: The Former Yugoslavia "...79 this is 72....72A has just exploded.....They just disapeared.
             They must have hit a mine. I think they're all dead......" On the 15th of the September 1992
             Sgt. James Davis' armoured personel carrier struck a TMA-3 anti-tank mine, although his
             comrades had thought them dead, they both survived the ordeal with little or no injury.
             The next day a Combat Engineer by the name of Sgt. Mike Ralph was killed on the same
             road while clearing the road for mines by another anti-tank mine, laid by one of the
             opposing factions to destroy there enemy's vehicle's. Sgt. Mike Ralph left behind his wife,
             and two daughters. This story has been told countless times in the former Yugoslavia, not
             only by Cannadians, but by the French, British, Nepalease, and dozens of other countries
             who committed thmselves to ending the bitter fighting in the former Yugoslavia. The fight
             for independence by various ethnic and religious factions has gone on in wha tis now
             known as the former Yugoslavia, since the early 19th century; fighting to gain control of
             the balkan state has gone on since the late 13th century. For over 700 years there have
             been large scale conflicts faught in the former Yugoslavia. (Communist state) There is
             now a large concerted effort to end the centuries of fighting by the International
             community. The root of the problem in the balkans is the longevity of the issue and
             centuries of ethinic and religious hatred that have been passed along from genreation, to
             generation. Is it really possible for the internaional community to quell this hatred? Sober
             second thoughts suggest that the type of peace imposed on the Balkans by the Dayton
             Accord continues to fuel these flames of discontent. This political agremant was quickly
             crafted in the waning days of the Clinton Administrations first mandate and To understand
             the weaknesses of the current peace accord it is necessary to examine ...