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ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYCrushing weapons in Bosnia, 2003
Stars and Stripes
May 29, 2020
Ivana Avramovic ©Stars and StripesBrcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June, 2003: A heavy machine destroys some of the weapons collected during the Stabilization Force's Harvest Rewards program. Those who turned in weapons were given tickets for a raffle whose grand-prize winner received a new car, a Volkswagen Polo Classic. Winner Zijah Djidic credited his wife for making him turn in his rifle grenades and AK-47 rounds that were left over from 1992-1995 Bosnian war.
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