The Balkan Branches of the Terror Network "in search of blond Moslems"

The National Herald ^ | October 13-14, 2001 | Dr. Nikolaos A. Stavrou

[Pericles]

Also by Dr. Nikolaos A. Stavrou Clintonisim and the News Media (My Title: How Clintonisim corrupted domestic and foreign institutions)

FILE--Unidentified Muslims march in Sarajevo in this March 2000 file photo during a protest organized by local Islamic youth organizations to demand the world community put a stop to Russia's offensive in Chechnya. The banner reads "Allah is the only one, and Muhammad is his envoy on earth." As the United States widens its war against Osama bin Laden, signs that a radical fringe is trying to stir up Bosnia, one of the largest Muslim areas in Europe, are being taken seriously. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

Bosnia's radical Muslim fringe under close scrutiny as anti-terror war intensifies

Saturday October 13 1:28 PM ET

Former Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic speaks at a press conference in Sarajevo, Friday, Oct. 12, 2001. Izetbegovic urged U.S. President George W. Bush and other world leaders on Friday to address the motives for terrorism even as the United States leads a campaign against it.(AP Photo/Sava Radovanovic)

By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Posters exhorting Bosnia's Muslims to rise in holy war against America were printed and ready for pasting about the time the first U.S. cruise missile slammed into Afghanistan. "We want a third and a fourth world war for Islam -- long live bin Laden," reads one of several posters recently confiscated by police. "Afghanistan, Bosnia -- why wouldn't you fight for oppressed men, women and children?" asks another.

Mostly secular or religious moderates, the overwhelming majority of Bosnia's more than 1 million Muslims poses no terrorist threat. Most remain thankful to the United States for its support in their 1990s war against Serbs and Croats and condemn the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"It's always the innocent who die," said Lejla Hamic, 20, a deeply observant Muslim covered head to toe in traditional garb. "I feel sorry for the people of America."

Still, as the United States widens its war against Osama bin Laden, signs that a radical fringe is trying to stir up Bosnia, one the largest Muslim areas in Europe, are being taken seriously. Besides the posters, radical Muslim clerics have occasionally called for jihad.

Chief U.N. war crimes tribunal prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said this week she had turned over information to the United States on "people who were staying in Bosnia in connection with terrorist groups."

And Muhamed Besic, interior minister of the Muslim-Croat half of Bosnia, acknowledged that "terrorism is a danger" as he announced the arrest of Bensayah Belkacem, who was carrying Yemeni and Algerian passports and is accused of discussing -- on the phone with a key bin Laden aide -- how to procure foreign passports.

Twenty other suspects are currently being screened on U.S. request, he said.

Bosnia is home for up to 200 Islamic fighters, or mujahedeen, who came to the country mostly from the Middle East to fight on the Muslim side in the 1990s war against Serbs and Croats, then stayed and married local women. Some of those who fought in Bosnia have been linked to terrorist acts, including three Saudi nationals who confessed to the 1995 bombing of a U.S. base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to a report compiled for the U.S. Congress. It says the three also fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan and Chechnya.

Bosnia's mujahedeen lead secretive, separate lives. Before dropping out of sight, their Palestinian leader, Imad al Hussein Abu Hamza, last month distanced himself from the "killing of children, women, innocent people and civilians."

But alluding to the still-to-come U.S. strikes on Afghanistan, he said "the entire Islamic world" has an obligation to defend Muslims there, should they need help. Since Sept. 11, potential radicals, including the Islamic fighters, have been under increased surveillance by police working with the FBI and NATO intelligence, international officials say.

Most of Bosnia's terror-related problems have roots in the past. Years of lax border controls allowed thousands of immigrants from the Middle East to enter. Most were economic migrants, but some were likely radicals who have now gone underground either in Bosnia or elsewhere in Europe, international officials say.

The new government in the Muslim-Croat federation appears to have been goaded into action by the attacks and Western pressure to get tough or lose crucial financial and political support.

"The messages from the mosques deserve our full attention," said Deputy Foreign Minister Ivica Misic of the "expressions of sympathy for jihad" being uttered by some religious leaders.

[gcruse]

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[Pericles]

fyi to bump around

[Pearls Before Swine]

God, this guy is seductive. I better hope my wife doesn't see his ad. </sarcasm tag may be needed here.

[gcruse]

God, this guy is seductive. I better hope my
wife doesn't see his ad. </sarcasm tag may be needed here.

Hey, you didn't close out your sarcasm tags.
Now I'm all sarcastic !!

[monkeywrench]

"went unheaded by Bill Clinton's simplistic policy of "one victim one aggressor." Another link in the clinton chain.

[gcruse]

"went unheaded by Bill Clinton's simplistic
policy of "one victim one aggressor."

Is that, like, decapitated?

[monkeywrench]

Didn't notice it. I just cut and pasted. Maybe the author was secretly thinking of Monica or Juanita when he wrote it.

[prov1813man]

The title of this post brings rise to a thought I have been having. No need to go to Bosnia for Blonde Muslims. What many folks don't realize is that Alexander The Great left a legacy in the Khyber of blonde-haired, blue-eyed Muslims. While I have been one to advocate profiling, this awareness makes me aware of the potential folly of this approach.

[Pericles]

The Russians left behind a few blonies too

[novakeo]

Great work Pericles. Do you mind if I email this transcribed article to some to inquiring minds?

[crazykatz]

Many Bosnian muslims are blonds....Serbs are usually dark haired.

[Great Dane]

Perhaps you need to educate good old Rivera, by sending him these articles......... not that he would bother reading them, but at least he couldn't claim ....'he didn't know.'

[FITZ]

I have known some very fair skinned Egyptians and Saudis. The majority aren't but there are some who are, I think one lucky thing is they tend to be from a pretty elite class and like bin Laden they have no intention of dying for their cause, they expect others to do that.

[FITZ]

I don't think we should exactly race profile because most Middle Easterners are white and racially are no different than Eastern and Southern Europeans. It's more language, it's difficult for most people born in a foreign country to speak American English perfectly well with no accent at all. Even in the US, it's usually easy to pick up where an American was originally from, even if they lived in another area for years. Language is about the best way to spot a foreigner.

[Pericles]

be my guest.

[Pericles]

Muhamed Atta the ring leader of 9/11 was from a well to do family.

[FITZ]

Yes and so is bin Laden and some others, Atta is clearly a disturbed personality. I just think most of their elites are softer than we are and far more chicken.

[father_elijah]

This is what we have been talking about on several other posts.

There are also blue eyed fair haired Tuareg in North Africa. While they are secretive as a rule, I wouldn't be surprised if Al-Quaeda hadn't recruited a few.

[father_elijah]

Alija Ali Izetbegovic was Muslim genocidal maniac in his own write. His writings ooze ethnic cleansing and Islamic supremacy in the Balkans. That Bill Clinton and his folks didn't see this can only be explained by their having been the greatest lot of idiots to ever lead a great nation or they were in the employ of evil in one of its various guises. Izetbegovic dressed western and always looked neat, and underneath that appearance was a mind and heart as dangerous as Ramzei Youssef or Usama bin Laden.