Bosnian Muslims, Croats, Serbs, reflect on war, 20 years on.
TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**NONE**<br/> <br />PLEASE NOTE: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE IN FINAL SOUNDBITE<br/> <br />Thousands of red chairs line the main street of Sarajevo in Bosnia commemorating the victims of the siege of Sarajevo.<br/> <br />Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of a brutal war left more than 100,000 dead and displaced thousands more.<br/> <br />The war ended with a U.S - brokered peace deal in 1995 that saw the country split along ethnic lines amongst its population of Serbs, Croats and Muslims.<br/> <br />Deep divisions remain but the pain of losing loved ones is shared by all.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Bosnian) RADISLAVA HABUL, WHO LOST HER SIX-YEAR-OLD SON, SAYING:<br/> <br />"My daughter, a school graduate, 18 years old, took my son, six years and 10 days old, out of the cellar to get some fresh air. A grenade fell, killing him and wounding her -- she lost one third of her lungs. I tell you truly. My husband was also injured. This is our tragedy. Excuse my emotions but it's always with me -- he was six years and 10 days old and he wanted to live."<br/> <br />In the city of Banja Luka, part of the autonomous Serb republic, there are no memorials and no chairs.<br/> <br />Only one Bosnian Serb daily newspaper carried a Serbian headline devoted to the anniversary, "Day when persecution and ethnic cleansing of Serbs started."<br/> <br />Yet, the regret of life lost is still there.<br/> <br />According to this man, nobody won the war, and the loss is shared by all.<br/> <br />Others say the war could have been avoided if leaders had made a deal.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) MAN FROM BANJA LUKA, MILAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"No one hated anyone, nobody needed to go and the war didn't need to happen. Bastards came to power and people got killed, there is nothing else to be said."<br/> <br />This resident feels Serbian victims have not been given enough tribute, with most of the empathy towards Muslims. who he blames for the war.<br/> <br />But for all, April 6 is a day of sadness.<br/> <br />Sarah Wali, Reuters