http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bosnia/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:13:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049933/posts Radovan Karadzic is accused of the most heinous crimes against humanity, from the siege of Sarajevo to the Srebrenica massacre. He is charged with having the blood of 20,000 lives on his hands and of bringing an entire country down by ethnic hatred. Today relatives of the thousands of victims said they had been waiting for this moment of justice for 13 years. Channel 4 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049933/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:13:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049542/posts .....Radovan Karadzic will be duly convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, and he will not come out of jail alive. The verdict is already written, but it reflects a fundamental imbalance. It ignores the essence of the Bosnian war—the Serbs’ striving not to be forced into secession—while remaining mute about the culpability of the other two sides for a series of unconstitutional, illegitimate and illegal political decisions that caused the war. The judgment against Karadzic at the U.S.-sponsored and largely U.S.-funded tribunal at The Hague will be built on this flawed foundation. It will be neither fair or just,... Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049542/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:01:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048998/posts Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been arrested in Serbia, presidential and government sources in Belgrade say. The Bosnian Serb wartime political leader disappeared in 1996 and was subsequently indicted by the UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He is accused of war crimes and genocide over the massacre of 7,500 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica. His wartime military leader, Ratko Mladic, remains at large. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048998/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:31:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039027/posts Most of the mujahedin fighters who arrived to fight alongside government forces during the Bosnian war knew virtually nothing about the country. “They joked about how at the beginning they didn’t know if Bosnia was in South America, North America, Europe or Australia,” said Evan F Kohlmann, an expert on terrorism and adviser to the American government and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The revelation is contained in a little-publicised book – “Al Qaeda in Bosnia: Myth or Reality?” by Vlado Azinovic – which tells more about the mujahedin and their role in the Bosnian war of 1992 to 1995... IWPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039027/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:49:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035132/posts A gigantic poster of genocidal Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic hung on the outside wall of a hideous communist-style apartment block. “Get a picture of that,” I said to my friend and traveling companion Sean LaFreniere as I drove our rented car through the outer suburbs of Serbia's capital Belgrade. I had the wheel and he had the camera. “Too late,” he said. We were driving fast on a four-lane road and were almost out of the city. Our road trip from Serbia to Kosovo via Bosnia, Croatia, and Montenegro was just beginning. “That’s okay,” I said. “We’ll probably... Michael J. Totten http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035132/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:25:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025700/posts A US-born man pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping to train fellow Al-Qaeda agents to carry out bombings in Europe and the United States, after a five-year global investigation, officials said. The targets included European tourist resorts frequented by Americans, as well as US military bases, embassies and consular offices in Europe. "Today's guilty plea brings an end to the long, dangerous career of Christopher Paul, an Ohio native who joined Al-Qaeda in the early 1990s, fought in Afghanistan and Bosnia and conspired with others to target Americans both at home and abroad," said Acting Assistant US Attorney General Patrick Rowan.... AFP via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025700/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 06:07:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts The Hunt for American al Qaeda The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty. The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture. Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025526/posts COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A man accused of joining al-Qaida in the early 1990s and helping teach fellow Muslim extremists how to bomb U.S. and European targets pleaded guilty Tuesday to planning terrorist attacks. Christopher Paul, 44, pleaded guilty to a count that carries a maximum life prison sentence, but entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors that calls for a 20-year term. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost accepted the plea but said he would not give final approval to the deal until he sees the government's pre-sentence report, which is not expected for several months. No sentencing date... AP via brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025526/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 22:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024429/posts Posted on Sat, May. 31, 2008 Special Report By Chris Mondics INQUIRER STAFF WRITER DOBOJ, Bosnia - For years, Saudi Arabia flatly denied it had provided money and logistical support for Islamist militant groups that attacked Western targets. But that assertion is disputed by a former al-Qaeda commander who testified in a United Nations war-crimes trial that his unit was funded by the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a government charity. Ali Ahmed Ali Hamad, the former al-Qaeda fighter, gave the same account to The Inquirer in an interview in this struggling city in the central... The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024429/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021629/posts BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union defense ministers agreed Monday to keep the bloc's 2,500 peacekeepers in Bosnia, citing concern that tensions in Kosovo could spill over into other parts of the Balkans. "The region is not yet fully stable," said Slovene Defense Minister Karl Erjavec, who chaired the meeting. "It is necessary to continue being present militarily." Some EU nations had hoped that growing stability in Bosnia would allow them to pull the troops out, leaving just a police and civilian mission. However, the failure of Bosnia's ethnically based political parties to agree on a new constitution and the tensions... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021629/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 22:58:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019519/posts Banjaluka, 21 May (AKI) – Al-Qaeda and the Muslim fundamentalist Wahabi movement's operatives have been smuggling weapons and explosives into neighbouring Croatia, Bosnian daily Nezavisne novine reported on Wednesday. Quoting Bosnian security sources, the paper said huge quantities of weapons and explosives have been smuggled into the areas of Croatia with sizeable Muslim population in recent months. The weapons were shipped to the Croatian capital Zagreb, nearby Karlovac and the Adriatic port of Split, according to a document from the Bosnian security agency, quoted by the paper. The document said the operation has been masterminded by Bosnian Muslims Vladimir Popilovski,... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019519/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 03:06:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014083/posts On a pleasant Thursday in December 1948, Emilio Traubner, a correspondent for The Palestine Post, found himself near Abu Kabir, not far from Jaffa. Trenches and expended cartridges were strewn about, reminders of the fighting between units of the Irgun and local Arab forces that had taken place there seven months previously. There was a large Arab villa from where Traubner recovered a diary. It turned out to be the daily record of Yusuf Begovic of Pale, a town near Sarajevo in modern-day Bosnia-Herzegovina. In it Begovic had described his activities as a cook for the "Arab Army of Liberation."... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014083/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 17:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011511/posts Here’s a nice dilemma for Lefties. What if UN peacekeepers in the Congo turn out to have been encouraging elephant poaching? Would they continue to give the organisation their unconditional support? Elephant poaching in Africa: sanctioned by the UN? The UN gets away with an extraordinary amount. Because it is thought to embody a lofty ideal, many liberal-minded people are prepared to overlook what it actually does. Never mind that it betrayed the Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica. Never mind that its officials were illicitly running oil-for-food scams with Saddam. Never mind that it ordered its local commander not to seize... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011511/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 17:53:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways. According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success." While the United States... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 22:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010444/posts Chamber of Bosnia-Herzegovina's state Court in Sarajevo on Wednesday sentenced Bosnian Muslim Zijad Kurtovic to 11 years jail for war crimes against Bosnian Croats during the 1992-1995 war. Kurtovic, 41, was found guilty of having acted against Croat civilians and prisoners of war as a member of Bosnia's Muslim- dominated army. The court found his crimes in the vicinity of the southern city of Mostar in 1993 to have directly violated the provisions of the Geneva Conventions. As commander of military police of the 4th Corps of the army in October 1993, during the 1992-1994 Muslim - Croat conflict within... Top News(DPA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010444/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 22:07:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2005605/posts http://southeasternguncompany.com/BosnianSniperBulletSale.htm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2005605/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:10:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001224/posts SARAJEVO -- Richard Holbrooke maintains that he "never made a deal with Hague fugitive Radovan Karadžić". The American diplomat, who helped create the Dayton peace deal that ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, yesterday in Sarajevo denied allegations that he reached an agreement with the former Bosnian Serb president. The long-standing claim, recently repeated by the Hague Prosecution's former spokeswoman Florence Hartmann, says that Karadžić received guaranties he would never be arrested if he withdrew from Bosnia's political life. “I did not make any kind of deal with Karadžić, he is a war criminal. He is the Osama Bin Laden of... B92 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001224/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000668/posts YOU TUBE - THE HILLARY PINOCCHIO SING-ALONG DFU News of the Day in Song http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000668/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:24:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000132/posts WASHINGTON - Former President Clinton has added to the falsehoods surrounding his wife's tale of her trip to Bosnia 12 years ago. In Indiana on Thursday, Bill Clinton defended his wife's mistake in claiming that she landed under sniper fire in Bosnia, accusing the media of treating her like "she'd robbed a bank" for confusing the facts. The New York senator had repeatedly described a harrowing scene in Tuzla, Bosnia, in which she and her daughter, Chelsea, had to run for cover as soon as they landed for a visit in 1996. Video footage of the day instead showed a... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000132/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:03:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999806/posts Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story April 10, 2008 7:10 PM ABC News' Sarah Amos and Eloise Harper Report: After a trip to Puerto Rico and two days entirely off the campaign trail, former President Bill Clinton eagerly discussed myriad topics with the crowd that awaited him in Boonville, Ind., and what he said of a trip his wife made to Bosnia in 1996 seemed a bit misleading. "I am so glad to be here. And I'm glad that Indiana is gonna have a say in who the nominee of the Democratic Party is and the next president of... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999806/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:17:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996547/posts Hillary Clinton met her Waterloo at Tuzla. She’d been regaling audiences with tales of a dangerous landing under sniper fire in Tuzla 12 years ago and then running for cover. None of this occurred. When CBS provided the tape, she was forced to admit to “a misstatement.” Now, confabulation is a fairly common psychological phenomenon. We all have internalized childhood stories so oft repeated by elders that we come to falsely “remember” the actual experience. Adult memories are less susceptible to such unconscious inventions, but past experiences embellished over time by repeated recounting can reach the point where we actually... Primetime Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996547/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:18:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996175/posts The militant is known as Abu Ubaida al Masri, and charting his path reveals his vulnerabilities and those of the terrorist group. COPENHAGEN -- If Al Qaeda strikes the West in the coming months, it's likely the mastermind will be a stocky Egyptian explosives expert with two missing fingers. His alias is Abu Ubaida al Masri. Hardly anyone has heard of him outside a select circle of anti-terrorism officials and Islamic militants. He has overseen the major plots that the network needs to stay viable, investigators say: the London transportation bombings in 2005, a foiled transatlantic "spectacular" aimed at U.S.-bound... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996175/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995256/posts YOUTUBE - DEFENDING HILLARY FOR BOSNIA SNIPER STORY I have been very critical of Hillary for many years. Here is a fair and balanced piece. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995256/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:40:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995187/posts Barack Obama - To Hell and Back - YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995187/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:15:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994706/posts The punishment visited on Sen. Hillary Clinton for her flagrant, hysterical, repetitive, pathological lying about her visit to Bosnia should be much heavier than it has yet been and should be exacted for much more than just the lying itself. There are two kinds of deliberate and premeditated deceit, commonly known as suggestio falsi and suppressio veri. (Neither of them is covered by the additionally lying claim of having "misspoken.") The first involves what seems to be most obvious in the present case: the putting forward of a bogus or misleading account of events. But the second, and often the... Slate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994706/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:23:39 GMT