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Posted by Helleneforlife In 1893, certain Bulgarian intellectuals by the names of Dame Gruev, Hristo Tartarchev and four others formed the most anti-Macedonian terrorist organization known as the IMRO (VMRO). These men swore to secrecy in order to avoid any conflict with the Macedonians (Greeks) and the Turks. Tatarchev (who clearly states in his memoirs that the IMRO's goal was union with Bulgaria) became the first president of the organization. They copied an old Greek freedom cry, "Liberty or Death" (Eleftheria I Thanatos) and used it as part of their official logo (in their language "Svoboda Ili Smrt"). This logo, which appeared on their seal, had the imagery of a crossed pistol, a dagger and a bomb. Although the organization's foundations were taking fold a certain naming issue did cause a problem which must be mentioned. This Bulgarian organization kept on taking up new names for the next four years. It went from being the Macedonian Revolutionary Committee to the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization to (unsurprisingly) The Bulgarian-Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (Bulgarsko-Makedonsko-Ordinska revoliutsionna organizatsiia, in 1896) and eventually the Internal Organization. The cause of this constant name changing was for the obvious reason, the lack of a common belief. Some of the members professed that they were all Bulgarians living in Macedonia; others said that their goal was to unite with Bulgaria, and others even spoke of creating a separate Macedonian state with the Bulgarians running it. Two things they did agree on though; getting rid of the Ottoman Empire and more so, the Macedonians who had a Greek conscious. Hellenism to them had to be removed from Macedonia even if it meant using brainwashing and torture techniques. [img]http://www.macedoniagreece.com/images/attrocities/pic2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.macedoniagreece.com/images/attrocities/pic5.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.macedoniagreece.com/images/attrocities/pic3.jpg[/img] Images and article from here [url=http://www.macedoniagreece.com/struggle.php/url][color=red]Macedonian Liberation Movement[/color][/url]
Link: http://www.macedoniagreece.com/attrocities.php
on June 10, 2006, 3:22 am
For those that dont know what the I.M.R.O is here is a brief description.
[img]http://www.macedoniagreece.com/images/attrocities/pic1.jpg[/img]
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