An interview with the president of Bosnia, Ejup Ganic. More NewsHour Bosnia and United Nations coverage. Tom Bearden's report from Bosnia begins in Tuzla, a small city in the northern part of what is still a deeply divided country. Most would remember scenes like this one five years ago, the cobblestones red with the blood of 71 people killed by a Serb artillery shell lobbed from the surrounding hills. It was the worst single shelling incident of the entire war between the Bosnian Serbs, Muslims, and Croats.
Buildings still bear the scars of shrapnel.
There's a flower-bedecked memorial for the dead. But today, people feel safe enough to window shop, or laze away the afternoon at an outdoor cafe. They say they feel that way because US troops are here. Because they bring some good spirits here, definitely, because we survived four or five years of some terrible things, and right now it's much, much better. The city of Tuzla is in the heart of a military sector commanded by Americans.