A.B. Abrams

By a single move we were able to present a simple story of good guys and bad guys which would hereafter play itself…. Almost immediately there was a clear change of language in the press, with use of words with high emotional content such as ‘ethnic cleansing’ and ‘concentration camps,’ which evoke images of Nazi Germany and the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

Although claims that Serb forces had raped 20,000–100,000 Muslims were widely circulated,31 hearings held by the European Community’s Committee on Women’s Rights in February 1993 rejected them due to a lack of evidence.