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ECCEZIONALE!!!
A quasi 14 mesi dall'inizio della missione "umanitaria" coloniale
dell'Esercito italiano sul territorio del Kosmet ancora NEMMENO UN
GIORNALE OD ALTRO ORGANO DI INFORMAZIONE HA FATTO UNO STRACCIO DI
INCHIESTA (inchiesta? neanche un accenno!!!) al passato coloniale
dell'Italia fascista in Kosovo!
A questi vigliacchi giornalisti, bugiardi e servili, tutta la nostra
ammirazione per il modo in cui svolgono integerrimi il loro quotidiano
lavoro di propaganda nascondendo i fatti che contano e dando in pasto
all'opinione pubblica solo quello che vogliono i loro padroni.
FATE SCHIFO!!!
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* LINK SEGNALATI SU KOSMET E GRANDE ALBANIA
* TERRORISMO UCKFOR IN SERBIA MERIDIONALE
* REO CONFESSO IL MILITARE STATUNITENSE CHE HA STUPRATO ED UCCISO
UNA BAMBINA KOSOVARA
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LINK SEGNALATI SU KOSMET E GRANDE ALBANIA
-> http://fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980000-kla-petkovic-terror.htm
Albanian Terrorists
Milan V. Petkovic, 1998
Index: Introduction, Islamic Extremism and the European Quest, Growing
Iranian influence, The Albanian Initiative, The US Interest for
Terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija, TURKEY, ALBANIA AND THE "REPUBLIC
KOSOVA", Using religion, Turkey, Albania and Kosovo and Metohija,
Planning the "Republic of Kosova", The "Kosovo Liberation Army", What is
the "Kosovo Liberation Army"?, Profile of a terrorist, "Dogs of War" are
arriving, Profession - Terrorist
MAPS & DRAWINGS, ABBREVIATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHY
-> http://crash.to/KFORMYASS
-> http://www.wava.com
If your computer has audio (Web TV does), please check out the radio
program "Kosovo: Update On The Balkans Debacle And Shameful NATO
Failure" at the Washngton, D.C. radio station WAVA.
It features the Emperor's New Clothes' (and Stop NATO's own) Jared
Israel and former Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia James Bissett.
Highly recommended.
To hear it:
1. Go to http://www.wava.com
2. Click on DON KROAH (the host)
3. Click on DON KROAH"S AUDIO ARCHIVES
4. Type in JARED ISRAEL
5. Click on Interviews Parts 1 and 2
-> http://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/kos_kla.html
Pavarësi për Kosovën Heroike - Independence for Heroic Kosova - Albanian
Links Page
SITO ITALIANO PAN-ALBANESE
---
TERRORISMO UCKFOR IN SERBIA MERIDIONALE
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/news/fighting.htm
Terrorism In Southern "Serbia Proper"
Increased fighting between rebels and Yugoslavian forces
Agence France Presse, July 27
www.tenc.net
[NOTE from Emperor's Clothes (7-29-00) - In the following story, Agence
France Presse (AFP) reports that NATO has "repeatedly warned the UPCMB
[terrorists] that they will not allow their troops to be drawn into
fighting" and suggests that NATO is trying to stop terrorist raids
against towns in ''Serbia proper.''
By referring to ''Serbia proper'' Agence France Presse (AFP) is trying
to solve what the rug cleaner who destroyed my rug called "a situation,"
namely that NATO entered Kosovo under UN Resolution 1244 which states
that Kosovo is part of Serbia, no ifs ands or buts. BUT in practice NATO
and the UN have engineered the terrorizing and expulsion of almost
everyone who a) isn't Albanian or b) hates the Kosovo Liberation Army
(KLA) not to mention the eradication of Serbian culture. (See footnote
1) Moreover, NATO and the UN have presided over the theft of Serbian
property, big, medium and small. AFP doesn't want to say Kosovo is
separate from Serbia and it doesn't want to say Kosovo is part of
Serbia, so it calls the area just north of the Kosovo provincial border
"Serbia proper.''
Anyway, AFP says NATO wants peace.
As you may recall, we heard the same thing from NATO leaders regarding
the Kosovo Verification Mission in the fall of 1998. Some of us argued
that the Verification Mission was dominated by US covert agents who
wanted to: 1) identify future bombing targets as well as 2) upgrade the
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) from gangsterism and terror to gangsterism,
terror plus the ability to fight battles, if lamely. (Footnote 2)
Now NATO and the UN have installed a regime made up of the same KLA
monsters, recycled as the Kosovo Protection Corps. As the article below
suggests, members of the wonderfully-named Kosovo "Protection" Corp are
the ones attacking Serbia. If NATO were sincere about stopping these
attacks, what could they do? Hint: how about arresting KPC chief Agim
Ceku for starters? "But gee, fellows, wouldn't that be, like, war-like?"
(footnote 3)
Over the past ten years the West has repeatedly 'warned' it will not be
dragged into fighting in Yugoslavia which is followed by the West being
'dragged' into fighting in Yugoslavia. This is because Humanitarian
Disasters reliably occur at the required moment, overriding promises of
non-intervention. Last time it was the Racak (non)-massacre. (footnote
4) This time it will be Something Terrible Serbia Does to Montenegro and
Something Terrible Serbia Does in Southern Serbia. Amazingly
cooperative, those Serbs.
Diana Johnstone says this is NATO's Humanitarian Trigger. (footnote 5)
Bertolt Brecht says: "When the leaders speak of peace the common people
know war is coming."
I say, take the 'Agence France Presse' with a generous pinch of salt.
And get the word out to as many people as possible.
We need to prevent a war. The article follows. Jared Israel.]
Fighting in southern Serbia between Yugoslavian security forces and
ethnic Albanian separatists has intensified in the past week, US troops
stationed nearby told AFP Thursday.
The commander of the KFOR peacekeeping force's Outpost Sapper, Captain
Tom Hairgrove, said that his troops had heard automatic gunfire and
explosions from over the administrative border in Serbia proper near the
village of Dobrosin on two nights this week.
As he spoke, his troops were reinforcing the fortifications surrounding
the checkpoint they man on the narrow country road beween Gnjilane in
Kosovo and Dobrosin with extra razor wire and barricades packed with
soil and rocks.
Dobrosin is in a pocket of Serbia controlled by the Liberation Army of
Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac (UPCMB), an ethnic Albanian guerilla
force fighting to separate the Presevo valley area and its 70,000-strong
Albanian majority from Yugoslavia.
Guerrillas in the village confirmed to AFP Thursday that there had been
recent fighting in the area but refused to discuss details.
"We have heard bursts of automatic gunfire and explosions, probably
mortars. There's definitely something going on," Hairgrove said.
KFOR sources said that the increased activity around Dobrosin in the
five-kilometre (three-mile) -wide Ground Safety Zone, a demilitarised
strip of land between UN-administered Kosovo and Serbia proper, was a
matter of concern.
The zone was set up under the Military Technical Agreement signed
between NATO and Yugoslavia in June last year to regulate the withdrawal
of Belgrade's forces from the disputed province.
Under the agreement, the Yugoslavian army is barred from entering the
zone, although Belgrade's well-armed interior ministry paramilitary
police force does patrol there and sometimes clashes with the rebels.
The UPCMB guerrillas move around openly in Dobrosin, where they are
clearly in charge. They are well armed with good quality Yugoslavian
manufactured Kalashnikov assault rifles and a variety of pistols,
grenades and sub-machine guns.
US soldiers stationed 200 metres (yards) from the village estimate their
strength in Dobrosin at any one time to be around 60.
KFOR patrols keep a close eye on the frontier to try and prevent arms
being smuggled to the rebel group, which is thought to have close links
with ethnic Albanian militants in Kosovo.
One of the rebels met by AFP was wearing the uniform of the Kosovo
Protection Corps (KPC), the civilian successor of the Kosovo Liberation
Army (KLA). The man, who was unarmed, wore the shoulder flash of the
group's Second Region, that operating in the north of Kosovo near
Kosovska Mitrovica.
The KPC, which is commanded by former KLA leaders, was set up as a
civilian disaster relief force and receives funding from international
donors including the United States and the European Union.
Other rebels wore a variety of camouflage or black fatigues emblazoned
with the red, black and gold UPCMB badge, itself very similar to those
worn by the KLA and KPC.
>From the hill above Dobrosin, a small farming community huddled around a
tiny mosque, six-man UPCMB patrols can be seen strung out along dirt
tracks into the hills around the village.
KFOR has repeatedly warned the UPCMB that they will not allow their
troops to be drawn into fighting in the Ground Safety Zone or further
inside Serbia.
Footnotes
1) On the attempted eradication of Serbian culture in Kosovo, see Season
of Peace at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/churchpics/list.htm (This
article has many pictures so it loads slowly)
2) On the now-exposed covert aims of the Kosovo Verification Mission in
the fall of 1998, see 'The Cat's out of the bag!' with introduction by
Jared Israel at http://emperors-clothes.com/news/ciaaided.htm
3) If you haven't read it, please read the amazing article, 'The UN
appoints an alleged war criminal in Kosovo' by Michel Chossudovsky at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/chuss/unandthe.htm
4) 'Racak - The Impossible Massacre by Diana Johnstone at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/Recak.html
5) See Diana Johnstone's "NATO's Humanitarian Trigger,' at
www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/NATOTRIG.html
---
REO CONFESSO IL MILITARE STATUNITENSE CHE HA STUPRATO ED UCCISO
UNA BAMBINA KOSOVARA
Saturday July 29 7:59 AM ET
U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Murder of Kosovo Girl
By Steven Silber
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. Staff Sergeant Frank Ronghi pleaded guilty
late on Friday to the forcible sodomy and premeditated murder of an
11-year-old ethnic Albanian girl while on peacekeeping duty in Kosovo.
Sentencing is due to start on Monday at 1100 GMT, when a panel of
officers will hear testimony and deliberate on whether to give the
soldier a chance for parole.
A Weapons Squad leader in the 3rd battalion of the 504th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, Ronghi also pleaded guilty to indecent acts with a
child.
The 36-year-old native of Niles, Ohio, faces a maximum penalty of life
imprisonment without chance of parole.
Ronghi was arrested in the Yugoslav province after the bruised and
lacerated body of Merite Shabiu was found in a woodland outside the town
of Vitina on January 13.
Shabiu's parents were present at the plea session, said Erik Gunhus,
spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division.
``They were very strong people. The interpreter sat between them and you
could see what was said affected them. The mother wept very quietly,''
Gunhus told Reuters after witnessing the plea.
The U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division said court proceedings in
Wuerzburg, Germany, had been brought forward to Friday evening from next
Monday following an unexpected request to the military judge by the
defense.
Ronghi, a well-built man with short dark hair, remained calm at the
hearing, Gunhus said.
``He was composed throughout the hearing, his voice was strong and his
answers were sure. He didn't appear nervous,'' he said.
At a pre-trial hearing in February, a sergeant told of how a young
private under his command alleged that Ronghi had taken him in a Humvee
military vehicle to an apartment block, loaded up the vehicle out of his
sight and then driven out of town, where the two of them had dumped the
girl's body.
Ronghi, sent to Kosovo from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has been held in
confinement by the U.S. Army in Mannheim, Germany.
The Army said last month that if found guilty, Ronghi would serve his
term at a federal prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The trial would have had to be held in the United States if the army had
decided to push for the death penalty to punish the first serious crime
implicating one of the NATO-led KFOR peacekeepers charged with keeping
order in the Yugoslav province.
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A quasi 14 mesi dall'inizio della missione "umanitaria" coloniale
dell'Esercito italiano sul territorio del Kosmet ancora NEMMENO UN
GIORNALE OD ALTRO ORGANO DI INFORMAZIONE HA FATTO UNO STRACCIO DI
INCHIESTA (inchiesta? neanche un accenno!!!) al passato coloniale
dell'Italia fascista in Kosovo!
A questi vigliacchi giornalisti, bugiardi e servili, tutta la nostra
ammirazione per il modo in cui svolgono integerrimi il loro quotidiano
lavoro di propaganda nascondendo i fatti che contano e dando in pasto
all'opinione pubblica solo quello che vogliono i loro padroni.
FATE SCHIFO!!!
---
* LINK SEGNALATI SU KOSMET E GRANDE ALBANIA
* TERRORISMO UCKFOR IN SERBIA MERIDIONALE
* REO CONFESSO IL MILITARE STATUNITENSE CHE HA STUPRATO ED UCCISO
UNA BAMBINA KOSOVARA
---
LINK SEGNALATI SU KOSMET E GRANDE ALBANIA
-> http://fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980000-kla-petkovic-terror.htm
Albanian Terrorists
Milan V. Petkovic, 1998
Index: Introduction, Islamic Extremism and the European Quest, Growing
Iranian influence, The Albanian Initiative, The US Interest for
Terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija, TURKEY, ALBANIA AND THE "REPUBLIC
KOSOVA", Using religion, Turkey, Albania and Kosovo and Metohija,
Planning the "Republic of Kosova", The "Kosovo Liberation Army", What is
the "Kosovo Liberation Army"?, Profile of a terrorist, "Dogs of War" are
arriving, Profession - Terrorist
MAPS & DRAWINGS, ABBREVIATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHY
-> http://crash.to/KFORMYASS
-> http://www.wava.com
If your computer has audio (Web TV does), please check out the radio
program "Kosovo: Update On The Balkans Debacle And Shameful NATO
Failure" at the Washngton, D.C. radio station WAVA.
It features the Emperor's New Clothes' (and Stop NATO's own) Jared
Israel and former Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia James Bissett.
Highly recommended.
To hear it:
1. Go to http://www.wava.com
2. Click on DON KROAH (the host)
3. Click on DON KROAH"S AUDIO ARCHIVES
4. Type in JARED ISRAEL
5. Click on Interviews Parts 1 and 2
-> http://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/kos_kla.html
Pavarësi për Kosovën Heroike - Independence for Heroic Kosova - Albanian
Links Page
SITO ITALIANO PAN-ALBANESE
---
TERRORISMO UCKFOR IN SERBIA MERIDIONALE
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/news/fighting.htm
Terrorism In Southern "Serbia Proper"
Increased fighting between rebels and Yugoslavian forces
Agence France Presse, July 27
www.tenc.net
[NOTE from Emperor's Clothes (7-29-00) - In the following story, Agence
France Presse (AFP) reports that NATO has "repeatedly warned the UPCMB
[terrorists] that they will not allow their troops to be drawn into
fighting" and suggests that NATO is trying to stop terrorist raids
against towns in ''Serbia proper.''
By referring to ''Serbia proper'' Agence France Presse (AFP) is trying
to solve what the rug cleaner who destroyed my rug called "a situation,"
namely that NATO entered Kosovo under UN Resolution 1244 which states
that Kosovo is part of Serbia, no ifs ands or buts. BUT in practice NATO
and the UN have engineered the terrorizing and expulsion of almost
everyone who a) isn't Albanian or b) hates the Kosovo Liberation Army
(KLA) not to mention the eradication of Serbian culture. (See footnote
1) Moreover, NATO and the UN have presided over the theft of Serbian
property, big, medium and small. AFP doesn't want to say Kosovo is
separate from Serbia and it doesn't want to say Kosovo is part of
Serbia, so it calls the area just north of the Kosovo provincial border
"Serbia proper.''
Anyway, AFP says NATO wants peace.
As you may recall, we heard the same thing from NATO leaders regarding
the Kosovo Verification Mission in the fall of 1998. Some of us argued
that the Verification Mission was dominated by US covert agents who
wanted to: 1) identify future bombing targets as well as 2) upgrade the
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) from gangsterism and terror to gangsterism,
terror plus the ability to fight battles, if lamely. (Footnote 2)
Now NATO and the UN have installed a regime made up of the same KLA
monsters, recycled as the Kosovo Protection Corps. As the article below
suggests, members of the wonderfully-named Kosovo "Protection" Corp are
the ones attacking Serbia. If NATO were sincere about stopping these
attacks, what could they do? Hint: how about arresting KPC chief Agim
Ceku for starters? "But gee, fellows, wouldn't that be, like, war-like?"
(footnote 3)
Over the past ten years the West has repeatedly 'warned' it will not be
dragged into fighting in Yugoslavia which is followed by the West being
'dragged' into fighting in Yugoslavia. This is because Humanitarian
Disasters reliably occur at the required moment, overriding promises of
non-intervention. Last time it was the Racak (non)-massacre. (footnote
4) This time it will be Something Terrible Serbia Does to Montenegro and
Something Terrible Serbia Does in Southern Serbia. Amazingly
cooperative, those Serbs.
Diana Johnstone says this is NATO's Humanitarian Trigger. (footnote 5)
Bertolt Brecht says: "When the leaders speak of peace the common people
know war is coming."
I say, take the 'Agence France Presse' with a generous pinch of salt.
And get the word out to as many people as possible.
We need to prevent a war. The article follows. Jared Israel.]
Fighting in southern Serbia between Yugoslavian security forces and
ethnic Albanian separatists has intensified in the past week, US troops
stationed nearby told AFP Thursday.
The commander of the KFOR peacekeeping force's Outpost Sapper, Captain
Tom Hairgrove, said that his troops had heard automatic gunfire and
explosions from over the administrative border in Serbia proper near the
village of Dobrosin on two nights this week.
As he spoke, his troops were reinforcing the fortifications surrounding
the checkpoint they man on the narrow country road beween Gnjilane in
Kosovo and Dobrosin with extra razor wire and barricades packed with
soil and rocks.
Dobrosin is in a pocket of Serbia controlled by the Liberation Army of
Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac (UPCMB), an ethnic Albanian guerilla
force fighting to separate the Presevo valley area and its 70,000-strong
Albanian majority from Yugoslavia.
Guerrillas in the village confirmed to AFP Thursday that there had been
recent fighting in the area but refused to discuss details.
"We have heard bursts of automatic gunfire and explosions, probably
mortars. There's definitely something going on," Hairgrove said.
KFOR sources said that the increased activity around Dobrosin in the
five-kilometre (three-mile) -wide Ground Safety Zone, a demilitarised
strip of land between UN-administered Kosovo and Serbia proper, was a
matter of concern.
The zone was set up under the Military Technical Agreement signed
between NATO and Yugoslavia in June last year to regulate the withdrawal
of Belgrade's forces from the disputed province.
Under the agreement, the Yugoslavian army is barred from entering the
zone, although Belgrade's well-armed interior ministry paramilitary
police force does patrol there and sometimes clashes with the rebels.
The UPCMB guerrillas move around openly in Dobrosin, where they are
clearly in charge. They are well armed with good quality Yugoslavian
manufactured Kalashnikov assault rifles and a variety of pistols,
grenades and sub-machine guns.
US soldiers stationed 200 metres (yards) from the village estimate their
strength in Dobrosin at any one time to be around 60.
KFOR patrols keep a close eye on the frontier to try and prevent arms
being smuggled to the rebel group, which is thought to have close links
with ethnic Albanian militants in Kosovo.
One of the rebels met by AFP was wearing the uniform of the Kosovo
Protection Corps (KPC), the civilian successor of the Kosovo Liberation
Army (KLA). The man, who was unarmed, wore the shoulder flash of the
group's Second Region, that operating in the north of Kosovo near
Kosovska Mitrovica.
The KPC, which is commanded by former KLA leaders, was set up as a
civilian disaster relief force and receives funding from international
donors including the United States and the European Union.
Other rebels wore a variety of camouflage or black fatigues emblazoned
with the red, black and gold UPCMB badge, itself very similar to those
worn by the KLA and KPC.
>From the hill above Dobrosin, a small farming community huddled around a
tiny mosque, six-man UPCMB patrols can be seen strung out along dirt
tracks into the hills around the village.
KFOR has repeatedly warned the UPCMB that they will not allow their
troops to be drawn into fighting in the Ground Safety Zone or further
inside Serbia.
Footnotes
1) On the attempted eradication of Serbian culture in Kosovo, see Season
of Peace at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/churchpics/list.htm (This
article has many pictures so it loads slowly)
2) On the now-exposed covert aims of the Kosovo Verification Mission in
the fall of 1998, see 'The Cat's out of the bag!' with introduction by
Jared Israel at http://emperors-clothes.com/news/ciaaided.htm
3) If you haven't read it, please read the amazing article, 'The UN
appoints an alleged war criminal in Kosovo' by Michel Chossudovsky at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/chuss/unandthe.htm
4) 'Racak - The Impossible Massacre by Diana Johnstone at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/Recak.html
5) See Diana Johnstone's "NATO's Humanitarian Trigger,' at
www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/Johnstone/NATOTRIG.html
---
REO CONFESSO IL MILITARE STATUNITENSE CHE HA STUPRATO ED UCCISO
UNA BAMBINA KOSOVARA
Saturday July 29 7:59 AM ET
U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Murder of Kosovo Girl
By Steven Silber
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. Staff Sergeant Frank Ronghi pleaded guilty
late on Friday to the forcible sodomy and premeditated murder of an
11-year-old ethnic Albanian girl while on peacekeeping duty in Kosovo.
Sentencing is due to start on Monday at 1100 GMT, when a panel of
officers will hear testimony and deliberate on whether to give the
soldier a chance for parole.
A Weapons Squad leader in the 3rd battalion of the 504th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, Ronghi also pleaded guilty to indecent acts with a
child.
The 36-year-old native of Niles, Ohio, faces a maximum penalty of life
imprisonment without chance of parole.
Ronghi was arrested in the Yugoslav province after the bruised and
lacerated body of Merite Shabiu was found in a woodland outside the town
of Vitina on January 13.
Shabiu's parents were present at the plea session, said Erik Gunhus,
spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division.
``They were very strong people. The interpreter sat between them and you
could see what was said affected them. The mother wept very quietly,''
Gunhus told Reuters after witnessing the plea.
The U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division said court proceedings in
Wuerzburg, Germany, had been brought forward to Friday evening from next
Monday following an unexpected request to the military judge by the
defense.
Ronghi, a well-built man with short dark hair, remained calm at the
hearing, Gunhus said.
``He was composed throughout the hearing, his voice was strong and his
answers were sure. He didn't appear nervous,'' he said.
At a pre-trial hearing in February, a sergeant told of how a young
private under his command alleged that Ronghi had taken him in a Humvee
military vehicle to an apartment block, loaded up the vehicle out of his
sight and then driven out of town, where the two of them had dumped the
girl's body.
Ronghi, sent to Kosovo from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has been held in
confinement by the U.S. Army in Mannheim, Germany.
The Army said last month that if found guilty, Ronghi would serve his
term at a federal prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The trial would have had to be held in the United States if the army had
decided to push for the death penalty to punish the first serious crime
implicating one of the NATO-led KFOR peacekeepers charged with keeping
order in the Yugoslav province.
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OPPOSIZIONE DEMOCRATICA: DUE ESEMPI
OTPOR: "sotterrare il comunismo ancora vivo e vegeto in Serbia dopo
cinquant'anni"
Kragujevac - Otpor observes July 7
Otpor activists staged a performance on Friday named "Let's Regain our
consciousness" in front of their premises in Kragujevac to observe the
Day of Uprising in Serbia. They placed three red painted pentagrams made
of ice on the sunlit side of the street and set candles beside them.
Otpor activist Ana Savic told Beta news agency that "thawing of the
five-pointed stars in the sun" symbolized "the entombment of Communism
still alive and vivid in Serbia after five decades."
(Fonte: http://www.otpor.com )
TEPPISTI DA STADIO: "Stasera e' la nostra sera, stasera Slobo brucia,
lasciatelo bruciare, chi se ne frega e' solo un comunista"
(Slogan degli Ultras della Stella Rossa di Belgrado,
fonte: "Red mist in Belgrade", 27/7/00, http://www.onefootball.com )
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OTPOR: "sotterrare il comunismo ancora vivo e vegeto in Serbia dopo
cinquant'anni"
Kragujevac - Otpor observes July 7
Otpor activists staged a performance on Friday named "Let's Regain our
consciousness" in front of their premises in Kragujevac to observe the
Day of Uprising in Serbia. They placed three red painted pentagrams made
of ice on the sunlit side of the street and set candles beside them.
Otpor activist Ana Savic told Beta news agency that "thawing of the
five-pointed stars in the sun" symbolized "the entombment of Communism
still alive and vivid in Serbia after five decades."
(Fonte: http://www.otpor.com )
TEPPISTI DA STADIO: "Stasera e' la nostra sera, stasera Slobo brucia,
lasciatelo bruciare, chi se ne frega e' solo un comunista"
(Slogan degli Ultras della Stella Rossa di Belgrado,
fonte: "Red mist in Belgrade", 27/7/00, http://www.onefootball.com )
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* Collaborazione tra Israele e la Croazia: l'interesse imperialista
israeliano alla frantumazione della RFSJ e' stato anteposto alla memoria
storica del nazismo!
(Sulle forniture di armi da Israele alla Croazia suggeriamo la lettura
del libro "Traffico di armi" di Gambino e Grimaldi, Editori Riuniti)
* Storico israeliano contesta la politica antiserba della NATO
* Avvocati ebrei in Israele e Svizzera in prima linea nella battaglia
per la restituzione da parte del Vaticano dei beni della vittime dei
clerico-nazisti ustascia
* Appello della Zionist Organization of America contro la politica
antiserba di Israele e delle principali organizzazioni ebraiche
Sulla politica "umanitaria" delle lobby sioniste in Jugoslavia si veda:
http://www.jdc.org/programs/yugoslavia.html
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc.
Per la puntata precedente si veda:
http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/193?&start=175
Introduction to the Vatican Bank Claims
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Zagreb's VINA 3/7/00: "Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister
Goran Granic and Israel's Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh
agreed in Zagreb on Tuesday [7 March] that the two countries
should start intensifying their cooperation immediately, the
Government said in a statement. In that regard, the two
officials agreed on a visit by a Croatian government delegation
to Israel."
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Actually its funny that you should have noticeed the Israel-Croatia
cooperation story...This isn't just politics, according to an edition of
GLOBUS (Croatian magazine) dated April (Travnja), 2nd, 1999 (No.434) on
pages 26-28 we are told that the HV (the Croatian Army) should be
equiped in
two years time with Israel's "Galil" automatic weapon [Israel's version
of
the M-16] for Croatian infantry. The magazine points out the "Galil's"
compatibility with NATO weapons but then goes on to make a huge fuss of
the
fact that Croatia is buying Israeli weapons instead of serializing the
"made
in Croatia" APS 95 which is produced by the arms-manufacturer "ARMA".
STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG
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After the Rain - How the West Lost the East -
http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/after.html
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/israeli.htm
Israeli historian slams NATO policy
Edited by The Emperor's New Clothes - www.tenc.net
Tel Aviv, February 24th 2000 (Tanjug) - NATO's attack on the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia is similar to Hitler's W.W.II onslaught argues
historian Anat Peri in her article, "Let the truth be heard", published
today in the eminent Israeli paper Haarec.
Along with the creation of the Independent State of Croatia under the
clerical-fascist Ustashi and the handing over of Kosovo to a fascist
Albanian regime, Hitler ordered that all the Serbs opposing Nazism be
expelled. According to Peri, Germany and the US have encouraged the
secession of Croatia and the expulsion of the Serbian population from
Croatian territory, just as Hitler did.
The US provided the fascistic, secessionist Albanian army with arms,
encouraged it to attack the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to take
control of parts of the southern Serbian province of Kosovo and to
attack
Serbian soldiers. America supported ethnic Albanian gangster-terrorists
and accused ethnic Albanian intellectuals from Kosovo of cooperating
with
the Serbs, according to the Israeli historian.
Anat Peri states that Ibrahim Rugova, a leader of Kosovo ethnic
Albanians,
fears for his life because of the US-backed KLA terrorists. Under the
patronage of the US government, these terrorists have become the
murderers
not only of Serbs, but also of Albanians opposing their violence.
According to Peri, NATO's policies very much resemble Hitler's.
NATO's interest lies in provoking violence between the small nations
that
comprised Yugoslavia in order to enforce submission, says the Israeli
historian.
In contrast to its claims, NATO aggression wasn't to protect ethnic
Albanians; rather the purpose was to attack Russia's last ally in
Europe.
After the arrival of KFOR and UNMIK, the majority of the Serbian
population has been expelled from Kosovo, the remaining Serbs are being
murdered daily, while KFOR representatives are unconcerned, says Ms.
Peri.
***
Further reading
Some Jewish leaders have actively engaged in Serb-bashing and even
trivialized the Holocaust by comparing Yugoslavia's defense of its
soveriengty to Hitler's attempt to create a nightmare world. But other
Jewish intellectuals and leaders have spoken out in defence of truth and
against anti-Serbian (that is, anti-Slav) racism. Here are some
interesting examples:
Yugoslav Chief Rabbi on Serbophobia by Danon Cadik, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/danon/YugoRabb.html
Hijacking the Holocaust by Todd Emoff at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/emoff/hijack.html
'A flimsy pretext of humanitarianism' by Michael Mandel, at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/mandel/aflimsy.htm
Unveiling Similarities: Anti-Serbism & Anti-Semitism by Jared Israel, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/debates/Blitz.html
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>We have received this message from a source in Israel, regarding the
current
>status of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all victims of the Ustasha
>(Croatian Nazis). If you or your family was victimized by the Ustasha
during
>the Second World War, the plaintiffs' attorneys named below would
appreciate
>it if you would contact them. They are collecting testimony regarding
>Ustasha atrocities against Jews, Serbs, and Roma.
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>T.V. & Alida Weber
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>COMPLAINT -- FILED JANUARY 21, 2000; PAPERS SERVED ON VATICAN BANK AND
>FRANCISCAN ORDER; NEW ATTORNEYS ON LEGAL TEAM; CROATIAN NEO-NAZIS NAMED IN
>LAWSUIT; SWISS NATIONAL BANK NAMED IN LAWSUIT
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>Vatican Bank Claims website: http://www.vaticanbankclaims.com
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>
>Jonathan H. Levy
>P.O.B. 6080
>Cincinnati, OHIO 45206
>Office Tel: 513-528-0586
>Email: resistk@...
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>Tom Easton
>1335 Pebble Beach Drive
>Crescent City, CA 95531
>Office Tel: 707-464-4513
>Office Fax: 707-465-5389
>Email: tomeaston@...
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>(Gregorian Date: May 19 2000) (Hijri Date: 14 Safar, 1421), Root &
Branch:
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>
>CLASS PLAINTIFFS OF FIRST AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT -- FILED JANUARY
>21, 2000
>
>
>We are still gathering testimonies of World War Two Ustashi atrocities.
>All testimonies are important because they demonstrate to the Judge the
>importance of our cause. If you would like to write your testimony for us,
>and sign it as a Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury for our eventual use
>in federal court and to be added to the next pleading, we will be very
>appreciative. Your support is very important to the success of this case.
>
>Please send an original copy of your testimony by regular mail to: Tom
>Easton, 1335 Pebble Beach Dr, Crescent City CA 95531-3350.
>
>If you would NOT like your testimony to be publicized by any media, please
>make a notation at the end: DO NOT USE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION.
>
>Below is the list of Class Plaintiffs in the First Amended Class Action
>Complaint of 21 January 2000 (mailed out on 19 January from Crescent City
>to San Francisco federal court), with the addition of Betsy Lalich's
>declaration of February 8 as an example of how we would like to utilize
>your testimonies as declarations that we can submit to the US District
>Court at a later time.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF EMIL ALPERIN was born June 3, 1922. Prior to the German invasion
>of Ukraine, he resided in Odessa, Ukraine at 63 Sverdlova Street, Apt. 11.
>Germans and allied Fascists believed to be Croatians looted and destroyed
>all the household belongings and personal property of Alperin. Plaintiff
>was held prisoner at Buchenwald Concentration Camp from March 1944 until
>April 1945 where he was prisoner #34646. He currently resides in Kharkov,
>Ukraine. Emil Alperin is Jewish.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF JEWGENIJA ROMANOVA, formerly Petruchina, was born December 7,
>1927. Before the German occupation, she resided in Nikolayev, Ukraine at
>13 Kolodeznaya Street. Germans and allied Fascists, believed to be
>Croatians, looted and destroyed all the household belongings and personal
>property of Romanova. Romanova was held prisoner at Ravensbruck
>Concentration Camp from March 1944 until April 1945 where she was prisoner
>#33543. Romanova currently resides in Kharkov, Ukraine.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF MARIA DANKEWITSCH was born January 29, 1922. Before the German
>occupation, she resided in Sevastopol, Ukraine in the Fudolf District.
>Germans and allied Fascists believed to be Croatians looted and destroyed
>all the household belongings and personal property of Dankewitsch.
>Dankewitsch was held prisoner at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp from
>February 1943 until May 1945 where she was prisoner #17406. Dankewitsch
>currently resides in Kiev, Ukraine.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF VLADIMIR MORGUNOV was born September 2, 1925. Before the German
>occupation, he resided in Mariupol, Ukraine in the 75 Kotovskoogo Street.
>Germans and allied Fascists believed to be Croatians looted and destroyed
>all the household belongings and personal property of Morgunov. Morgunov
>was held prisoner at Buchenwald Concentration Camp from March 1943 until
>April 1945 where he was prisoner #13341. Morgunov's current address is in
>Kiev.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF VLADIMIR BRODICH was born March 1, 1931 in the Kingdom of
>Yugoslavia. As a young Serbian Orthodox boy, Vladimir resided in the town
>of Kostajnica, Krajina. In April, 1941 a German officer came to his home,
>because both of his parents were fluent in German (his father having lived
>in Austria and his mother having received her high school education in
>Salzburg, Austria). The officer showed them photographs of Ustasha
>atrocities, warning them that they should leave immediately for Belgrade
>beyond the reach of the Ustasha. The German officer prepared documents for
>the escape of the whole family. Unfortunately, the town mayor persuaded
>his father to stay. In August, 1941 the Ustasha took away his father
>Nickola, his 24 year old brother Dragomir, and his older sister to a
>detention center. Vladimir's father and brother were tortured, then
>murdered. Before their death, his father asked to embrace his son, and
>thus they were shot together. Five years later, their bodies were exhumed
>and identified because still embracing one another. At the detention
>center Vladimir's sister was gang raped by Ustasha. She only survived
>because of the efforts of a Chetnik partisan (who was later captured,
>tortured, and thrown alive into an oven to die by the Ustasha), and died in
>1997 without being able to bear children. Vladimir and his mother survived
>by escaping to Belgrade. Vladimir's family lost their two homes, and
>because Vladimir's brother was so wealthy, it took the Ustasha more than
>two years to auction all of his murdered brother's property. Vladimir came
>to the United States in 1949, is the only surviving heir to the family
>property, and currently resides in Arizona.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF WILLIAM DORICH was born July 17, 1939 in West Virginia.
>Plaintiff's father, Samuel Todorovic Sr., came to the United States at the
>end of World War One as a "displaced person," (along with plaintiff's
>brother George and their parents) from the village of Vojnic in the Krajina
>region, having been "ethnically cleansed" by Croatians who sided with
>Germany in World War One. Upon becoming a naturalized citizen Samuel
>Todorovic Sr., changed the family name to Dorich just prior to the birth of
>his two sons, Samuel Jr., and William. During World War One, the Ustasha
>burned to death 45 Serbian victims in the Orthodox Serbian church in the
>village of Vojnic, of which 17 victims were relatives of the Dorich family.
> Plaintiff has spent his lifetime speaking out against the Ustasha and is
>the author of numerous books on the Balkans. The only member of
>plaintiff's family still alive is his 83 year-old Serbian-American mother,
>Mary Savage Dorich. Plaintiff resides in California.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF IGOR NAJFELD was born June 28, 1944 in Yugoslavia, on the day
>that his mother, a Yugoslavian Jewish physician, and his father, a Polish
>Jewish physician, escaped from 3 years of forced labor by the Ustasha
>Regime beginning in 1941. Plaintiff's parents had been living in Zagreb on
>April 10, 1941 when the Nazi's invaded Yugoslavia, but by 4 October 1941
>the Ustasha Regime had imprisoned plaintiff's parents who were later sent
>as forced laborers to Bosnia. Plaintiff's grandparents, who were sent to
>Jasenovac and murdered there, owned a department store in Slavonski Brod
>that was looted and taken over by the Ustashi. 56 of plaintiff's mother's
>relatives were murdered by the Ustasha, many of whom perished in the
>Jasenovac Concentration Camp system. Most of plaintiff's relatives were
>prosperous and all lost property to the Ustasha looting. Plaintiff grew up
>in Yugoslavia and eventually emigrated to the United States, where he now
>resides in Vermont.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF UKRAINE ORGANIZATION OF UKRAINIAN ANTIFASCIST RESISTANCE FIGHTERS
>is recognized by Ukrainian Ministry of Justice as an official
>representative of 8,500 former partisans and resistors of the Nazi
>occupation of Ukraine and concentration camp victims.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF UKRAINIAN UNION OF NAZI VICTIMS AND PRISONERS represents over
>300,000 former slave and forced laborers, prisoners, concentration camp,
>and ghetto survivors.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF JASEONVAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, established in 1998, is a
>non-profit (503-1) human rights organization and research institute
>registered in the state of Michigan committed to establishing the truth
>about the Holocaust in Yugoslavia and dedicated to the search for justice
>for its victims. The JRI promotes research and activities designed to
>enlighten the world to the crimes of genocide committed at Jasenovac and
>wartime Yugoslavia against Serbs, Jews and Romas and provides assistance to
>all groups and individuals who likewise seek justice for these victims.
>The JRI is also dedicated to fostering unity, justice and the survival of
>the Serbian people and of their cultural heritage worldwide, and it
>promotes cooperation and better relations between all peoples in the
>Balkans.
>
>
>ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFF:
>
>
>DECLARATION OF LIZABETH LALICH IN SUPPORT OF ALPERIN et al. v. VATICAN BANK
>et al., USDC No. C99-4941 MMC
>
>I, Lizabeth Lalich, declare as follows:
>
>1. My paternal family (Lalich): In May 1945, 48 family members, all women
>and children from the Lalich family were murdered and placed in a mass
>grave. They were killed by Croatian Ustasha after they descended from
>hiding in the mountains above their village in Korencia, Lika (Krajina)
>Yugoslavia. The war had just been declared "over" and they thought it was
>safe to return home.
>
>2. My maternal family (Knezevic): Jovan Knezevic, brother of my
>grandfather Stojan Knezevic, was taken from his home and tortured and
>murdered by the Croatian Ustasha in May 1944, in Mutilich, Lika (Krajina),
>Yugoslavia. He was 30 years old.
>
>3. My cousin Dusanka Kovacevic (niece of my grandfather Stojan Knezevic)
>was taken from her home in Dalmatia to Croatian capital Zagreb, along with
>other kidnapped Serbs, and hung to death on Serbian Eastern Orthodox
>Christmas, January 7, 1942. She was a teenager.
>
>I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
>California that the foregoing is true and correct and executed this 8th day
>of February, 2000, in Chicago, Illinois. /s/ Lizabeth Lalich
>
>
>********
>
>
>PAPERS SERVED ON VATICAN BANK AND FRANCISCAN ORDER
>
>The defendants Vatican Bank and the Franciscan Order have been served their
>copies of the lawsuit. We are awaiting their official responses to the
>court.
>
>
>********
>
>
>NEW ATTORNEYS ON LEGAL TEAM
>
>Several attorneys have joined our legal team, each bringing with them
>unique knowledge and resources that will contribute to the success of the
>lawsuit.
>
>
>They are:
>
>
>K. LEE BOYD is an Associate Professor at Pepperdine University Law School
>and a graduate of Harvard Law School. Lee is the author of several
>articles on International Law and does pro bono work in international
>litigation.
>
>
>MILOSH D. MILENKOVICH came to the United States from Yugoslavia in 1954.
>He is the President of a worldwide Serbian organization and an attorney in
>Cleveland, Ohio.
>
>
>JOY ROTHENBERG has been recognized by the Governor of Ohio for her work
>with Holocaust survivors. She writes, travels, and lectures extensively on
>the issue of Holocaust restitution.
>
>
>********
>
>
>CROATIAN NEO-NAZIS NAMED IN LAWSUIT
>
>
>Plaintiffs in Alperin v. Vatican Bank, a class action lawsuit filed by
>Serb, Jewish and Ukrainian Holocaust survivors seeking restitution of the
>Word War II Croatian-Nazi treasury, have named as defendants the Croatian
>Liberation Movement and other as yet unnamed Croatian groups in a motion
>filed May 3, 2000 in San Francisco Federal Court. Other defendants include
>the Vatican Bank and Franciscan Order of Monks in the class action lawsuit
>filed in San Francisco Federal Court.
>
>A 1998 U.S. State Department report implicated both the Vatican, and Swiss
>National Bank in the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars of
>gold, silver, and money looted by the 1941-1945 Croatian regime known as
>the Ustashe from Serbs, Jews, and others. Plaintiffs originally filed suit
>in November 1999 and later obtained wartime and postwar U.S. government
>documents under the Freedom of Information Act that indicated the
>involvement of Vatican and Swiss banks in concealing and transferring
>stolen gold and money between 1944 and 1952 including cash transfers to
>Croatian war criminals in Argentina.
>
>The Croatian Neo-Nazis known as the Croatian Liberation Movement were
>reestablished in Argentina in 1956 as the successors to the wartime
>Croatian Nazis. The WWII wartime leader of Croatia, Ante Pavelic, the war
>criminal responsible for the deaths of 750,000 Serbs, Jews, and Gypsies,
>served as the first leader of the Croatian Liberation Movement until his
>death in 1959. The Croatian Neo-Nazis committed terrorist acts worldwide
>and acted as hired mercenaries in South America and Africa until Croatia's
>secession from Yugoslavia in 1991. Their activities were funded with the
>remnants of the Nazi era Croatian Treasury. After Croatia's independence
>in 1991, the exiles filtered back to Croatia to engage in yet another round
>of violence and ethnic atrocities. Until last year the son-in-law of
>Pavelic headed the Croatian Liberation Movement while working as a Croatian
>diplomat in Rome.
>
>
>***********************
>
>
>SWISS NATIONAL BANK NAMED IN LAWSUIT
>
>
>Plaintiffs in Alperin v. Vatican Bank, a class action lawsuit filed by
>Jewish, Serb and Ukrainian Holocaust
>survivors seeking restitution of the Word War II Croatian-Nazi treasury,
>have named the Swiss National
>Bank and other as yet unnamed Swiss Banks in a motion filed May 3, 2000 in
>San Francisco Federal Court.
>
>A 1998 U.S. State Department report implicated both the Vatican and Swiss
>National Bank in the disappearance
>of hundreds of millions of dollars of gold, silver, and money looted by the
>1941-1945 Croatian regime
>known as the Ustashe from Serbs, Jews, and others.
>
>Plaintiffs originally filed suit in November, 1999 and later obtained
>wartime and postwar U.S. government
>documents under the Freedom of Information Act that indicated the
>involvement of Swiss banks in concealing
>and transferring stolen gold and money between 1944 and 1952 including cash
>transfers to war criminals in
>Argentina.
>
>The allegation filed May 3 reads:
>
>According to the Eizenstat Report, the Swiss National Bank acted as a
>depository for Ustashe loot. The
>Independent Commission of Experts -- Switzerland -- Second World War, known
>as the Bergier Commission, also links Swiss banks with Croatian wartime
>gold transactions (p. 21 of report). United States O.S.S. documents as
>early as 1944 indicate 500 kilograms of gold were deposited by the
>Croatians in the Swiss National Bank along with 2.5 million francs. A 1946
>United Treasury Department report estimates 12 to 16 million francs in gold
>deposits were still controlled by the Ustashi in Swiss bank accounts. A
>1949 C.I.A. document alleges that of 1945, the Ustashi had holdings of 2.5
>million Swiss francs, 1,700 kilograms of gold, and 40,000 kilograms of
>silver in Swiss accounts. A 1948 U.S. Army Intelligence reports confirmed
>that 2,400 kilos of Ustashi stolen gold were moved from the Vatican to one
>of the Vatican's secret Swiss bank accounts. Finally, a 1952 C.I.A.
>document indicates Pavelic, the Ustashi leader, transferred 5 million Swiss
>francs from Switzerland to Argentina.
>
>However, no Swiss bank has yet been named as a defendant. Plaintiffs'
>attorneys have requested
>clarification from counsel in the recently settled 1.25 billion dollar
>Swiss Bank Holocaust class action
>which released Swiss banks from liability for World War II era dealings
>with the Nazis. Plaintiffs however contend that postwar deposits, possibly
>from the Vatican Bank to Swiss Banks may be outside the scope of the
>settlement.
>
>
>********
>
>
>The Vatican Bank Claims website is now working at:
>
>http://www.vaticanbankclaims.com
>
>For further information, please contact:
>
>Law Offices of Thomas Dewey Easton
>
>Jonathan H. Levy
>P.O.B. 6080
>Cincinnati, OHIO 45206
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>Email: resistk@...
>
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>1335 Pebble Beach Drive
>Crescent City, CA 95531
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>Office Fax: 707-465-5389
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This address here is for the Croatia Mission of NATO in Brussels!!!
--------- Forwarded Message ---------
DATE: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:55:48
From: "Jonathan Levy" <jlevy1@...>
To: <msdarkstar@...>
News for Immediate Release
Easton & Levy, Attorneys
Jonathan Levy (513) 528-0586
jlevy1@...
www.vaticanbankclaims.com
Swiss National Bank faces New Holocaust Lawsuit:
1.25 Billion Dollar Settlement May Offer No Protection
Plaintiffs in Alperin v. Vatican Bank, a class action lawsuit filed by
Holocaust survivors seeking restitution of the Word War II Croatian-Nazi
treasury have asked the court for leave to sue the Swiss National Bank
in a
motion to be filed August 1, 2000 in San Francisco Federal Court.
Lawyers for the Holocaust survivors and their families contend that Serb
WWII victims were purposely omitted from the 1.25 billion Swiss Bank
settlement. In WWII Croatia, the Nazi puppet government murdered
upwards of
700,000 Serbs because of their religion and expelled or forcibly
converted
to Catholicism hundreds of thousands of others. The Serbs were
persecuted
because of their Eastern Orthodox Christian religion, which was
considered
heretical by the Catholic hierarchy. Just like the Jews, Serbs were
exterminated in concentration camps or subject to murderous pogroms.
Fanatic Croatian Catholics known as the Ustasha often supervised by
priests
committed the atrocities.
Documents in the plaintiffs' possession show that the Swiss National
Bank
received substantial gold and silver deposits from the Croatian regime
responsible for the genocide of Serbs. The US State Department has
found
that much of the gold and other treasure sent to Switzerland by the
Croatians consisted of loot taken from victims of the Ustasha. Postwar,
the
gold trail becomes confused, although some loot was returned to Tito's
Yugoslavia, a substantial portion found its way to Argentina where with
help
from the Vatican escape route known as the "ratline", thousands of
Ustasha
war criminals and their supporters were resettled.
As late as 1952, the CIA reported Ustasha loot flowed to Buenos Aires
from
Switzerland. Plaintiffs are seeking an accounting and restitution from
the
Swiss National Bank and in particular information about Vatican accounts
in
Switzerland. The Vatican Bank is also accused of laundering substantial
quantities of Ustasha plunder.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Milan B. Milojevic <mailto:milanbm@...>
To: jatich@... <mailto:jatich@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: HOSTILE MEDIA AGAINST SERBIA
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: SERBIA,KOSOVO,ZIONIST,ISRAEL
Source: Zionist Organization of America
Published: March 29,1999 Author: Elyakim Ha'etzni
Posted on 07/04/2000 15:15:24 PDT by
THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA'S ISRAEL NEWS CONNECTION
HOSTILE MEDIA AGAINST SERBIA
by Elyakim Ha'etzni
Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio
Broadcast on March 29, 1999 / Nisan 12, 5759
WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT
It is certainly unnecessary to explain to the listeners of Arutz-7
all about "hostile media." But did
you ever realize that there is another group suffering from
similarly hostile media? The Serbs, for
example?
Without condoning the terrible war crimes no doubt committed by
the Serbs, we and they basically
find ourselves in the same boat. The world press under-states each
of our respective sides, while it
embellishes the Arab-Moslem case, and sweeps under the carpet its
faults, crimes, and inherent
dangers. Both the Serbs and the Israelis are given to
American-European pressure on behalf of the
Moslems.
We were forced in Wye Plantation to give over portions of our
homeland to the Arabs, and the Serbs
are being forced right now to hand over a sovereign region of
theirs, Kosovo, to the Moslem
Albanians.
The Serbs, in fact, call Kosovo their "Jerusalem" - would it be
that we would learn from them how
to stand fast in conviction and determination and strength when
the time comes for us to fight for our
Jerusalem.
[Ed. note: Arutz-7 commentator Rabbi Avraham Wasserman noted that
the Kotzker Rebbe said that
we should learn strong steadfastness even from Pharaoh, who did
not give in for the duration of nine
terrible plagues.]
EVEN IF THEY ALL DIE
The Serbs lost their holy Kosovo to the Turks 600 years ago, and
have dreamt and sung about it ever
since then. They have woven their national identity around Kosovo.
We have pined for Zion and Jerusalem more than three times as
long, and with it all, tell me if there is
one politician amongst us who would say about Jerusalem what
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister
Draskovitch said about Kosovo. Draskovitch, it should be noted,
does not agree with his Prime
Minister, but he and the entire Serbian nation are united around
the Kosovo issue.
Draskovitch said:
"Our faith was born there, as was our language, our nationhood,
our pride. It is incumbent upon us to
defend Kosovo even if we all die." An American reporter asked him
if he does not want his hungry
country to become a part of the West and to share in its wealth.
He answered, "Not if the price is
Kosovo."
THE SERBS FOUGHT THE NAZIS
The hostile press does not tell us who the Serbs really are. From
amongst all the Yugoslavian
peoples, they bore the main brunt of the fight against the Nazis
in World War II. The Croatians
established a Nazi state, and murdered hundreds of thousands of
Serbs and tens of thousands of Jews.
Jews and Serbs are buried together in the Yasenovatz destruction
camp.
0From within Muslim Bosnia, with inciteful encouragement by the
Mufti of Jerusalem,
a Jew-killing SS Division arose. The Serbs kept dozens of German
divisions
occupied in battle, and caused them great losses. Serbia was the
only country in
Europe that threw off the German conquest on its own, paying a
terrible price
along the way: 1,700,000 dead - 11% of its total population.
The partisan army numbered a quarter of a million, including many
Jews, and it
saved thousands of Jews. How could Clinton possibly think that a
people who
went through all this would surrender to an air attack of the type
of which Saddam
Hussein made a mockery?
The hostile media hide from the public the fact that "ethnic
purifications" have
taken place all over Yugoslavia. The Croatians expelled 200,000
Serbs from the
Krajna district. From Kosovo itself, the Moslems - beginning the
moment they
received autonomy there in 1974 - pushed out a half-million Serbs,
while 400,000
Albanians spilled over the border, turning the Serbs into a 10%
minority in their
own homeland.
What are the Serbs fighting about? Milosevich agreed to restore
the autonomy to
the Moslems. He merely refused the NATO demand to bring in 30,000
foreign
troops to his country. What self-respecting country would have
accepted such a
dictate? Clinton had great difficulty explaining why he attacked a
sovereign
country simply because of an internal dispute within its own
borders.
The situation there is not at all the same as Iraq's attempt to
wipe out a foreign
country. If the present attack is justified, why didn't NATO
intervene in China
against the oppression of the Tibetans? What about when Sudan
slaughtered 2.5
million Christian blacks in Khartoum? Why doesn't NATO force its
member state
Turkey to give to the Kurds what it demands for the Kosovo
Albanians? These are
merely a few of the many similar examples all over the globe.
RENEWING THE COLD WAR
In truth, the attack has nothing to do with ethics. Only pure
political pro-Arab interests are at stake
- oil. The U.S. intervened in Afghanistan on behalf of the Moslem
extremists - who are now
engaged in blowing up American embassies and using their
American-supplied Stingers to endanger
aviation all over the world.
Even worse, the Americans, all for the sake of Kosovo, are
themselves endangering
American-Russian relations and the precious gift that Gorbachev
gave the world - the lifting of the
Iron Curtain. Russia and the Serbs are bound by a historic
alliance.
When NATO armed the Croatians and the Bosnians against the Serbs,
and even bombed the Serbs from
the air, Russia renewed its diplomatic and military relations with
Iran, Iraq, and Syria - and we,
Israel, are the victims of the renewal of the Cold War in the
Middle East. This is a direct result of the
defective American policy in Yugoslavia.
American diplomatic failures have left their blood-stained marks
of destruction all over the world:
in Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, Beirut, Somalia, Panama, Bosnia, Arafat's
Palestine, and now Kosovo. This
new method of forcing a country to give up parts of its territory
under the threat of international
attack is now being tested. *Are we next in line?*
Israel's media are acting as if this has nothing to do with us.
The contrary appears to be true: just as the
press here is against us and in favor of Arafat, it is also in
favor of the Moslems in Yugoslavia. At the
behest of Yossi Sarid of Meretz, our left-wing government of a few
years ago sent humanitarian aid
to the Bosnians, of all people, and even absorbed Bosnian
refugees.
We, the listeners of Arutz-7, are in favor of the Jews! We will be
alert and attentive to what is
happening in Kosovo, as it may be a general rehearsal for what
could happen here if we don't give the
Palestinian terrorists a state with Jerusalem as its capital.
AID TO BOTH SIDES
But not only our own self-interest is at play here. The
gratefulness that we have to the
Serbs for their actions in World War II also demands that we
listen to both sides,
and to send aid also to the Serbian victims. Sarid is again
insisting that the Foreign
Ministry send aid only to the Moslems. I call upon the listeners
to demand that
Foreign Minister Sharon (fax: (972-2) 530-3506; sar@...)
put an end to
the one-sided leftist aid only to the Moslems, and send aid also
to the Serbs. A
public committee should arise to send aid to the Serbs, as well.
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israeliano alla frantumazione della RFSJ e' stato anteposto alla memoria
storica del nazismo!
(Sulle forniture di armi da Israele alla Croazia suggeriamo la lettura
del libro "Traffico di armi" di Gambino e Grimaldi, Editori Riuniti)
* Storico israeliano contesta la politica antiserba della NATO
* Avvocati ebrei in Israele e Svizzera in prima linea nella battaglia
per la restituzione da parte del Vaticano dei beni della vittime dei
clerico-nazisti ustascia
* Appello della Zionist Organization of America contro la politica
antiserba di Israele e delle principali organizzazioni ebraiche
Sulla politica "umanitaria" delle lobby sioniste in Jugoslavia si veda:
http://www.jdc.org/programs/yugoslavia.html
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc.
Per la puntata precedente si veda:
http://www.egroups.com/message/crj-mailinglist/193?&start=175
Introduction to the Vatican Bank Claims
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Zagreb's VINA 3/7/00: "Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister
Goran Granic and Israel's Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh
agreed in Zagreb on Tuesday [7 March] that the two countries
should start intensifying their cooperation immediately, the
Government said in a statement. In that regard, the two
officials agreed on a visit by a Croatian government delegation
to Israel."
Taken from:
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ISRAEL NEWS CONNECTION
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Monday, March 13, 2000 5:00 AM EST (1000 UTC)
Editor: Michael C. Hoffman O&F: 301-681-0858
Email: michaelh@...
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Actually its funny that you should have noticeed the Israel-Croatia
cooperation story...This isn't just politics, according to an edition of
GLOBUS (Croatian magazine) dated April (Travnja), 2nd, 1999 (No.434) on
pages 26-28 we are told that the HV (the Croatian Army) should be
equiped in
two years time with Israel's "Galil" automatic weapon [Israel's version
of
the M-16] for Croatian infantry. The magazine points out the "Galil's"
compatibility with NATO weapons but then goes on to make a huge fuss of
the
fact that Croatia is buying Israeli weapons instead of serializing the
"made
in Croatia" APS 95 which is produced by the arms-manufacturer "ARMA".
STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG
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After the Rain - How the West Lost the East -
http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/after.html
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/israeli.htm
Israeli historian slams NATO policy
Edited by The Emperor's New Clothes - www.tenc.net
Tel Aviv, February 24th 2000 (Tanjug) - NATO's attack on the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia is similar to Hitler's W.W.II onslaught argues
historian Anat Peri in her article, "Let the truth be heard", published
today in the eminent Israeli paper Haarec.
Along with the creation of the Independent State of Croatia under the
clerical-fascist Ustashi and the handing over of Kosovo to a fascist
Albanian regime, Hitler ordered that all the Serbs opposing Nazism be
expelled. According to Peri, Germany and the US have encouraged the
secession of Croatia and the expulsion of the Serbian population from
Croatian territory, just as Hitler did.
The US provided the fascistic, secessionist Albanian army with arms,
encouraged it to attack the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to take
control of parts of the southern Serbian province of Kosovo and to
attack
Serbian soldiers. America supported ethnic Albanian gangster-terrorists
and accused ethnic Albanian intellectuals from Kosovo of cooperating
with
the Serbs, according to the Israeli historian.
Anat Peri states that Ibrahim Rugova, a leader of Kosovo ethnic
Albanians,
fears for his life because of the US-backed KLA terrorists. Under the
patronage of the US government, these terrorists have become the
murderers
not only of Serbs, but also of Albanians opposing their violence.
According to Peri, NATO's policies very much resemble Hitler's.
NATO's interest lies in provoking violence between the small nations
that
comprised Yugoslavia in order to enforce submission, says the Israeli
historian.
In contrast to its claims, NATO aggression wasn't to protect ethnic
Albanians; rather the purpose was to attack Russia's last ally in
Europe.
After the arrival of KFOR and UNMIK, the majority of the Serbian
population has been expelled from Kosovo, the remaining Serbs are being
murdered daily, while KFOR representatives are unconcerned, says Ms.
Peri.
***
Further reading
Some Jewish leaders have actively engaged in Serb-bashing and even
trivialized the Holocaust by comparing Yugoslavia's defense of its
soveriengty to Hitler's attempt to create a nightmare world. But other
Jewish intellectuals and leaders have spoken out in defence of truth and
against anti-Serbian (that is, anti-Slav) racism. Here are some
interesting examples:
Yugoslav Chief Rabbi on Serbophobia by Danon Cadik, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/danon/YugoRabb.html
Hijacking the Holocaust by Todd Emoff at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/emoff/hijack.html
'A flimsy pretext of humanitarianism' by Michael Mandel, at
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/mandel/aflimsy.htm
Unveiling Similarities: Anti-Serbism & Anti-Semitism by Jared Israel, at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/debates/Blitz.html
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>We have received this message from a source in Israel, regarding the
current
>status of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all victims of the Ustasha
>(Croatian Nazis). If you or your family was victimized by the Ustasha
during
>the Second World War, the plaintiffs' attorneys named below would
appreciate
>it if you would contact them. They are collecting testimony regarding
>Ustasha atrocities against Jews, Serbs, and Roma.
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>Vatican-Nazi Lawsuit/News: CLASS PLAINTIFFS OF FIRST AMENDED CLASS ACTION
>COMPLAINT -- FILED JANUARY 21, 2000; PAPERS SERVED ON VATICAN BANK AND
>FRANCISCAN ORDER; NEW ATTORNEYS ON LEGAL TEAM; CROATIAN NEO-NAZIS NAMED IN
>LAWSUIT; SWISS NATIONAL BANK NAMED IN LAWSUIT
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>1335 Pebble Beach Drive
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>Crescent City, California, Yom Shishi (Sixth Day - "Friday"), 14 Iyar, 5760
>(Gregorian Date: May 19 2000) (Hijri Date: 14 Safar, 1421), Root &
Branch:
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>CLASS PLAINTIFFS OF FIRST AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT -- FILED JANUARY
>21, 2000
>
>
>We are still gathering testimonies of World War Two Ustashi atrocities.
>All testimonies are important because they demonstrate to the Judge the
>importance of our cause. If you would like to write your testimony for us,
>and sign it as a Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury for our eventual use
>in federal court and to be added to the next pleading, we will be very
>appreciative. Your support is very important to the success of this case.
>
>Please send an original copy of your testimony by regular mail to: Tom
>Easton, 1335 Pebble Beach Dr, Crescent City CA 95531-3350.
>
>If you would NOT like your testimony to be publicized by any media, please
>make a notation at the end: DO NOT USE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION.
>
>Below is the list of Class Plaintiffs in the First Amended Class Action
>Complaint of 21 January 2000 (mailed out on 19 January from Crescent City
>to San Francisco federal court), with the addition of Betsy Lalich's
>declaration of February 8 as an example of how we would like to utilize
>your testimonies as declarations that we can submit to the US District
>Court at a later time.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF EMIL ALPERIN was born June 3, 1922. Prior to the German invasion
>of Ukraine, he resided in Odessa, Ukraine at 63 Sverdlova Street, Apt. 11.
>Germans and allied Fascists believed to be Croatians looted and destroyed
>all the household belongings and personal property of Alperin. Plaintiff
>was held prisoner at Buchenwald Concentration Camp from March 1944 until
>April 1945 where he was prisoner #34646. He currently resides in Kharkov,
>Ukraine. Emil Alperin is Jewish.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF JEWGENIJA ROMANOVA, formerly Petruchina, was born December 7,
>1927. Before the German occupation, she resided in Nikolayev, Ukraine at
>13 Kolodeznaya Street. Germans and allied Fascists, believed to be
>Croatians, looted and destroyed all the household belongings and personal
>property of Romanova. Romanova was held prisoner at Ravensbruck
>Concentration Camp from March 1944 until April 1945 where she was prisoner
>#33543. Romanova currently resides in Kharkov, Ukraine.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF MARIA DANKEWITSCH was born January 29, 1922. Before the German
>occupation, she resided in Sevastopol, Ukraine in the Fudolf District.
>Germans and allied Fascists believed to be Croatians looted and destroyed
>all the household belongings and personal property of Dankewitsch.
>Dankewitsch was held prisoner at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp from
>February 1943 until May 1945 where she was prisoner #17406. Dankewitsch
>currently resides in Kiev, Ukraine.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF VLADIMIR MORGUNOV was born September 2, 1925. Before the German
>occupation, he resided in Mariupol, Ukraine in the 75 Kotovskoogo Street.
>Germans and allied Fascists believed to be Croatians looted and destroyed
>all the household belongings and personal property of Morgunov. Morgunov
>was held prisoner at Buchenwald Concentration Camp from March 1943 until
>April 1945 where he was prisoner #13341. Morgunov's current address is in
>Kiev.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF VLADIMIR BRODICH was born March 1, 1931 in the Kingdom of
>Yugoslavia. As a young Serbian Orthodox boy, Vladimir resided in the town
>of Kostajnica, Krajina. In April, 1941 a German officer came to his home,
>because both of his parents were fluent in German (his father having lived
>in Austria and his mother having received her high school education in
>Salzburg, Austria). The officer showed them photographs of Ustasha
>atrocities, warning them that they should leave immediately for Belgrade
>beyond the reach of the Ustasha. The German officer prepared documents for
>the escape of the whole family. Unfortunately, the town mayor persuaded
>his father to stay. In August, 1941 the Ustasha took away his father
>Nickola, his 24 year old brother Dragomir, and his older sister to a
>detention center. Vladimir's father and brother were tortured, then
>murdered. Before their death, his father asked to embrace his son, and
>thus they were shot together. Five years later, their bodies were exhumed
>and identified because still embracing one another. At the detention
>center Vladimir's sister was gang raped by Ustasha. She only survived
>because of the efforts of a Chetnik partisan (who was later captured,
>tortured, and thrown alive into an oven to die by the Ustasha), and died in
>1997 without being able to bear children. Vladimir and his mother survived
>by escaping to Belgrade. Vladimir's family lost their two homes, and
>because Vladimir's brother was so wealthy, it took the Ustasha more than
>two years to auction all of his murdered brother's property. Vladimir came
>to the United States in 1949, is the only surviving heir to the family
>property, and currently resides in Arizona.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF WILLIAM DORICH was born July 17, 1939 in West Virginia.
>Plaintiff's father, Samuel Todorovic Sr., came to the United States at the
>end of World War One as a "displaced person," (along with plaintiff's
>brother George and their parents) from the village of Vojnic in the Krajina
>region, having been "ethnically cleansed" by Croatians who sided with
>Germany in World War One. Upon becoming a naturalized citizen Samuel
>Todorovic Sr., changed the family name to Dorich just prior to the birth of
>his two sons, Samuel Jr., and William. During World War One, the Ustasha
>burned to death 45 Serbian victims in the Orthodox Serbian church in the
>village of Vojnic, of which 17 victims were relatives of the Dorich family.
> Plaintiff has spent his lifetime speaking out against the Ustasha and is
>the author of numerous books on the Balkans. The only member of
>plaintiff's family still alive is his 83 year-old Serbian-American mother,
>Mary Savage Dorich. Plaintiff resides in California.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF IGOR NAJFELD was born June 28, 1944 in Yugoslavia, on the day
>that his mother, a Yugoslavian Jewish physician, and his father, a Polish
>Jewish physician, escaped from 3 years of forced labor by the Ustasha
>Regime beginning in 1941. Plaintiff's parents had been living in Zagreb on
>April 10, 1941 when the Nazi's invaded Yugoslavia, but by 4 October 1941
>the Ustasha Regime had imprisoned plaintiff's parents who were later sent
>as forced laborers to Bosnia. Plaintiff's grandparents, who were sent to
>Jasenovac and murdered there, owned a department store in Slavonski Brod
>that was looted and taken over by the Ustashi. 56 of plaintiff's mother's
>relatives were murdered by the Ustasha, many of whom perished in the
>Jasenovac Concentration Camp system. Most of plaintiff's relatives were
>prosperous and all lost property to the Ustasha looting. Plaintiff grew up
>in Yugoslavia and eventually emigrated to the United States, where he now
>resides in Vermont.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF UKRAINE ORGANIZATION OF UKRAINIAN ANTIFASCIST RESISTANCE FIGHTERS
>is recognized by Ukrainian Ministry of Justice as an official
>representative of 8,500 former partisans and resistors of the Nazi
>occupation of Ukraine and concentration camp victims.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF UKRAINIAN UNION OF NAZI VICTIMS AND PRISONERS represents over
>300,000 former slave and forced laborers, prisoners, concentration camp,
>and ghetto survivors.
>
>
>PLAINTIFF JASEONVAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, established in 1998, is a
>non-profit (503-1) human rights organization and research institute
>registered in the state of Michigan committed to establishing the truth
>about the Holocaust in Yugoslavia and dedicated to the search for justice
>for its victims. The JRI promotes research and activities designed to
>enlighten the world to the crimes of genocide committed at Jasenovac and
>wartime Yugoslavia against Serbs, Jews and Romas and provides assistance to
>all groups and individuals who likewise seek justice for these victims.
>The JRI is also dedicated to fostering unity, justice and the survival of
>the Serbian people and of their cultural heritage worldwide, and it
>promotes cooperation and better relations between all peoples in the
>Balkans.
>
>
>ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFF:
>
>
>DECLARATION OF LIZABETH LALICH IN SUPPORT OF ALPERIN et al. v. VATICAN BANK
>et al., USDC No. C99-4941 MMC
>
>I, Lizabeth Lalich, declare as follows:
>
>1. My paternal family (Lalich): In May 1945, 48 family members, all women
>and children from the Lalich family were murdered and placed in a mass
>grave. They were killed by Croatian Ustasha after they descended from
>hiding in the mountains above their village in Korencia, Lika (Krajina)
>Yugoslavia. The war had just been declared "over" and they thought it was
>safe to return home.
>
>2. My maternal family (Knezevic): Jovan Knezevic, brother of my
>grandfather Stojan Knezevic, was taken from his home and tortured and
>murdered by the Croatian Ustasha in May 1944, in Mutilich, Lika (Krajina),
>Yugoslavia. He was 30 years old.
>
>3. My cousin Dusanka Kovacevic (niece of my grandfather Stojan Knezevic)
>was taken from her home in Dalmatia to Croatian capital Zagreb, along with
>other kidnapped Serbs, and hung to death on Serbian Eastern Orthodox
>Christmas, January 7, 1942. She was a teenager.
>
>I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
>California that the foregoing is true and correct and executed this 8th day
>of February, 2000, in Chicago, Illinois. /s/ Lizabeth Lalich
>
>
>********
>
>
>PAPERS SERVED ON VATICAN BANK AND FRANCISCAN ORDER
>
>The defendants Vatican Bank and the Franciscan Order have been served their
>copies of the lawsuit. We are awaiting their official responses to the
>court.
>
>
>********
>
>
>NEW ATTORNEYS ON LEGAL TEAM
>
>Several attorneys have joined our legal team, each bringing with them
>unique knowledge and resources that will contribute to the success of the
>lawsuit.
>
>
>They are:
>
>
>K. LEE BOYD is an Associate Professor at Pepperdine University Law School
>and a graduate of Harvard Law School. Lee is the author of several
>articles on International Law and does pro bono work in international
>litigation.
>
>
>MILOSH D. MILENKOVICH came to the United States from Yugoslavia in 1954.
>He is the President of a worldwide Serbian organization and an attorney in
>Cleveland, Ohio.
>
>
>JOY ROTHENBERG has been recognized by the Governor of Ohio for her work
>with Holocaust survivors. She writes, travels, and lectures extensively on
>the issue of Holocaust restitution.
>
>
>********
>
>
>CROATIAN NEO-NAZIS NAMED IN LAWSUIT
>
>
>Plaintiffs in Alperin v. Vatican Bank, a class action lawsuit filed by
>Serb, Jewish and Ukrainian Holocaust survivors seeking restitution of the
>Word War II Croatian-Nazi treasury, have named as defendants the Croatian
>Liberation Movement and other as yet unnamed Croatian groups in a motion
>filed May 3, 2000 in San Francisco Federal Court. Other defendants include
>the Vatican Bank and Franciscan Order of Monks in the class action lawsuit
>filed in San Francisco Federal Court.
>
>A 1998 U.S. State Department report implicated both the Vatican, and Swiss
>National Bank in the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars of
>gold, silver, and money looted by the 1941-1945 Croatian regime known as
>the Ustashe from Serbs, Jews, and others. Plaintiffs originally filed suit
>in November 1999 and later obtained wartime and postwar U.S. government
>documents under the Freedom of Information Act that indicated the
>involvement of Vatican and Swiss banks in concealing and transferring
>stolen gold and money between 1944 and 1952 including cash transfers to
>Croatian war criminals in Argentina.
>
>The Croatian Neo-Nazis known as the Croatian Liberation Movement were
>reestablished in Argentina in 1956 as the successors to the wartime
>Croatian Nazis. The WWII wartime leader of Croatia, Ante Pavelic, the war
>criminal responsible for the deaths of 750,000 Serbs, Jews, and Gypsies,
>served as the first leader of the Croatian Liberation Movement until his
>death in 1959. The Croatian Neo-Nazis committed terrorist acts worldwide
>and acted as hired mercenaries in South America and Africa until Croatia's
>secession from Yugoslavia in 1991. Their activities were funded with the
>remnants of the Nazi era Croatian Treasury. After Croatia's independence
>in 1991, the exiles filtered back to Croatia to engage in yet another round
>of violence and ethnic atrocities. Until last year the son-in-law of
>Pavelic headed the Croatian Liberation Movement while working as a Croatian
>diplomat in Rome.
>
>
>***********************
>
>
>SWISS NATIONAL BANK NAMED IN LAWSUIT
>
>
>Plaintiffs in Alperin v. Vatican Bank, a class action lawsuit filed by
>Jewish, Serb and Ukrainian Holocaust
>survivors seeking restitution of the Word War II Croatian-Nazi treasury,
>have named the Swiss National
>Bank and other as yet unnamed Swiss Banks in a motion filed May 3, 2000 in
>San Francisco Federal Court.
>
>A 1998 U.S. State Department report implicated both the Vatican and Swiss
>National Bank in the disappearance
>of hundreds of millions of dollars of gold, silver, and money looted by the
>1941-1945 Croatian regime
>known as the Ustashe from Serbs, Jews, and others.
>
>Plaintiffs originally filed suit in November, 1999 and later obtained
>wartime and postwar U.S. government
>documents under the Freedom of Information Act that indicated the
>involvement of Swiss banks in concealing
>and transferring stolen gold and money between 1944 and 1952 including cash
>transfers to war criminals in
>Argentina.
>
>The allegation filed May 3 reads:
>
>According to the Eizenstat Report, the Swiss National Bank acted as a
>depository for Ustashe loot. The
>Independent Commission of Experts -- Switzerland -- Second World War, known
>as the Bergier Commission, also links Swiss banks with Croatian wartime
>gold transactions (p. 21 of report). United States O.S.S. documents as
>early as 1944 indicate 500 kilograms of gold were deposited by the
>Croatians in the Swiss National Bank along with 2.5 million francs. A 1946
>United Treasury Department report estimates 12 to 16 million francs in gold
>deposits were still controlled by the Ustashi in Swiss bank accounts. A
>1949 C.I.A. document alleges that of 1945, the Ustashi had holdings of 2.5
>million Swiss francs, 1,700 kilograms of gold, and 40,000 kilograms of
>silver in Swiss accounts. A 1948 U.S. Army Intelligence reports confirmed
>that 2,400 kilos of Ustashi stolen gold were moved from the Vatican to one
>of the Vatican's secret Swiss bank accounts. Finally, a 1952 C.I.A.
>document indicates Pavelic, the Ustashi leader, transferred 5 million Swiss
>francs from Switzerland to Argentina.
>
>However, no Swiss bank has yet been named as a defendant. Plaintiffs'
>attorneys have requested
>clarification from counsel in the recently settled 1.25 billion dollar
>Swiss Bank Holocaust class action
>which released Swiss banks from liability for World War II era dealings
>with the Nazis. Plaintiffs however contend that postwar deposits, possibly
>from the Vatican Bank to Swiss Banks may be outside the scope of the
>settlement.
>
>
>********
>
>
>The Vatican Bank Claims website is now working at:
>
>http://www.vaticanbankclaims.com
>
>For further information, please contact:
>
>Law Offices of Thomas Dewey Easton
>
>Jonathan H. Levy
>P.O.B. 6080
>Cincinnati, OHIO 45206
>Office Tel: 513-528-0586
>Email: resistk@...
>
>Tom Easton
>1335 Pebble Beach Drive
>Crescent City, CA 95531
>Office Tel: 707-464-4513
>Office Fax: 707-465-5389
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>To: pmsrev@...
This address here is for the Croatia Mission of NATO in Brussels!!!
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DATE: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:55:48
From: "Jonathan Levy" <jlevy1@...>
To: <msdarkstar@...>
News for Immediate Release
Easton & Levy, Attorneys
Jonathan Levy (513) 528-0586
jlevy1@...
www.vaticanbankclaims.com
Swiss National Bank faces New Holocaust Lawsuit:
1.25 Billion Dollar Settlement May Offer No Protection
Plaintiffs in Alperin v. Vatican Bank, a class action lawsuit filed by
Holocaust survivors seeking restitution of the Word War II Croatian-Nazi
treasury have asked the court for leave to sue the Swiss National Bank
in a
motion to be filed August 1, 2000 in San Francisco Federal Court.
Lawyers for the Holocaust survivors and their families contend that Serb
WWII victims were purposely omitted from the 1.25 billion Swiss Bank
settlement. In WWII Croatia, the Nazi puppet government murdered
upwards of
700,000 Serbs because of their religion and expelled or forcibly
converted
to Catholicism hundreds of thousands of others. The Serbs were
persecuted
because of their Eastern Orthodox Christian religion, which was
considered
heretical by the Catholic hierarchy. Just like the Jews, Serbs were
exterminated in concentration camps or subject to murderous pogroms.
Fanatic Croatian Catholics known as the Ustasha often supervised by
priests
committed the atrocities.
Documents in the plaintiffs' possession show that the Swiss National
Bank
received substantial gold and silver deposits from the Croatian regime
responsible for the genocide of Serbs. The US State Department has
found
that much of the gold and other treasure sent to Switzerland by the
Croatians consisted of loot taken from victims of the Ustasha. Postwar,
the
gold trail becomes confused, although some loot was returned to Tito's
Yugoslavia, a substantial portion found its way to Argentina where with
help
from the Vatican escape route known as the "ratline", thousands of
Ustasha
war criminals and their supporters were resettled.
As late as 1952, the CIA reported Ustasha loot flowed to Buenos Aires
from
Switzerland. Plaintiffs are seeking an accounting and restitution from
the
Swiss National Bank and in particular information about Vatican accounts
in
Switzerland. The Vatican Bank is also accused of laundering substantial
quantities of Ustasha plunder.
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From: Milan B. Milojevic <mailto:milanbm@...>
To: jatich@... <mailto:jatich@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: HOSTILE MEDIA AGAINST SERBIA
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: SERBIA,KOSOVO,ZIONIST,ISRAEL
Source: Zionist Organization of America
Published: March 29,1999 Author: Elyakim Ha'etzni
Posted on 07/04/2000 15:15:24 PDT by
THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA'S ISRAEL NEWS CONNECTION
HOSTILE MEDIA AGAINST SERBIA
by Elyakim Ha'etzni
Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio
Broadcast on March 29, 1999 / Nisan 12, 5759
WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT
It is certainly unnecessary to explain to the listeners of Arutz-7
all about "hostile media." But did
you ever realize that there is another group suffering from
similarly hostile media? The Serbs, for
example?
Without condoning the terrible war crimes no doubt committed by
the Serbs, we and they basically
find ourselves in the same boat. The world press under-states each
of our respective sides, while it
embellishes the Arab-Moslem case, and sweeps under the carpet its
faults, crimes, and inherent
dangers. Both the Serbs and the Israelis are given to
American-European pressure on behalf of the
Moslems.
We were forced in Wye Plantation to give over portions of our
homeland to the Arabs, and the Serbs
are being forced right now to hand over a sovereign region of
theirs, Kosovo, to the Moslem
Albanians.
The Serbs, in fact, call Kosovo their "Jerusalem" - would it be
that we would learn from them how
to stand fast in conviction and determination and strength when
the time comes for us to fight for our
Jerusalem.
[Ed. note: Arutz-7 commentator Rabbi Avraham Wasserman noted that
the Kotzker Rebbe said that
we should learn strong steadfastness even from Pharaoh, who did
not give in for the duration of nine
terrible plagues.]
EVEN IF THEY ALL DIE
The Serbs lost their holy Kosovo to the Turks 600 years ago, and
have dreamt and sung about it ever
since then. They have woven their national identity around Kosovo.
We have pined for Zion and Jerusalem more than three times as
long, and with it all, tell me if there is
one politician amongst us who would say about Jerusalem what
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister
Draskovitch said about Kosovo. Draskovitch, it should be noted,
does not agree with his Prime
Minister, but he and the entire Serbian nation are united around
the Kosovo issue.
Draskovitch said:
"Our faith was born there, as was our language, our nationhood,
our pride. It is incumbent upon us to
defend Kosovo even if we all die." An American reporter asked him
if he does not want his hungry
country to become a part of the West and to share in its wealth.
He answered, "Not if the price is
Kosovo."
THE SERBS FOUGHT THE NAZIS
The hostile press does not tell us who the Serbs really are. From
amongst all the Yugoslavian
peoples, they bore the main brunt of the fight against the Nazis
in World War II. The Croatians
established a Nazi state, and murdered hundreds of thousands of
Serbs and tens of thousands of Jews.
Jews and Serbs are buried together in the Yasenovatz destruction
camp.
0From within Muslim Bosnia, with inciteful encouragement by the
Mufti of Jerusalem,
a Jew-killing SS Division arose. The Serbs kept dozens of German
divisions
occupied in battle, and caused them great losses. Serbia was the
only country in
Europe that threw off the German conquest on its own, paying a
terrible price
along the way: 1,700,000 dead - 11% of its total population.
The partisan army numbered a quarter of a million, including many
Jews, and it
saved thousands of Jews. How could Clinton possibly think that a
people who
went through all this would surrender to an air attack of the type
of which Saddam
Hussein made a mockery?
The hostile media hide from the public the fact that "ethnic
purifications" have
taken place all over Yugoslavia. The Croatians expelled 200,000
Serbs from the
Krajna district. From Kosovo itself, the Moslems - beginning the
moment they
received autonomy there in 1974 - pushed out a half-million Serbs,
while 400,000
Albanians spilled over the border, turning the Serbs into a 10%
minority in their
own homeland.
What are the Serbs fighting about? Milosevich agreed to restore
the autonomy to
the Moslems. He merely refused the NATO demand to bring in 30,000
foreign
troops to his country. What self-respecting country would have
accepted such a
dictate? Clinton had great difficulty explaining why he attacked a
sovereign
country simply because of an internal dispute within its own
borders.
The situation there is not at all the same as Iraq's attempt to
wipe out a foreign
country. If the present attack is justified, why didn't NATO
intervene in China
against the oppression of the Tibetans? What about when Sudan
slaughtered 2.5
million Christian blacks in Khartoum? Why doesn't NATO force its
member state
Turkey to give to the Kurds what it demands for the Kosovo
Albanians? These are
merely a few of the many similar examples all over the globe.
RENEWING THE COLD WAR
In truth, the attack has nothing to do with ethics. Only pure
political pro-Arab interests are at stake
- oil. The U.S. intervened in Afghanistan on behalf of the Moslem
extremists - who are now
engaged in blowing up American embassies and using their
American-supplied Stingers to endanger
aviation all over the world.
Even worse, the Americans, all for the sake of Kosovo, are
themselves endangering
American-Russian relations and the precious gift that Gorbachev
gave the world - the lifting of the
Iron Curtain. Russia and the Serbs are bound by a historic
alliance.
When NATO armed the Croatians and the Bosnians against the Serbs,
and even bombed the Serbs from
the air, Russia renewed its diplomatic and military relations with
Iran, Iraq, and Syria - and we,
Israel, are the victims of the renewal of the Cold War in the
Middle East. This is a direct result of the
defective American policy in Yugoslavia.
American diplomatic failures have left their blood-stained marks
of destruction all over the world:
in Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, Beirut, Somalia, Panama, Bosnia, Arafat's
Palestine, and now Kosovo. This
new method of forcing a country to give up parts of its territory
under the threat of international
attack is now being tested. *Are we next in line?*
Israel's media are acting as if this has nothing to do with us.
The contrary appears to be true: just as the
press here is against us and in favor of Arafat, it is also in
favor of the Moslems in Yugoslavia. At the
behest of Yossi Sarid of Meretz, our left-wing government of a few
years ago sent humanitarian aid
to the Bosnians, of all people, and even absorbed Bosnian
refugees.
We, the listeners of Arutz-7, are in favor of the Jews! We will be
alert and attentive to what is
happening in Kosovo, as it may be a general rehearsal for what
could happen here if we don't give the
Palestinian terrorists a state with Jerusalem as its capital.
AID TO BOTH SIDES
But not only our own self-interest is at play here. The
gratefulness that we have to the
Serbs for their actions in World War II also demands that we
listen to both sides,
and to send aid also to the Serbian victims. Sarid is again
insisting that the Foreign
Ministry send aid only to the Moslems. I call upon the listeners
to demand that
Foreign Minister Sharon (fax: (972-2) 530-3506; sar@...)
put an end to
the one-sided leftist aid only to the Moslems, and send aid also
to the Serbs. A
public committee should arise to send aid to the Serbs, as well.
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* DECLARATION OF THE SOVEREIGN REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA;
POLITICAL PLATFORM (MOSLEM NATIONAL COUNCIL)
* Alija Izetbegovic: his background and philosophies
(A briefing paper produced for Members for the 1992/3 Session of
Australian Parliament, Monday 21 December 1992)
* MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION (FreeRepublic, The Observer, StopNato)
* Sul passato politico di Izetbegovic e sulla presenza islamista in
Bosnia-Erzegovina si vedano anche le nostre pagine internet:
http://marx2001.org/crj/bosna.html
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* The text below was published in October 1991 in the Bosnian
*
* magazine Vox. With permission from the book "The Eradication of
*
* of Serbs" that provided evidence that led to indictments at The
*
* Hague. Authenticity can be confirmed by writing to P.O. Box 163,
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* CDN, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3S 2S5.
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DECLARATION
OF THE SOVEREIGN REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
The Declaration of the Sovereignity of the Republic of
Bosnia-Her-
zegovina is the basic constitutional act of the Moslems and all
educa-
ted and reasonable people of Herzeg-Bosna. Kitabun enzelnahu ileike
mubarekun lijeddebbem ajadhive li jetezekke ululelbabi-huden ve
zikra
li uteil-elbabi.
1.Bosnia-Herzegovina is the sovereign state of the Moslems and
other nations. It is the state of origin of the Moslems in the
Balkan
Peninsula.
2.The sovereignity of Bosnia-Herzegovina is indivisible and its
territorial integrity is inviolable.
3.Concurrent with the independence of the Republic of Slovenia
from Yugoslavia, the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina will
immediately
proclaim itself an independent state.
4. The Moslem nation which is the bearer of the sovereignity of
Bosnia-Herzegovina recognises cultural autonomy for Croats, Serbs
and
other nations of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
5. The citizens of the sovereign state of Bosnia-Herzegovina
will
also have a say in its defence affairs, based on patriotic
fellowship,
patriotism and co-existence.
6. The state of origin of the Moslems and other nations of the
Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina will resolve the national question
of
the Croats, Serbs and other nations on the basis of reciprocity,
which
is the guarantee recognised by intemational law, in a state ruled
by
law, human rights and human freedoms.
7. The Declaration of the Sovereign State of Bosnia-Herzegovina
will be proclaimed by the people at a referendum by a simple
majority
vote.
INITIATORY BOARD
MOSLEM
NATIONAL COUNCIL
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POLITICAL PLATFORM
OF THE MOSLEM NATIONAL COUNCIL
Brother Moslems
With your permission and the help of Allah, the Moslem National
Council has been appointed to achieve the age-long dream of all
Moslems, to create a Moslem state in the Balkan Peninsula.
History teaches us that we are a nation without an identity, a
nation without a state of its own and a nation without a bright
future.
Others have always written our history, studied our origins, taught
us
what we were and what we were not.
Our agas and beys kept telling us: "It is not yet time. Have
patience brother Moslems". How much longer, brother Moslems? If we
hold the same view that truth is eternal and unchangeable and the
truth is, brothers, that every fifth man in the world is a Moslem,
then this applies to the Balkans as well.
The Moslem National Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina was not
founded
with pomp like the Serbian National Councils in Srb, Knin, Banja
Luka
and Ozren with the slogan: "Only concord saves the Serbs", and the
Serbian Democratic Party for Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
We are only a parallel for them and while they exist so will
the
Moslem National Council. Bratunac has not been chosen as the centre
of
this council without reason. It is the geographical centre of the
Moslems in Yugoslavia and that region still bears the extremely
negative marks of the war. The time has come to start with the
homogenisation of the Moslems, as other nations have done. What has
been achieved after the elections? Workers are still being
dismissed,
people do not receive their pensions, the people are poor and there
are no prospects. The "MNV" is here to draw conclusions. One of our
main tasks will be to establish Bosnia-Herzegovina as a sovereign
state of the Moslems and other nationals who live in it. The Serbs
and
Croats cannot have two or three states and the Moslems ask whether
they have one at all. We shall organise a rally during Bairam in
the
neighbourhood of Bratunac where we shall invite Izetbegovic,
Zulfikarpasic, Durakovic, Filipovic, Muhic and Mr. Karadzic will
also
be invited. It will not be a rally at which we shall throw flowers,
the Moslems will take a clear political stand. This is a unique
opportunity, it is a time that will not come again, and we are
again
late and are still divided.
PRIORITY GOALS OF THE MNV
1. To abolish the State Security Service (DB)
Explanation: The State Security Service of Bosnia-Herzegovina
currently employs 1,062 agents, 90% are Serbs.
2. For the Party of Democratic Action to pass a law to
unconditionally
disband the State Security Service.
3. For the Party of Democratic Action to pass a law on
de-nationalisa-
tion and for the confiscated property to be restored to the
citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
4. For the Assembly of Bosnia-Herzegovina to pass and to start
procee-
dings to draw up a new constitution in which the Moslem nation
will be the bearer of sovereignity.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO SERBS IN THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA
The day is nearing when the announced Islamic Republic of
Bosnia-Herzegovina will be proclaimed. The date which every
Moslem in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sandzak is ardently waiting
for has been known for a long time to be the 31st December.
There are some indications that Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina
might oppose this historic event. In this connection, certain
measures have been taken which will be applied if the Serb
population of Bosnia-Herzegovina does not agree to this idea.
1. Every individual Serb must be aware of the responsibility
of the entire nation for his uncontrolled actions; the penalty
for crimes committed will be collective - for one demolished
Moslem house, ten Serb houses will be demolished - for one dead
Moslem, one hundred Serbs will be liquidated - for one wounded
Moslem (depending on the severity of the wound) 10-15 Serbs.
2. All Serbs will have a 12-hour working day. Their wages
will be proportionate to the loyalty of all the employees and
as a rule they will be paid 30% less than the wages of Moslems
who occupy the same post.
3. Serbs will have priority in the dismissal of redundant
workers.
4. Serbs cannot enter public institutions without special
passes.
5. Serbs will receive rations for food which they will obtain
in
special shops.
6. Serbs do not have national parties and if they do not
abide
by the rules of political life, they will not be entitled to
political Organization or to vote.
7. In the Islamic Republic, the right of Serbs to produce
alcohol will not be withdrawn, but Moslems are entitled to apply
the Sheriat to all inhabitants of the state.
8. Serbs are equal to Moslems if, of their own will, they are
received into the Islamic faith of their forefathers. No one has
the right to refer to their previous life because they are not
guilty for being Serbs. No generation is accountable for the
actions of the previous one, or some other that preceded it.
9. A good Serb is a living and obedient Serb; or a dead,
disobedient Serb.
---
From Alija Izetbegovic. 1990. Islamska Deklaracija. Published by Mala
Muslimanska Biblioteka. 'little Muslim Library', issued by the Muslim
Cultural-Historical Circle. First published in 1970.
I quote [translation mine]:
page 22: "There is no peace nor coexistence between the 'Islamic faith'
and
non-Islamic social and political institutions.... "
Izetbegovic in effect called for the annihilation -- through
conversion,
expulsion or killing he does not say -- of non-Muslims. Page 37:
"The Islamic movement can be realized only in lands in which Muslims
constitute the majority of the population.' ... Non-Islamic minorities
within the Islamic state, ON CONDITION OF LOYALTY, enjoy religious
freedom
and full protection."
Izetbegovic does not spell out what he means by 'loyalty' or what
happens to
those accused of disloyalty. Before war broke out, his youth publication
VOX
featured a cartoon cover showing fez-wearing characters playing with the
severed heads of Karadzic, Koljevic, and Krajisnik [just arrested by
NATO]...
j p maher
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BALKAN RESEARCH CENTRE MEMBERS BRIEF
Alija Izetbegovic: his background and philosophies
A briefing paper produced for Members
for the 1992/3 Session of Australian Parliament
Monday 21 December 1992
ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC - BRIEF
ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC, leader of the SDA (Muslim Party of Democratic
Action), is currently the
President of the Presidency of Bosnia-Hercegovina. He was born in
Bosanski Samac in 1925,
went to school in Sarajevo, and eventually completed law school; he had
no schooling in religion
within the Islamic school system.
Izetbegovic's Early Years
From his early youth, Izetbegovic dedicated himself to Islamic work. At
16 he became part of the
group that founded religious-political organisation "Young Muslims" in
Sarajevo, in 1940. From
the very outset the "YM" was modelled on fundamentalist formations in
the Islamic world, such
as "As-subban al-muslimun" and "Al-ikwan al-muslimun". One of the five
points of the "YM"
programme insisted on the unity of the Muslim world through the creation
of one large Muslim
state.
During the Second World War, the "YM" grew and become part of a network
of Islamic religious
groups headed by the highly conservative theologian of the Mehmed
Handzic (1906-1944). The
"YM" were not officially pro-fascist in orientation, though they were
pursued for this by the
Communist regime after 1945. There were, however, many individual
examples of active
collaboration with the Ustashi government.
Izetbegovic was arrested in 1946, for his significant participation in
founding the Muslim journal
MUDZAHID. He spent the next three years in jail for promoting hatred. At
the same time, his
friend Nedzib Sacirbegovic was given a four year prison sentence.
Sacirbegovic is now
Izetbegovic's personal representative in the USA and his son Muhamed, is
Bosnia-Hercegovina's ambassador to the UN. Izetbegovic has
systematically promoted to top
positions in the SDA people who were political "cadres" in the original
"YM" movement.
In February 1949, the "Young Muslims" started an open revolt. This was
short-lived. During
subsequent trials held in Sarajevo in 1949, four members of the "YM"
were sentenced to death
and many were given prison sentences.
After this lesson, Islamic activists stopped creating illegal groups and
started working on
Islamisation "from underneath". This meant penetrating the very pores of
the system's
institutions, including the formal Islamic community, because the
activists considered their
leaders to be traitors to the authentic Islamic cause. From the
beginning Izetbegovic preferred
Shiite Islamic radicalism in comparison to the Sunni.
Izetbegovic's doctrine - "The Islamic Declaration"
Izetbegovic published many articles in Muslim journals (TAKVIM, GVIS,
etc.), discussing the
sad state of Islam and the necessity for its universal regeneration.
In 1970, he wrote and distributed to people of confidence, his specific
manifesto or programme for
radical pan-Islam - the ISLAMIC DECLARATION.
In this booklet, similar to many of the same type circulating in the
Islamic world, but the only one
of its sort in Yugoslavia, Izetbegovic advocated:
- general Islamic moral and religious regeneration;
- a return to true Islamic values;
- (re)Islamisation of Muslims;
- creation and strengthening of different types of Islamic unity;
- struggle, up to and including political and armed war for the creation
of an Islamic order in
countries where Muslims represent majority, or near majority of the
population.
In line with his pan-Islamic and anti-secular thinking, Izetbegovic
stated in the ISLAMIC
DECLARATION that:
- there should be the establishment of "a united Islamic community from
Morocco to Indonesia";
- with reference to the Turkish model - "Turkey as an Islamic country
used to rule the world.
Turkey as an imitation of Europe represents a third-rate country, the
like of which there is a
hundred in the world":
- "there can be neither peace nor coexistence between the Islamic faith
and non-Islamic social
and political institutions";
- "the Islamic movement must and can, take over political power as soon
as it is morally and
numerically so strong that it can not only destroy the existing
non-Islamic power, but also to build
up a new Islamic one".
The ISLAMIC DECLARATION is imbued with a deep-set intolerance towards
"the values of
western civilisation", both capitalist and Marxist. It was re-published
in 1990 in Sarajevo,
testifying to the fact that its author, in the meantime, had in no way
gone back on his positions -
one of Islamic fundamentalism.
Muslims who gathered around the re-published ISLAMIC DECLARATION, were
former
members of the "YM" and new activists. They tie their activities to
those of Muslim centres
abroad - religious, political, propaganda and economic - above all with
specific groups in Iran.
In his book ISLAM BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, published first in the USA
(1984) and then
Turkey, develops his views on the superiority of Islam over all other
religions, cultures, ideologies
and philosophies. This book was published in Serbo-Croatian, only in
Belgrade in 1988; the
Sarajevo authorities used all means to prevent it getting published at
all.
Izetbegovic - leader of Bosnia's Muslims
With a group of Muslim activists, Izetbegovic was arrested in 1983 for
activities against the
state. As the chief defendant, he was sentenced to fourteen years. In
1988, he was released after
less than six years of prison.
After the fall of Communism in Yugoslavia, Izetbegovic became one of the
leaders in the creation
of the SDA party (1990), as a Muslim political party. He was elected
President with the support
of his old fellows from the ranks of the "YM" and the support of the
young radicals.
Izetbegovic gave his new, nominally national and civilian political
party, a deeply-set religious
connotation. As the first president of the collective Presidency of this
young state, and by far the
most influential Muslim politician on the soil of former Yugoslavia
(having ousted his more popular
rival Fikret Abdic), the strength of his position allows him to pursue
his youthful (pan)Islamic
dreams.
His internal and external policies changed tactfully as per the power
struggle both inside and
outside of Yugoslavia. But, from a strategic standpoint Izetbegovic has
not budged an inch from
his early conception that "every good Muslim, through his formal
engagement, including the
political one, at all times and all places, must above all serve Islam,
by force if necessary".
Because of Izetbegovic's anti-Communism, the fundamentalist radicalism
of the political
programme contained in the ISLAMIC DECLARATION, went virtually unnoticed
in most western
countries.
As such, the rise of a native and authentic Islamic fundamentalist
movement in Yugoslavia, was
for the West, up until recently, an incomprehensible and inconceivable
idea. For some, it remains
so today.
This fanatical conviction of Izetbegovic - namely that the highest
motive justifies every move,
every decision, (including that of disposing of his predecessors), has
definitely helped plunge
Bosnia into the midst of an ethnic and religious war.
Summary
Only after one carefully considers the foregoing does it become
understandable why, recently,
Izetbegovic signed an agreement for the "cantonisation" of Bosnia with
representatives of the
European Community in Lisbon, and cancelled it two days later.
Izetbegovic will accept any kind
of deal in order to get his way - he is not ashamed if it is proved that
he lies, because he says "all
is allowed for Islam".
Now it seems logical why Izetbegovic visited only radical Muslim
countries during the first nine
months of his presidency. Izetbegovic is a man who is willing to
sacrifice half of the population to
achieve his religious goals - to be the first president of an Islamic
state in Europe - however
small.
In the light of above facts one can better understand Izetbegovic's
statements of sympathy for the
"Islamic Revolution" in Iran.
Only Izetbegovic and Ayatollah Khomeini, out of all presidents who
officially visited Turkey, did
not pay respect to the grave of Ataturk - for them he was a traitor of
fundamentalist Muslim
principles.
December 1992
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MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION
Foreign Affairs Breaking News Announcement Keywords: BOSNIAN MUJAHIDEEN
TERRORISTS
Author: Janez Kovac
Posted on 07/22/2000 05:56:42 PDT by BlackBird-Kosovo1389
MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION The planned eviction of mujahideen in
northern
Bosnia is threatening to turn into a major crisis.
Showing they mean business, the new moderate leadership in the northern
town of Maglaj recently sought to remove one of the biggest problems in
the region - mujahideen and their families.
The Islamic fundamentalists living in the remote village of Bocinja
Donja
are being forced to hand their homes over to their original occupants -
Bosnian Serbs.
The improved security and political situation in Bosnia has this year
led
to a significant increase in refugee returns. More than 15,000 have been
repatriated in the first six months of 2000, three times more than in
the
same period last year.
Evictions of those who occupy refugees' homes often provokes anger,
tears.
Its very mention brought about a crisis in Bocinja. Locals blocked a
main
road through the region for three days. Police eventually ended the
protest, arresting and later releasing 19 people, including several
mujahideen. The real problems, however, are likely to begin when police
start evicting the Bocinja residents.
Before the war, Bocinja was home to some 3,000 Bosnian Serbs. After the
conflict, it hit the headlines when the Bosnian Muslim leadership
allowed
a group of foreign and local mujahideens to move into the abandoned Serb
houses.
During the war, some of these Islamic fighters fought alongside the
Muslim-led government forces. When the fighting came to an end, some of
them married local women and were granted Bosnian citizenship and
accommodation, in recognition of their contribution to the war effort.
The scale of their contribution, however, has long been debated.
Bosnians
claimed that many foreign mujahideen avoided combat. They suspect they
only came here to gather intelligence or train and plot terrorist and
criminal activities.
The existence of a mujahideen community in the heart of Europe was a
constant worry for western, especially American, diplomats. In 1996 and
1997, they persuaded Bosnian Muslim leader, Alija Izetbegovic, to expel
several of those with criminal records.
At least 300 Islamic fighters, their local followers and women and
children, remained in Bocinja, where they lived separate lives
untroubled
by local police, tax-collectors or any other authorities. Outsiders
never
set foot in the small community.
Every so often, stories of mujahideen harassing "unbelievers" in local
towns appeared in the press. Several were alleged to have been involved
in
criminal or terrorist activities both in and outside Bosnia. Worst of
all,
since the end of the war, the Islamists were never properly disarmed.
Local police, army, and even UN and NATO-led peacekeepers, were
reluctant
to search houses in Bocinja.(Aiding and abetting war-criminals, which is
what this situation sounds like
As a result of Bocinja's bad reputation, the Maglaj region received
little
international reconstruction aid. Many local firms and industries which
survived the war are now close to collapse because of the lack of funds.
The situation started to change after the April 8 local elections, when
the leading Bosnian opposition party, the Socialist Democratic Party
,SDP,
defeated the ruling Muslim nationalist SDA party in Maglaj.
Soon after taking up his new office, the new SDP mayor of Maglaj, Mehmed
Bradaric, said one of his first priorities was to evict mujahideen
families from Bocinja to facilitate the return of its former Bosnian
Serb
residents.
His statement prompted displaced Muslims living in two abandoned Serb
villages near Bocinja to set up roadblocks. UN and local police say that
mujahideen encouraged the protesters. They are said to have told them
that
once they are evicted the Maglaj authorities will remove refugees from
other villages to prepare the ground for the mass return of the pre-war
Bosnian Serb population.
The Maglaj authorities, meanwhile, were facing yet another problem -
their
own police. With the SDA still in power in the cantonal government and
interior ministry, local police were reluctant to intervene in the
unfolding Maglaj crisis, even after the municipal authorities proclaimed
a
state of emergency.
Consequently, a humanitarian and security problem also quickly became a
focus for political conflict between SDA and SDP. The Bocinja deadlock
eventually ended after Bosnia's top international mediator,the High
Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, said he was holding Zenica canton
Interior Minister "personally responsible" for a speedy resolution of
the
crisis. The roadblocks were removed a day later.
Following negotiations between local, cantonal and federal authorities,
it
was agreed that local police would start evicting two local Muslim
households from Bocinja every day from July 24. "Foreign" mujahideen
would
be left to the end. Meanwhile, the federal government pledged two
million
German marks for the reconstruction of abandoned and devastated
apartments
in Maglaj, to accommodate those from Bocinja who have no where to go.
The one problem with the plan is that no one asked Mujahideen whether
they
agreed with it. Local analysts fear that some Islamic fighters might
choose to take the law into their own hands.
-
Bosnia's holy warriors ready to fight evictions
Special report: Serbia
Alix Kroeger in Sarajevo
Sunday July 23, 2000
The Observer
Bosnian police are preparing to take on one of the strangest and most
difficult legacies of the war - the Mujahideen who have settled in the
former Serb villages in central Bosnia.
Although a programme of deportation is not due to begin until tomorrow,
tensions are high and police have made arrests.
The Mujahideen originally came from Iran, Afghanistan and other Islamic
countries, offering their services as freelance freedom fighters
alongside the Muslim-dominated Bosnian government army. Most of Bosnia's
Muslims have little truck with the strict form of Islam practised by the
Mujahideen. Nevertheless, in the depths of the war, with a United
Nations arms embargo blocking most sources of weapons, the government
army asked no questions of anyone volunteering to help.
By rights, the Mujahideen should have gone home four years ago. The
Dayton peace accord, which was signed in December 1995, ordered all
foreign forces to leave the country within a month. However, many of the
Mujahideen now have Bosnian citizenship.
After the war the former holy warriors settled in the villages around
Maglaj, in central Bosnia. The area was Serb-dominated before the war,
but by 1996 the local Serbs had fled or been killed, victims of ethnic
cleansing. Many of the Mujahideen married Bosnians and lived undisturbed
with their new families in other people's houses.
But with a sudden increase in the number of refugee returns, that's
about to change. This year the logjam has broken, and people are
returning to their homes in greater numbers than ever before. Between
January and May of this year, more than 15,000 refugees went back to
their homes. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
is struggling to keep up with the demand for assistance.
At the same time the international community is renewing its efforts to
get Bosnia's property laws implemented. This means getting local
authorities to evict illegal occupants, thus freeing houses for their
rightful owners to return.
Among those wanting to return are the displaced Serbs of Bocinja, near
Maglaj, one of the main centres of the Mujahideen. The displaced Serbs
are ready to go back for good.
The UNHCR spokeswoman in Sarajevo, Barbara Smith, described Bocinja as a
'difficult area for returns'. As of the end of May, only 57 people had
gone back this year. The scene is set for a confrontation between local
police and Mujahideen.
Last week local media reports that evictions were due to begin led
people around Bocinja to set up two roadblocks. The International Police
Task Force (IPTF), which has been monitoring the situation, reported 40
to 50 people on the roadblocks. In fact, evictions are not due to begin
until tomorrow. Nevertheless, it took the local police three days to
move in and dismantle the barricades. Nineteen people were arrested,
including several described as 'foreigners or Mujahideen'.
The first people to be evicted will be displaced Serbs and Muslims who
are also living around Bocinja. They will be taken out of their houses,
along with their belongings, and moved to temporary accommodation
elsewhere. But the Mujahideen know they are also on the list, and it is
that which is likely to lead to further disturbances.
No one knows exactly how many Mujahideen there are, but most estimates
put their numbers at 60 to 70 families. Their presence hasn't always
been trouble-free. Last year police in Turkey arrested a man travelling
on a Bosnian passport who was said to be a member of the terrorist
organisation run by the exiled Saudi fundamentalist Osama bin Laden.
The International Crisis Group, a think tank which produces regular
reports on Bosnia, says the Mujahideen are a 'source of potential
political and ethnic instability in central Bosnia'. In 1994 a British
aid worker was killed around Zenica, allegedly by Mujahideen. And in
early 1996, French S-For troops raided a camp in the hills outside
Fojnica, where they found explosives and booby-traps. The director of
the ICG, James Lyon, said the base 'bore all the signs of a terrorist
training camp'.
The new moves to get rid of the Mujahideen mark a shift in tactics.
They're no longer being dealt with as illegal foreign forces; instead,
they're considered as squatters. The IPTF said last week's roadblocks
appeared to be 'a co-ordinated attempt to halt the evictions process in
Bocinja'.
Oleg Milisic, spokesman for the Office of the High Representative, which
oversees the implementation of the Dayton accord, said: 'This is not a
political issue. It is an issue of the law and citizens' rights to their
property. Property rights must be respected as part of the returns
process now under way across the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina.'
-
Tuesday, 18 July, 2000, 19:48 GMT 20:48 UK
Mujahideen fight Bosnia evictions
By Alix Kroeger in Sarajevo
About 80 people in central Bosnia are manning road blocks around a
village
where evictions from illegally occupied properties were reported to be
imminent.
The villages are largely occupied by Mujahideen, ex-soldiers from
Islamic
countries, who came over to fight for the Muslim dominated Bosnian army
during the war.
Many of them have settled in villages around the municipality of Maglai,
and
are now living illegally in Serb-owned houses.
The evictions are part of a renewed effort to free up properties for the
return of their rightful owners.
The roadblocks went up on Monday afternoon following media reports that
the
evictions would start on Tuesday morning.
Although these reports are incorrect - evictions are not due to begin
until
next week - 40-50 people, mainly women and children, blocked two roads
into
the village of Bochinja near Maglai.
After two hours of negotiations, the road blocks were lifted, but by
Monday
evening they were back in place, manned by greater numbers.
Open secret
The local assembly met in emergency session on Monday night, but the
United
Nations mission to Bosnia said both the minister of the interior for the
municipality and his deputy were absent and out of contact.
The Mujahideen fought for the pro-muslim Bosnian army
The presence of the Mujahideen, who come mainly from Afghanistan and
Pakistan, is something of an open secret in Bosnia.
They are not supposed to be there, but they are.
Under the Dayton Peace Accord all foreign fighters except the
stabilisation
force S-For were supposed to leave by January 1996.
Instead many of the Islamic fighters have stayed, settling in villages
in
central Bosnia and starting families.
Renewed effort
Most live illegally in houses vacated by local Serbs fleeing fighting
which
swept through the area during the war from 1992 to 1995.
Now the international community is making a renewed effort to implement
the
property laws, with the evictions of illegal occupants to make way for
the
rightful owners to return.
There are still over a million displaced people in Bosnia many of them
are
unable to return home, because someone else, often a displaced person
themselves, is living in their house.
The UN described the situation as a coordinated attempt to prevent
illegally
occupied property being returned to its rightful owners.
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* Alija Izetbegovic: his background and philosophies
(A briefing paper produced for Members for the 1992/3 Session of
Australian Parliament, Monday 21 December 1992)
* MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION (FreeRepublic, The Observer, StopNato)
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DECLARATION
OF THE SOVEREIGN REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
The Declaration of the Sovereignity of the Republic of
Bosnia-Her-
zegovina is the basic constitutional act of the Moslems and all
educa-
ted and reasonable people of Herzeg-Bosna. Kitabun enzelnahu ileike
mubarekun lijeddebbem ajadhive li jetezekke ululelbabi-huden ve
zikra
li uteil-elbabi.
1.Bosnia-Herzegovina is the sovereign state of the Moslems and
other nations. It is the state of origin of the Moslems in the
Balkan
Peninsula.
2.The sovereignity of Bosnia-Herzegovina is indivisible and its
territorial integrity is inviolable.
3.Concurrent with the independence of the Republic of Slovenia
from Yugoslavia, the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina will
immediately
proclaim itself an independent state.
4. The Moslem nation which is the bearer of the sovereignity of
Bosnia-Herzegovina recognises cultural autonomy for Croats, Serbs
and
other nations of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
5. The citizens of the sovereign state of Bosnia-Herzegovina
will
also have a say in its defence affairs, based on patriotic
fellowship,
patriotism and co-existence.
6. The state of origin of the Moslems and other nations of the
Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina will resolve the national question
of
the Croats, Serbs and other nations on the basis of reciprocity,
which
is the guarantee recognised by intemational law, in a state ruled
by
law, human rights and human freedoms.
7. The Declaration of the Sovereign State of Bosnia-Herzegovina
will be proclaimed by the people at a referendum by a simple
majority
vote.
INITIATORY BOARD
MOSLEM
NATIONAL COUNCIL
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**************
POLITICAL PLATFORM
OF THE MOSLEM NATIONAL COUNCIL
Brother Moslems
With your permission and the help of Allah, the Moslem National
Council has been appointed to achieve the age-long dream of all
Moslems, to create a Moslem state in the Balkan Peninsula.
History teaches us that we are a nation without an identity, a
nation without a state of its own and a nation without a bright
future.
Others have always written our history, studied our origins, taught
us
what we were and what we were not.
Our agas and beys kept telling us: "It is not yet time. Have
patience brother Moslems". How much longer, brother Moslems? If we
hold the same view that truth is eternal and unchangeable and the
truth is, brothers, that every fifth man in the world is a Moslem,
then this applies to the Balkans as well.
The Moslem National Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina was not
founded
with pomp like the Serbian National Councils in Srb, Knin, Banja
Luka
and Ozren with the slogan: "Only concord saves the Serbs", and the
Serbian Democratic Party for Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
We are only a parallel for them and while they exist so will
the
Moslem National Council. Bratunac has not been chosen as the centre
of
this council without reason. It is the geographical centre of the
Moslems in Yugoslavia and that region still bears the extremely
negative marks of the war. The time has come to start with the
homogenisation of the Moslems, as other nations have done. What has
been achieved after the elections? Workers are still being
dismissed,
people do not receive their pensions, the people are poor and there
are no prospects. The "MNV" is here to draw conclusions. One of our
main tasks will be to establish Bosnia-Herzegovina as a sovereign
state of the Moslems and other nationals who live in it. The Serbs
and
Croats cannot have two or three states and the Moslems ask whether
they have one at all. We shall organise a rally during Bairam in
the
neighbourhood of Bratunac where we shall invite Izetbegovic,
Zulfikarpasic, Durakovic, Filipovic, Muhic and Mr. Karadzic will
also
be invited. It will not be a rally at which we shall throw flowers,
the Moslems will take a clear political stand. This is a unique
opportunity, it is a time that will not come again, and we are
again
late and are still divided.
PRIORITY GOALS OF THE MNV
1. To abolish the State Security Service (DB)
Explanation: The State Security Service of Bosnia-Herzegovina
currently employs 1,062 agents, 90% are Serbs.
2. For the Party of Democratic Action to pass a law to
unconditionally
disband the State Security Service.
3. For the Party of Democratic Action to pass a law on
de-nationalisa-
tion and for the confiscated property to be restored to the
citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
4. For the Assembly of Bosnia-Herzegovina to pass and to start
procee-
dings to draw up a new constitution in which the Moslem nation
will be the bearer of sovereignity.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO SERBS IN THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA
The day is nearing when the announced Islamic Republic of
Bosnia-Herzegovina will be proclaimed. The date which every
Moslem in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sandzak is ardently waiting
for has been known for a long time to be the 31st December.
There are some indications that Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina
might oppose this historic event. In this connection, certain
measures have been taken which will be applied if the Serb
population of Bosnia-Herzegovina does not agree to this idea.
1. Every individual Serb must be aware of the responsibility
of the entire nation for his uncontrolled actions; the penalty
for crimes committed will be collective - for one demolished
Moslem house, ten Serb houses will be demolished - for one dead
Moslem, one hundred Serbs will be liquidated - for one wounded
Moslem (depending on the severity of the wound) 10-15 Serbs.
2. All Serbs will have a 12-hour working day. Their wages
will be proportionate to the loyalty of all the employees and
as a rule they will be paid 30% less than the wages of Moslems
who occupy the same post.
3. Serbs will have priority in the dismissal of redundant
workers.
4. Serbs cannot enter public institutions without special
passes.
5. Serbs will receive rations for food which they will obtain
in
special shops.
6. Serbs do not have national parties and if they do not
abide
by the rules of political life, they will not be entitled to
political Organization or to vote.
7. In the Islamic Republic, the right of Serbs to produce
alcohol will not be withdrawn, but Moslems are entitled to apply
the Sheriat to all inhabitants of the state.
8. Serbs are equal to Moslems if, of their own will, they are
received into the Islamic faith of their forefathers. No one has
the right to refer to their previous life because they are not
guilty for being Serbs. No generation is accountable for the
actions of the previous one, or some other that preceded it.
9. A good Serb is a living and obedient Serb; or a dead,
disobedient Serb.
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From Alija Izetbegovic. 1990. Islamska Deklaracija. Published by Mala
Muslimanska Biblioteka. 'little Muslim Library', issued by the Muslim
Cultural-Historical Circle. First published in 1970.
I quote [translation mine]:
page 22: "There is no peace nor coexistence between the 'Islamic faith'
and
non-Islamic social and political institutions.... "
Izetbegovic in effect called for the annihilation -- through
conversion,
expulsion or killing he does not say -- of non-Muslims. Page 37:
"The Islamic movement can be realized only in lands in which Muslims
constitute the majority of the population.' ... Non-Islamic minorities
within the Islamic state, ON CONDITION OF LOYALTY, enjoy religious
freedom
and full protection."
Izetbegovic does not spell out what he means by 'loyalty' or what
happens to
those accused of disloyalty. Before war broke out, his youth publication
VOX
featured a cartoon cover showing fez-wearing characters playing with the
severed heads of Karadzic, Koljevic, and Krajisnik [just arrested by
NATO]...
j p maher
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BALKAN RESEARCH CENTRE MEMBERS BRIEF
Alija Izetbegovic: his background and philosophies
A briefing paper produced for Members
for the 1992/3 Session of Australian Parliament
Monday 21 December 1992
ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC - BRIEF
ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC, leader of the SDA (Muslim Party of Democratic
Action), is currently the
President of the Presidency of Bosnia-Hercegovina. He was born in
Bosanski Samac in 1925,
went to school in Sarajevo, and eventually completed law school; he had
no schooling in religion
within the Islamic school system.
Izetbegovic's Early Years
From his early youth, Izetbegovic dedicated himself to Islamic work. At
16 he became part of the
group that founded religious-political organisation "Young Muslims" in
Sarajevo, in 1940. From
the very outset the "YM" was modelled on fundamentalist formations in
the Islamic world, such
as "As-subban al-muslimun" and "Al-ikwan al-muslimun". One of the five
points of the "YM"
programme insisted on the unity of the Muslim world through the creation
of one large Muslim
state.
During the Second World War, the "YM" grew and become part of a network
of Islamic religious
groups headed by the highly conservative theologian of the Mehmed
Handzic (1906-1944). The
"YM" were not officially pro-fascist in orientation, though they were
pursued for this by the
Communist regime after 1945. There were, however, many individual
examples of active
collaboration with the Ustashi government.
Izetbegovic was arrested in 1946, for his significant participation in
founding the Muslim journal
MUDZAHID. He spent the next three years in jail for promoting hatred. At
the same time, his
friend Nedzib Sacirbegovic was given a four year prison sentence.
Sacirbegovic is now
Izetbegovic's personal representative in the USA and his son Muhamed, is
Bosnia-Hercegovina's ambassador to the UN. Izetbegovic has
systematically promoted to top
positions in the SDA people who were political "cadres" in the original
"YM" movement.
In February 1949, the "Young Muslims" started an open revolt. This was
short-lived. During
subsequent trials held in Sarajevo in 1949, four members of the "YM"
were sentenced to death
and many were given prison sentences.
After this lesson, Islamic activists stopped creating illegal groups and
started working on
Islamisation "from underneath". This meant penetrating the very pores of
the system's
institutions, including the formal Islamic community, because the
activists considered their
leaders to be traitors to the authentic Islamic cause. From the
beginning Izetbegovic preferred
Shiite Islamic radicalism in comparison to the Sunni.
Izetbegovic's doctrine - "The Islamic Declaration"
Izetbegovic published many articles in Muslim journals (TAKVIM, GVIS,
etc.), discussing the
sad state of Islam and the necessity for its universal regeneration.
In 1970, he wrote and distributed to people of confidence, his specific
manifesto or programme for
radical pan-Islam - the ISLAMIC DECLARATION.
In this booklet, similar to many of the same type circulating in the
Islamic world, but the only one
of its sort in Yugoslavia, Izetbegovic advocated:
- general Islamic moral and religious regeneration;
- a return to true Islamic values;
- (re)Islamisation of Muslims;
- creation and strengthening of different types of Islamic unity;
- struggle, up to and including political and armed war for the creation
of an Islamic order in
countries where Muslims represent majority, or near majority of the
population.
In line with his pan-Islamic and anti-secular thinking, Izetbegovic
stated in the ISLAMIC
DECLARATION that:
- there should be the establishment of "a united Islamic community from
Morocco to Indonesia";
- with reference to the Turkish model - "Turkey as an Islamic country
used to rule the world.
Turkey as an imitation of Europe represents a third-rate country, the
like of which there is a
hundred in the world":
- "there can be neither peace nor coexistence between the Islamic faith
and non-Islamic social
and political institutions";
- "the Islamic movement must and can, take over political power as soon
as it is morally and
numerically so strong that it can not only destroy the existing
non-Islamic power, but also to build
up a new Islamic one".
The ISLAMIC DECLARATION is imbued with a deep-set intolerance towards
"the values of
western civilisation", both capitalist and Marxist. It was re-published
in 1990 in Sarajevo,
testifying to the fact that its author, in the meantime, had in no way
gone back on his positions -
one of Islamic fundamentalism.
Muslims who gathered around the re-published ISLAMIC DECLARATION, were
former
members of the "YM" and new activists. They tie their activities to
those of Muslim centres
abroad - religious, political, propaganda and economic - above all with
specific groups in Iran.
In his book ISLAM BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, published first in the USA
(1984) and then
Turkey, develops his views on the superiority of Islam over all other
religions, cultures, ideologies
and philosophies. This book was published in Serbo-Croatian, only in
Belgrade in 1988; the
Sarajevo authorities used all means to prevent it getting published at
all.
Izetbegovic - leader of Bosnia's Muslims
With a group of Muslim activists, Izetbegovic was arrested in 1983 for
activities against the
state. As the chief defendant, he was sentenced to fourteen years. In
1988, he was released after
less than six years of prison.
After the fall of Communism in Yugoslavia, Izetbegovic became one of the
leaders in the creation
of the SDA party (1990), as a Muslim political party. He was elected
President with the support
of his old fellows from the ranks of the "YM" and the support of the
young radicals.
Izetbegovic gave his new, nominally national and civilian political
party, a deeply-set religious
connotation. As the first president of the collective Presidency of this
young state, and by far the
most influential Muslim politician on the soil of former Yugoslavia
(having ousted his more popular
rival Fikret Abdic), the strength of his position allows him to pursue
his youthful (pan)Islamic
dreams.
His internal and external policies changed tactfully as per the power
struggle both inside and
outside of Yugoslavia. But, from a strategic standpoint Izetbegovic has
not budged an inch from
his early conception that "every good Muslim, through his formal
engagement, including the
political one, at all times and all places, must above all serve Islam,
by force if necessary".
Because of Izetbegovic's anti-Communism, the fundamentalist radicalism
of the political
programme contained in the ISLAMIC DECLARATION, went virtually unnoticed
in most western
countries.
As such, the rise of a native and authentic Islamic fundamentalist
movement in Yugoslavia, was
for the West, up until recently, an incomprehensible and inconceivable
idea. For some, it remains
so today.
This fanatical conviction of Izetbegovic - namely that the highest
motive justifies every move,
every decision, (including that of disposing of his predecessors), has
definitely helped plunge
Bosnia into the midst of an ethnic and religious war.
Summary
Only after one carefully considers the foregoing does it become
understandable why, recently,
Izetbegovic signed an agreement for the "cantonisation" of Bosnia with
representatives of the
European Community in Lisbon, and cancelled it two days later.
Izetbegovic will accept any kind
of deal in order to get his way - he is not ashamed if it is proved that
he lies, because he says "all
is allowed for Islam".
Now it seems logical why Izetbegovic visited only radical Muslim
countries during the first nine
months of his presidency. Izetbegovic is a man who is willing to
sacrifice half of the population to
achieve his religious goals - to be the first president of an Islamic
state in Europe - however
small.
In the light of above facts one can better understand Izetbegovic's
statements of sympathy for the
"Islamic Revolution" in Iran.
Only Izetbegovic and Ayatollah Khomeini, out of all presidents who
officially visited Turkey, did
not pay respect to the grave of Ataturk - for them he was a traitor of
fundamentalist Muslim
principles.
December 1992
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MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION
Foreign Affairs Breaking News Announcement Keywords: BOSNIAN MUJAHIDEEN
TERRORISTS
Author: Janez Kovac
Posted on 07/22/2000 05:56:42 PDT by BlackBird-Kosovo1389
MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION The planned eviction of mujahideen in
northern
Bosnia is threatening to turn into a major crisis.
Showing they mean business, the new moderate leadership in the northern
town of Maglaj recently sought to remove one of the biggest problems in
the region - mujahideen and their families.
The Islamic fundamentalists living in the remote village of Bocinja
Donja
are being forced to hand their homes over to their original occupants -
Bosnian Serbs.
The improved security and political situation in Bosnia has this year
led
to a significant increase in refugee returns. More than 15,000 have been
repatriated in the first six months of 2000, three times more than in
the
same period last year.
Evictions of those who occupy refugees' homes often provokes anger,
tears.
Its very mention brought about a crisis in Bocinja. Locals blocked a
main
road through the region for three days. Police eventually ended the
protest, arresting and later releasing 19 people, including several
mujahideen. The real problems, however, are likely to begin when police
start evicting the Bocinja residents.
Before the war, Bocinja was home to some 3,000 Bosnian Serbs. After the
conflict, it hit the headlines when the Bosnian Muslim leadership
allowed
a group of foreign and local mujahideens to move into the abandoned Serb
houses.
During the war, some of these Islamic fighters fought alongside the
Muslim-led government forces. When the fighting came to an end, some of
them married local women and were granted Bosnian citizenship and
accommodation, in recognition of their contribution to the war effort.
The scale of their contribution, however, has long been debated.
Bosnians
claimed that many foreign mujahideen avoided combat. They suspect they
only came here to gather intelligence or train and plot terrorist and
criminal activities.
The existence of a mujahideen community in the heart of Europe was a
constant worry for western, especially American, diplomats. In 1996 and
1997, they persuaded Bosnian Muslim leader, Alija Izetbegovic, to expel
several of those with criminal records.
At least 300 Islamic fighters, their local followers and women and
children, remained in Bocinja, where they lived separate lives
untroubled
by local police, tax-collectors or any other authorities. Outsiders
never
set foot in the small community.
Every so often, stories of mujahideen harassing "unbelievers" in local
towns appeared in the press. Several were alleged to have been involved
in
criminal or terrorist activities both in and outside Bosnia. Worst of
all,
since the end of the war, the Islamists were never properly disarmed.
Local police, army, and even UN and NATO-led peacekeepers, were
reluctant
to search houses in Bocinja.(Aiding and abetting war-criminals, which is
what this situation sounds like
As a result of Bocinja's bad reputation, the Maglaj region received
little
international reconstruction aid. Many local firms and industries which
survived the war are now close to collapse because of the lack of funds.
The situation started to change after the April 8 local elections, when
the leading Bosnian opposition party, the Socialist Democratic Party
,SDP,
defeated the ruling Muslim nationalist SDA party in Maglaj.
Soon after taking up his new office, the new SDP mayor of Maglaj, Mehmed
Bradaric, said one of his first priorities was to evict mujahideen
families from Bocinja to facilitate the return of its former Bosnian
Serb
residents.
His statement prompted displaced Muslims living in two abandoned Serb
villages near Bocinja to set up roadblocks. UN and local police say that
mujahideen encouraged the protesters. They are said to have told them
that
once they are evicted the Maglaj authorities will remove refugees from
other villages to prepare the ground for the mass return of the pre-war
Bosnian Serb population.
The Maglaj authorities, meanwhile, were facing yet another problem -
their
own police. With the SDA still in power in the cantonal government and
interior ministry, local police were reluctant to intervene in the
unfolding Maglaj crisis, even after the municipal authorities proclaimed
a
state of emergency.
Consequently, a humanitarian and security problem also quickly became a
focus for political conflict between SDA and SDP. The Bocinja deadlock
eventually ended after Bosnia's top international mediator,the High
Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, said he was holding Zenica canton
Interior Minister "personally responsible" for a speedy resolution of
the
crisis. The roadblocks were removed a day later.
Following negotiations between local, cantonal and federal authorities,
it
was agreed that local police would start evicting two local Muslim
households from Bocinja every day from July 24. "Foreign" mujahideen
would
be left to the end. Meanwhile, the federal government pledged two
million
German marks for the reconstruction of abandoned and devastated
apartments
in Maglaj, to accommodate those from Bocinja who have no where to go.
The one problem with the plan is that no one asked Mujahideen whether
they
agreed with it. Local analysts fear that some Islamic fighters might
choose to take the law into their own hands.
-
Bosnia's holy warriors ready to fight evictions
Special report: Serbia
Alix Kroeger in Sarajevo
Sunday July 23, 2000
The Observer
Bosnian police are preparing to take on one of the strangest and most
difficult legacies of the war - the Mujahideen who have settled in the
former Serb villages in central Bosnia.
Although a programme of deportation is not due to begin until tomorrow,
tensions are high and police have made arrests.
The Mujahideen originally came from Iran, Afghanistan and other Islamic
countries, offering their services as freelance freedom fighters
alongside the Muslim-dominated Bosnian government army. Most of Bosnia's
Muslims have little truck with the strict form of Islam practised by the
Mujahideen. Nevertheless, in the depths of the war, with a United
Nations arms embargo blocking most sources of weapons, the government
army asked no questions of anyone volunteering to help.
By rights, the Mujahideen should have gone home four years ago. The
Dayton peace accord, which was signed in December 1995, ordered all
foreign forces to leave the country within a month. However, many of the
Mujahideen now have Bosnian citizenship.
After the war the former holy warriors settled in the villages around
Maglaj, in central Bosnia. The area was Serb-dominated before the war,
but by 1996 the local Serbs had fled or been killed, victims of ethnic
cleansing. Many of the Mujahideen married Bosnians and lived undisturbed
with their new families in other people's houses.
But with a sudden increase in the number of refugee returns, that's
about to change. This year the logjam has broken, and people are
returning to their homes in greater numbers than ever before. Between
January and May of this year, more than 15,000 refugees went back to
their homes. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
is struggling to keep up with the demand for assistance.
At the same time the international community is renewing its efforts to
get Bosnia's property laws implemented. This means getting local
authorities to evict illegal occupants, thus freeing houses for their
rightful owners to return.
Among those wanting to return are the displaced Serbs of Bocinja, near
Maglaj, one of the main centres of the Mujahideen. The displaced Serbs
are ready to go back for good.
The UNHCR spokeswoman in Sarajevo, Barbara Smith, described Bocinja as a
'difficult area for returns'. As of the end of May, only 57 people had
gone back this year. The scene is set for a confrontation between local
police and Mujahideen.
Last week local media reports that evictions were due to begin led
people around Bocinja to set up two roadblocks. The International Police
Task Force (IPTF), which has been monitoring the situation, reported 40
to 50 people on the roadblocks. In fact, evictions are not due to begin
until tomorrow. Nevertheless, it took the local police three days to
move in and dismantle the barricades. Nineteen people were arrested,
including several described as 'foreigners or Mujahideen'.
The first people to be evicted will be displaced Serbs and Muslims who
are also living around Bocinja. They will be taken out of their houses,
along with their belongings, and moved to temporary accommodation
elsewhere. But the Mujahideen know they are also on the list, and it is
that which is likely to lead to further disturbances.
No one knows exactly how many Mujahideen there are, but most estimates
put their numbers at 60 to 70 families. Their presence hasn't always
been trouble-free. Last year police in Turkey arrested a man travelling
on a Bosnian passport who was said to be a member of the terrorist
organisation run by the exiled Saudi fundamentalist Osama bin Laden.
The International Crisis Group, a think tank which produces regular
reports on Bosnia, says the Mujahideen are a 'source of potential
political and ethnic instability in central Bosnia'. In 1994 a British
aid worker was killed around Zenica, allegedly by Mujahideen. And in
early 1996, French S-For troops raided a camp in the hills outside
Fojnica, where they found explosives and booby-traps. The director of
the ICG, James Lyon, said the base 'bore all the signs of a terrorist
training camp'.
The new moves to get rid of the Mujahideen mark a shift in tactics.
They're no longer being dealt with as illegal foreign forces; instead,
they're considered as squatters. The IPTF said last week's roadblocks
appeared to be 'a co-ordinated attempt to halt the evictions process in
Bocinja'.
Oleg Milisic, spokesman for the Office of the High Representative, which
oversees the implementation of the Dayton accord, said: 'This is not a
political issue. It is an issue of the law and citizens' rights to their
property. Property rights must be respected as part of the returns
process now under way across the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina.'
-
Tuesday, 18 July, 2000, 19:48 GMT 20:48 UK
Mujahideen fight Bosnia evictions
By Alix Kroeger in Sarajevo
About 80 people in central Bosnia are manning road blocks around a
village
where evictions from illegally occupied properties were reported to be
imminent.
The villages are largely occupied by Mujahideen, ex-soldiers from
Islamic
countries, who came over to fight for the Muslim dominated Bosnian army
during the war.
Many of them have settled in villages around the municipality of Maglai,
and
are now living illegally in Serb-owned houses.
The evictions are part of a renewed effort to free up properties for the
return of their rightful owners.
The roadblocks went up on Monday afternoon following media reports that
the
evictions would start on Tuesday morning.
Although these reports are incorrect - evictions are not due to begin
until
next week - 40-50 people, mainly women and children, blocked two roads
into
the village of Bochinja near Maglai.
After two hours of negotiations, the road blocks were lifted, but by
Monday
evening they were back in place, manned by greater numbers.
Open secret
The local assembly met in emergency session on Monday night, but the
United
Nations mission to Bosnia said both the minister of the interior for the
municipality and his deputy were absent and out of contact.
The Mujahideen fought for the pro-muslim Bosnian army
The presence of the Mujahideen, who come mainly from Afghanistan and
Pakistan, is something of an open secret in Bosnia.
They are not supposed to be there, but they are.
Under the Dayton Peace Accord all foreign fighters except the
stabilisation
force S-For were supposed to leave by January 1996.
Instead many of the Islamic fighters have stayed, settling in villages
in
central Bosnia and starting families.
Renewed effort
Most live illegally in houses vacated by local Serbs fleeing fighting
which
swept through the area during the war from 1992 to 1995.
Now the international community is making a renewed effort to implement
the
property laws, with the evictions of illegal occupants to make way for
the
rightful owners to return.
There are still over a million displaced people in Bosnia many of them
are
unable to return home, because someone else, often a displaced person
themselves, is living in their house.
The UN described the situation as a coordinated attempt to prevent
illegally
occupied property being returned to its rightful owners.
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