look for it
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49.28 KB		 my old apartment in Butmir, about a kilometer outside the gate.
31.87 KB		 Hard to see but that is a painting of Vucko, the Sarajevo Olympic mascot, with a rifle grenade explosion next to him.
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87.87 KB		 shop parking lot, now paved, used to be fun to drive through though!
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