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To: farlander
that the Bosnian muslims that existed there in the 80s and 90s (relatively secular, normal , european people) got very much radicalized

Is it all Bosnian Muslims, or is it a faction that has become radicalized? As Europeans, they are not Wahabbist en masse, are they?

The peace keepers are still there and we do not hear reports of terror, roadside bombs or attacks. It can't be all bad, can it?

30 posted on 02/17/2006 2:52:36 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum
The muslims in bosnia had ALL sorts of radical islamic help in and before their attacks on the Serbs who lived there.

Even old bin laden carried a bosnian passport.

My nephew was in Kosovo as a peacekeeper and also in Bosnia.

He used to think muslims over there were just like Europeans, BEFORE he spent time there... he came HOME with quite a different attitude.

33 posted on 02/17/2006 3:02:08 PM PST by Lion in Winter (The older I get the more I want to see ISLAM EXPOSED AS THE SHAM it is...)
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To: Nachum

No they're not but they're getting there quickly. You didn't see it on the news but they had their own cartoon protests in Sarajevo, with Abu Ghraib and Gitmo related signs. No kidding. Anti-americanism and anti-west sentiment is growing fast. These kind of things were unthinkable before the war. Most educated/moderate people have left, and what is left is malleable rabble that is angry and dissilusioned with the west they feel left them at Croatian and Serbian mercy (of which there were little) and being indoctrinated in brand spanking new Saudi-paid mosques. There's probably more mosques now in Sarajevo per square mile than in Riyadh or Tehran.

It's not bad enough to be attacking peacekeepers. After all, they did rescue them (albeit belatedly). And, there's still lots of heavily armed Croats and Serbs next door that probably feel they didn't finish the job. So no, noone will be attacking peacekeepers any time soon. However, as far as a recruiting/training ground, drug trafficking and other criminal activity, there is only one other place more conducive - Kosovo. Rugged terrain, sparsely populated with little control is a perfect spot for terrorist related activity. Fundraising (through narcotics smuggling to western europe) and recruiting is going on there in earnest.


53 posted on 02/17/2006 4:45:10 PM PST by farlander
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