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IRAQ = JUGOSLAVIJA
13: A proposito di decapitazioni
Mentre su tutti i media occidentali ed in internet si commentano le
immagini raccapriccianti della decapitazione del militare americano
NICK BERG, proviamo a porci qualche interrogativo di fondo.
1. Dove erano i nostri media quando in Serbia furono rese pubbliche le
immagini delle decapitazioni effettuate dalle truppe "contras" della
NATO in KOSOVO, cioe' dall'UCK ?
Non ne sapevate niente ? Non e' colpa vostra. Se volete saperne
qualcosa, potete ad esempio partire da qui:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/3163
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2997
http://resistance.chiffonrouge.org/article.php3?id_article=291
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/77934
Le foto su:
http://www.novosti.co.yu/zlocin.htm
http://www.antic.org/KLA
http://www.kosovo.com/kla_decapit.jpg
http://www.kosovo.com/kla_decapit.pdf
2. Qualcuno si ricorda delle immagini che circolarono durante la guerra
fratricida in BOSNIA-ERZEGOVINA, quando uscirono fuori le prove delle
decapitazioni effettuate dai mujaheddin, venuti da paesi lontani a dare
man forte al progetto neonazista della "Bosnia indipendente" ?
Non ricordate niente in proposito ? Nemmeno questa e' colpa vostra.
Potete ricostruire quelle vicende ad es. partendo dal testo che
alleghiamo di seguito (in lingua inglese).
3. Qualcuno sa che in Russia circolano analoghi filmati di
decapitazioni effettuate i danni di soldati russi dai mujaheddin
WAHABITI CECENI ?
No? Non lo sapete? Non c'e' da meravigliarsene, poiche' i nostri media
ed i nostri "intellettuali", tutti saldamente schierati dalla parte del
separatismo etnico nella Federazione Russa (cioe' dalla parte dei
progetti geostrategici della NATO), certe cose non ve le raccontano.
Se avete stomaco potete richiedere a noi -- jugocoord@... -- un
file, formato .mpe , che ci e' pervenuto, che testimonia uno di quegli
orrori.
4. Qualcuno sa o ricorda che le decapitazioni erano uno degli strumenti
terroristici consueti usati dalle bande antipartigiane ed anticomuniste
foraggiate dagli angloamericani nella GRECIA del dopoguerra ?
Nooo... Non ce lo ha mai raccontato nessuno; gia', perche' gli storici
nel nostro paese non fanno il loro mestiere. Eppure esistono le foto,
scattate durante la guerra civile in Grecia, in cui si vedono le
milizie anticomuniste esibire come "trionfi" le teste mozzate dei
partigiani. Una e' ad esempio riprodotta nel libro di Filippo Gaia "Il
secolo corto", Ed. Maquis, Milano 1994.
5. Infine: siamo sicuri che i media ci stiano raccontando correttamente
la storia di NICK BERG? In effetti, questo militare statunitense pare
fosse disgustato dalla guerra e volesse rientrare subito a casa, negli
USA... Anzi: Pare addirittura che la sua azienda di famiglia fosse
stata inserita, negli USA, su di una "lista nera" di ditte in odore di
attivita' antinazionali ed anti-guerra (vedi:
http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2668
oppure
http://www.breakfornews.com/NickBergEnemiesList.htm )
Il punto allora e':
CHI E PERCHE' HA VERAMENTE TAGLIATO LA TESTA DI NICK BERG ?
E, rispetto alle decapitazioni,
L'OCCIDENTE ED I SUOI VALORI SONO RAPPRESENTATI MEGLIO DALLE VITTIME,
OPPURE DAI TAGLIATORI DI GOLE ?
Italo Slavo
=== ALLEGATO ===
Da: Boba
Data: Gio 13 Mag 2004 04:37:04 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: WT// RE: American civilian beheaded in Iraq
Washingtontimes, May 12, 2004
RE: American civilian beheaded in Iraq
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20040511-115609-9058r.htm
To Editor:
Please open up the following file and look at the pictures.
http://www.balkanpeace.org/temp/tmp13.html
You'll see whom the USA and the Clinton administration supported in
Bosnia.
If Muslim extremists were allowed to do this to the Serbs why would it
be
shocking if the Muslim fanatics do the same to the Americans?
Boba Borojevic
ON. Canada
http://www.balkanpeace.org/temp/tmp13.html
7th Bosnian Muslim Brigade, based in Zenica - the international Islamic
mercenary force known as the mujahedeen
======
Alija Izetbegovic with memebrs of 7th Brigade
"... The first and foremost of such conclusions is surely the one on the
incompatibility of Islam and non-Islamic systems. There can be no peace
or
coexistence between the "Islamic faith" and non- Islamic societies and
political institutions. ... Islam clearly excludes the right and
possibility
of activity of any strange ideology on its own turf. Therefore, there
is no
question of any laicistic principles, and the state should be an
expression
and should support the moral concepts of the religion. ..." page 22 "The
Islamic Declaration" book ("Islamska deklaracija"), written by Mr. Alija
Izetbegovic, Bosnian Muslim leader.
In preparing the ground for the conflicts between Bosnian Cristians
(Croats
and Serbs) and Bosnian Muslims, residents of different Arab countries
who in
the B&H had recognized the elements and challenge of “a holy war” -
jihad.
Coming from different Arab countries, most of them were from Yemen,
Algeria,
Egypt, Tunisia and Afghanistan, and bringing with them experience from
a war
from some of the Islamic trouble spots.
Mujahedin, or «holy warriors», is a generic term for Muslim volunteers
fighting in the former Yugoslavia. Many Mujahedin originate from Muslim
countries outside the former Yugoslavia. It was reported that the
Mujahedin
began arriving in BiH as early as June 1992. (Tom Post & Joel Brand,
«Help
from the Holy Warriors», Newsweek, 5 October 1992, at 52). Reports on
the
number of Mujahedin forces operating in BiH vary, but it is unlikely
that
the Mujahedin forces have made a significant military contribution to
the
BiH Government's war effort (Christopher Lockwood, «Muslim Nations Offer
Troops», Daily Telegraph, 14 July 1993, at 14. According to Lockwood,
Muslim
nations depended on Western logistical support to deliver troops to
BiH. He
concludes that the same logistical troubles which kept the Muslim troops
promised in July of 1993 from joining UN forces in the UN declared «safe
havens» also limited the number of Muslim volunteers in the BiH armed
forces. He states that the number of Mujahedin in BiH never exceeded
three
or four hundred. See also Mohamed Sid-Ahmad, «Muslim World Between Two
Fires», War Report, January 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 63744. However, the
Belgrade Daily, Vecernje Novosti, reported that as many as 30,000
Mujahedin
were operating in BiH. «Other Reports in Brief: Muslims from Abroad
Settling
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgrade Daily Claims», BBC, Summary of World
Broadcasts, 19 September 1992. )
The Mujahedin forces came from several Muslim states and many of them
were
veterans of the Afghan war. (Andrew Hogg, «Arabs Join in Bosnia Battle»,
Sunday Times, 30 August 1992)
Reports submitted to the Commission of Experts alleged that the
Mujahedin
have been responsible for the mutilation and killing of civilians, rape,
looting, the destruction of property, and the expulsion of non-Muslim
populations. The deputy commander of the BiH Army, Colonel Stjepan
Siber,
has said, «it was a mistake to let them [the Mujahedin] here . . . They
commit most of the atrocities and work against the interests of the
Muslim
people. They have been killing, looting and stealing.» Andrew Hogg,
«Terror
Trail of the Mujahedin», Sunday Times, 27 June 1993.
Several reports indicate that the Mujahedin were placed under the
command of
the BiH Army.(See «Some 400 Mujahedin Volunteers Fighting with Bosnian
Muslims», Agence France Presse, 22 September 1992; Andrew Hogg, «Arabs
Join
in Bosnia Battle», Sunday Times, 30 August 1992; see also Charles
McLoed,
ECMM, «Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica»,
April
1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 20178- 20546, at 20207; Croatian Information
Centre,
Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at
36435; US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at
62648,
62724, 62730, and 62756)
The Mujahedin forces were closely associated with the 5th Corps, the
6th and
7th Zenica Brigades, the 7th Travnik Brigade, and the 45th Muslim
Brigade
which belongs to the 6th Corps in Konjic of the Army of BiH (US
Department
of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648; see also Croatian
Information Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc.
No.
36434-36438, at 36435; «Continuing Clashes in Northwestern Enclave
Reported
from Both Sides», BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, 14 December 1993.)
They also allegedly fought alongside the Muslim Police, the Krajiska
Brigade
from Travnik, units of Kosovo Muslims, Albanian soldiers, and
paramilitary
groups such as the «Green Legion» and the «Black Swans».(Charles McLoed,
ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica,
April
1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 20178-20546, at 20207; Croatian Information Centre,
Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at
36435; US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at
62648,
62724, 62730, and 62756.)
Reports also indicate that the Mujahedin had the support of President
Izetbegovic and his government. *57 This was demonstrated in the Bihac
pocket, where the Mujahedin joined BiH forces loyal to Izetbegovic.
Together, these forces battled separatist forces who entered into a
separate
peace treaty with Bosnian Serbs («Continuing Clashes in Northwestern
Enclave
Reported form Both Sides», BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, 14
December 1993)
In Zenica, between 31 August and 2 September 1992, 250 Mujahedin troops
allegedly come to BiH from Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain and Iran. These troops
worked alongside the Green Legion and HOS paramilitary groups stationed
in
Zenica. The Mujahedin allegedly also operated a camp at Arnauti.(Charles
McLeod, ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Buscovaca and
Zenica, April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29043-29131, at 29064; Biljaja
Plavsic,
Republic of Serbia Presidency, To Serbs All Over the World, 30 September
1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 48072- 48093, at 48081)
It was reported that a unit of the Mujahedin, called the «Guerilla»,
participated in the 16 April 1993 attack on Vitez and attempted to
exchange
10 HVO hostages for foreign prisoners held in HVO prisons. (US
Department of
State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62629; see also Charles
McLeod,
ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica,
April
1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29043-29131, at 29072 (attack on Vitez).
The Croatian Ministry of Defence is reported to have provided
information
about an event occurring in June 1993 -- a joint BiH/Mujahedin unit
reportedly attacked Travnik, allegedly forcing 4,000 Croatian civilians
and
military personnel out of the town. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI
Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62650. Media reports however claim that Croats
left
Travnik voluntarily. The incident was investigated by an organization,
which
reported that the forceful eviction did not take place)
The Mujahedin allegedly fought alongside the 6th Muslim Brigade from
Zenica
and the Krajiska Brigade from Travnik. Witnesses stated that they saw
Mujahedin operating in small patrols ahead of the approaching BiH
troops.
According to HVO intelligence, Mujahedin forces arrived in Travnik
sometime
before June 1993 and came from Algeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
The
Mujahedin trained at a camp at Mehurici, where they were allegedly
financed
and equipped by a man named Abdulah, the owner of the «Palma» video
store in
Travnik. Once in town, the Mujahedin were linked to the Seventh Brigade
of
the BiH Army, and were reportedly assembled into units of 10 to 15 men,
and
moved about on regular patrols. The Mujahedin created tension in
Travnik in
the days prior to the attack on 3 June. One witness stated that the
Mujahedin directed their actions towards the HVO personnel in town. They
allegedly demonstrated, shouted slogans and fired their rifles in the
air.
Mujahedin allegedly participated in the attack on Maljine in Novi
Travnik on
8 June 1993, killing 20 to 30 HVO members and transporting Croatian
women
and children to the training centre at Mehurici.(Croatian Information
Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 1, 9 August 1993)
In Konjic, the Mujahedin were part of a 100 member force stationed at
Liscioi and led by Haso Hakalovic. The unit was assembled in February
1993
and included some Kosovo Muslims and members of the Black Swans from the
Igman mountain region. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
62612-62877, at 62756)
Allegedly, Mujahedin troops killed and expelled villagers, and looted
and
burned homes, when they moved against the Jablanica- Konjic area. The
Mujahedin troops and members of the Black Swans reportedly conducted
occasional raids without members of BiH forces. (at IHRLI Doc. No.
62752 and
62756. The village of Vrci was attacked on 25 May, and the village of
Radesine was attacked on 10 June. See also Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Fifth
Periodic Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Territory of the
Former Yugoslavia, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1994/47, 17 November 1993, IHRLI
Doc.
No. 52399-52435, at 52405 (alleging that the Mujahedin were involved in
attacks at Kopjari on 21 October, Doljani on 27 and 28 June, and
Maljane on
8 June). UN Special Rapporteur Mazowiecki claims that corpses of
Mujahedin
victims displayed evidence of protracted cruelty and mutilation. )
Reportedly, the Mujahedin volunteers arrived in Konjic in small groups.
It
was reported that they were from Afghanistan and that they claimed to be
students. They were allegedly armed with Hekleri automatic weapons and
former JNA equipment. Some Mujahedin were reportedly former students
with no
military experience.
Mujahedin forces were present in Mostar since early June 1993. They were
reportedly stationed in the Santica neighbourhood on the Muslim/HVO
front,
where they manned bunkers, usually in groups of six or seven, armed with
7.62 millimetre semi-automatic weapons, machine-guns, and Zolja
anti-tank
weapons. They were billeted in a building they shared with the Muslim
military police on the east bank of the Neretva River. The Mujahedin
forces
apparently left Mostar on 15 August. (US Department of State, 1993,
IHRLI
Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62742 and 62677. For more details on the
location
of the Neretva living quarters, see Id. at 62739)
FRY reported that the Mujahedin began operations near Teslic in July and
August of 1992. Troops from Saudi Arabia allegedly killed three Serbian
Territorial Defence members and placed the victims' severed heads on
poles
near the «Tesanj turret». (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Second Report
Submitted to the Commission of Experts, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
28401-29019, at
28533)
Beheadings of Serbs by Mujahedin forces have also been reported in
other areas.
The Mujahedin were also alleged to be part of the forces that invaded
the
village of Trusina near Foca on 15 April 1993. According to the report,
attackers wore white ribbons on their arms and fought beside Albanian
Muslim
troops. Twenty-two civilians reportedly died in the attack. (US
Department
of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648; Croatian
Information
Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
36434-36438,
at 36435)
The Mujahedin allegedly performed crude circumcisions upon Serbian
police
forces, who were later treated by an American surgeon at the Kosevo
hospital
in Sarajevo. (Letter dated 7 December 1992 from the Deputy
Representative of
the US to U.N. Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. S/24918, 8 December 1992,
IHRLI
Doc. No. 3160-3177, at 3173; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Second
Report
Submitted to the Commission of Experts, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
28401-29019, at
28566)
This photograph was seized from Saudi Arabian fighters captured in Crni
Vrh
near Teslic, Bosnia. A Muslim solder displays the severed head of
Blagoje
Blagojevic, a Serb from the village of Jasenovo near Teslic.
The severed heads of three Serbs (identified as Blagoje Blagojevic,
Nenad
Petkovic, and Brana Djuric) beheaded by Muslim fighters. This picture
was
seized from Saudi Arabian solders captured near Teslic in Bosnia.
IRAQ = JUGOSLAVIJA
13: A proposito di decapitazioni
Mentre su tutti i media occidentali ed in internet si commentano le
immagini raccapriccianti della decapitazione del militare americano
NICK BERG, proviamo a porci qualche interrogativo di fondo.
1. Dove erano i nostri media quando in Serbia furono rese pubbliche le
immagini delle decapitazioni effettuate dalle truppe "contras" della
NATO in KOSOVO, cioe' dall'UCK ?
Non ne sapevate niente ? Non e' colpa vostra. Se volete saperne
qualcosa, potete ad esempio partire da qui:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/3163
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/2997
http://resistance.chiffonrouge.org/article.php3?id_article=291
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/77934
Le foto su:
http://www.novosti.co.yu/zlocin.htm
http://www.antic.org/KLA
http://www.kosovo.com/kla_decapit.jpg
http://www.kosovo.com/kla_decapit.pdf
2. Qualcuno si ricorda delle immagini che circolarono durante la guerra
fratricida in BOSNIA-ERZEGOVINA, quando uscirono fuori le prove delle
decapitazioni effettuate dai mujaheddin, venuti da paesi lontani a dare
man forte al progetto neonazista della "Bosnia indipendente" ?
Non ricordate niente in proposito ? Nemmeno questa e' colpa vostra.
Potete ricostruire quelle vicende ad es. partendo dal testo che
alleghiamo di seguito (in lingua inglese).
3. Qualcuno sa che in Russia circolano analoghi filmati di
decapitazioni effettuate i danni di soldati russi dai mujaheddin
WAHABITI CECENI ?
No? Non lo sapete? Non c'e' da meravigliarsene, poiche' i nostri media
ed i nostri "intellettuali", tutti saldamente schierati dalla parte del
separatismo etnico nella Federazione Russa (cioe' dalla parte dei
progetti geostrategici della NATO), certe cose non ve le raccontano.
Se avete stomaco potete richiedere a noi -- jugocoord@... -- un
file, formato .mpe , che ci e' pervenuto, che testimonia uno di quegli
orrori.
4. Qualcuno sa o ricorda che le decapitazioni erano uno degli strumenti
terroristici consueti usati dalle bande antipartigiane ed anticomuniste
foraggiate dagli angloamericani nella GRECIA del dopoguerra ?
Nooo... Non ce lo ha mai raccontato nessuno; gia', perche' gli storici
nel nostro paese non fanno il loro mestiere. Eppure esistono le foto,
scattate durante la guerra civile in Grecia, in cui si vedono le
milizie anticomuniste esibire come "trionfi" le teste mozzate dei
partigiani. Una e' ad esempio riprodotta nel libro di Filippo Gaia "Il
secolo corto", Ed. Maquis, Milano 1994.
5. Infine: siamo sicuri che i media ci stiano raccontando correttamente
la storia di NICK BERG? In effetti, questo militare statunitense pare
fosse disgustato dalla guerra e volesse rientrare subito a casa, negli
USA... Anzi: Pare addirittura che la sua azienda di famiglia fosse
stata inserita, negli USA, su di una "lista nera" di ditte in odore di
attivita' antinazionali ed anti-guerra (vedi:
http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=2668
oppure
http://www.breakfornews.com/NickBergEnemiesList.htm )
Il punto allora e':
CHI E PERCHE' HA VERAMENTE TAGLIATO LA TESTA DI NICK BERG ?
E, rispetto alle decapitazioni,
L'OCCIDENTE ED I SUOI VALORI SONO RAPPRESENTATI MEGLIO DALLE VITTIME,
OPPURE DAI TAGLIATORI DI GOLE ?
Italo Slavo
=== ALLEGATO ===
Da: Boba
Data: Gio 13 Mag 2004 04:37:04 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: WT// RE: American civilian beheaded in Iraq
Washingtontimes, May 12, 2004
RE: American civilian beheaded in Iraq
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20040511-115609-9058r.htm
To Editor:
Please open up the following file and look at the pictures.
http://www.balkanpeace.org/temp/tmp13.html
You'll see whom the USA and the Clinton administration supported in
Bosnia.
If Muslim extremists were allowed to do this to the Serbs why would it
be
shocking if the Muslim fanatics do the same to the Americans?
Boba Borojevic
ON. Canada
http://www.balkanpeace.org/temp/tmp13.html
7th Bosnian Muslim Brigade, based in Zenica - the international Islamic
mercenary force known as the mujahedeen
======
Alija Izetbegovic with memebrs of 7th Brigade
"... The first and foremost of such conclusions is surely the one on the
incompatibility of Islam and non-Islamic systems. There can be no peace
or
coexistence between the "Islamic faith" and non- Islamic societies and
political institutions. ... Islam clearly excludes the right and
possibility
of activity of any strange ideology on its own turf. Therefore, there
is no
question of any laicistic principles, and the state should be an
expression
and should support the moral concepts of the religion. ..." page 22 "The
Islamic Declaration" book ("Islamska deklaracija"), written by Mr. Alija
Izetbegovic, Bosnian Muslim leader.
In preparing the ground for the conflicts between Bosnian Cristians
(Croats
and Serbs) and Bosnian Muslims, residents of different Arab countries
who in
the B&H had recognized the elements and challenge of “a holy war” -
jihad.
Coming from different Arab countries, most of them were from Yemen,
Algeria,
Egypt, Tunisia and Afghanistan, and bringing with them experience from
a war
from some of the Islamic trouble spots.
Mujahedin, or «holy warriors», is a generic term for Muslim volunteers
fighting in the former Yugoslavia. Many Mujahedin originate from Muslim
countries outside the former Yugoslavia. It was reported that the
Mujahedin
began arriving in BiH as early as June 1992. (Tom Post & Joel Brand,
«Help
from the Holy Warriors», Newsweek, 5 October 1992, at 52). Reports on
the
number of Mujahedin forces operating in BiH vary, but it is unlikely
that
the Mujahedin forces have made a significant military contribution to
the
BiH Government's war effort (Christopher Lockwood, «Muslim Nations Offer
Troops», Daily Telegraph, 14 July 1993, at 14. According to Lockwood,
Muslim
nations depended on Western logistical support to deliver troops to
BiH. He
concludes that the same logistical troubles which kept the Muslim troops
promised in July of 1993 from joining UN forces in the UN declared «safe
havens» also limited the number of Muslim volunteers in the BiH armed
forces. He states that the number of Mujahedin in BiH never exceeded
three
or four hundred. See also Mohamed Sid-Ahmad, «Muslim World Between Two
Fires», War Report, January 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 63744. However, the
Belgrade Daily, Vecernje Novosti, reported that as many as 30,000
Mujahedin
were operating in BiH. «Other Reports in Brief: Muslims from Abroad
Settling
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgrade Daily Claims», BBC, Summary of World
Broadcasts, 19 September 1992. )
The Mujahedin forces came from several Muslim states and many of them
were
veterans of the Afghan war. (Andrew Hogg, «Arabs Join in Bosnia Battle»,
Sunday Times, 30 August 1992)
Reports submitted to the Commission of Experts alleged that the
Mujahedin
have been responsible for the mutilation and killing of civilians, rape,
looting, the destruction of property, and the expulsion of non-Muslim
populations. The deputy commander of the BiH Army, Colonel Stjepan
Siber,
has said, «it was a mistake to let them [the Mujahedin] here . . . They
commit most of the atrocities and work against the interests of the
Muslim
people. They have been killing, looting and stealing.» Andrew Hogg,
«Terror
Trail of the Mujahedin», Sunday Times, 27 June 1993.
Several reports indicate that the Mujahedin were placed under the
command of
the BiH Army.(See «Some 400 Mujahedin Volunteers Fighting with Bosnian
Muslims», Agence France Presse, 22 September 1992; Andrew Hogg, «Arabs
Join
in Bosnia Battle», Sunday Times, 30 August 1992; see also Charles
McLoed,
ECMM, «Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica»,
April
1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 20178- 20546, at 20207; Croatian Information
Centre,
Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at
36435; US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at
62648,
62724, 62730, and 62756)
The Mujahedin forces were closely associated with the 5th Corps, the
6th and
7th Zenica Brigades, the 7th Travnik Brigade, and the 45th Muslim
Brigade
which belongs to the 6th Corps in Konjic of the Army of BiH (US
Department
of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648; see also Croatian
Information Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc.
No.
36434-36438, at 36435; «Continuing Clashes in Northwestern Enclave
Reported
from Both Sides», BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, 14 December 1993.)
They also allegedly fought alongside the Muslim Police, the Krajiska
Brigade
from Travnik, units of Kosovo Muslims, Albanian soldiers, and
paramilitary
groups such as the «Green Legion» and the «Black Swans».(Charles McLoed,
ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica,
April
1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 20178-20546, at 20207; Croatian Information Centre,
Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at
36435; US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at
62648,
62724, 62730, and 62756.)
Reports also indicate that the Mujahedin had the support of President
Izetbegovic and his government. *57 This was demonstrated in the Bihac
pocket, where the Mujahedin joined BiH forces loyal to Izetbegovic.
Together, these forces battled separatist forces who entered into a
separate
peace treaty with Bosnian Serbs («Continuing Clashes in Northwestern
Enclave
Reported form Both Sides», BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, 14
December 1993)
In Zenica, between 31 August and 2 September 1992, 250 Mujahedin troops
allegedly come to BiH from Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain and Iran. These troops
worked alongside the Green Legion and HOS paramilitary groups stationed
in
Zenica. The Mujahedin allegedly also operated a camp at Arnauti.(Charles
McLeod, ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Buscovaca and
Zenica, April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29043-29131, at 29064; Biljaja
Plavsic,
Republic of Serbia Presidency, To Serbs All Over the World, 30 September
1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 48072- 48093, at 48081)
It was reported that a unit of the Mujahedin, called the «Guerilla»,
participated in the 16 April 1993 attack on Vitez and attempted to
exchange
10 HVO hostages for foreign prisoners held in HVO prisons. (US
Department of
State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62629; see also Charles
McLeod,
ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica,
April
1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29043-29131, at 29072 (attack on Vitez).
The Croatian Ministry of Defence is reported to have provided
information
about an event occurring in June 1993 -- a joint BiH/Mujahedin unit
reportedly attacked Travnik, allegedly forcing 4,000 Croatian civilians
and
military personnel out of the town. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI
Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62650. Media reports however claim that Croats
left
Travnik voluntarily. The incident was investigated by an organization,
which
reported that the forceful eviction did not take place)
The Mujahedin allegedly fought alongside the 6th Muslim Brigade from
Zenica
and the Krajiska Brigade from Travnik. Witnesses stated that they saw
Mujahedin operating in small patrols ahead of the approaching BiH
troops.
According to HVO intelligence, Mujahedin forces arrived in Travnik
sometime
before June 1993 and came from Algeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
The
Mujahedin trained at a camp at Mehurici, where they were allegedly
financed
and equipped by a man named Abdulah, the owner of the «Palma» video
store in
Travnik. Once in town, the Mujahedin were linked to the Seventh Brigade
of
the BiH Army, and were reportedly assembled into units of 10 to 15 men,
and
moved about on regular patrols. The Mujahedin created tension in
Travnik in
the days prior to the attack on 3 June. One witness stated that the
Mujahedin directed their actions towards the HVO personnel in town. They
allegedly demonstrated, shouted slogans and fired their rifles in the
air.
Mujahedin allegedly participated in the attack on Maljine in Novi
Travnik on
8 June 1993, killing 20 to 30 HVO members and transporting Croatian
women
and children to the training centre at Mehurici.(Croatian Information
Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 1, 9 August 1993)
In Konjic, the Mujahedin were part of a 100 member force stationed at
Liscioi and led by Haso Hakalovic. The unit was assembled in February
1993
and included some Kosovo Muslims and members of the Black Swans from the
Igman mountain region. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
62612-62877, at 62756)
Allegedly, Mujahedin troops killed and expelled villagers, and looted
and
burned homes, when they moved against the Jablanica- Konjic area. The
Mujahedin troops and members of the Black Swans reportedly conducted
occasional raids without members of BiH forces. (at IHRLI Doc. No.
62752 and
62756. The village of Vrci was attacked on 25 May, and the village of
Radesine was attacked on 10 June. See also Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Fifth
Periodic Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Territory of the
Former Yugoslavia, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1994/47, 17 November 1993, IHRLI
Doc.
No. 52399-52435, at 52405 (alleging that the Mujahedin were involved in
attacks at Kopjari on 21 October, Doljani on 27 and 28 June, and
Maljane on
8 June). UN Special Rapporteur Mazowiecki claims that corpses of
Mujahedin
victims displayed evidence of protracted cruelty and mutilation. )
Reportedly, the Mujahedin volunteers arrived in Konjic in small groups.
It
was reported that they were from Afghanistan and that they claimed to be
students. They were allegedly armed with Hekleri automatic weapons and
former JNA equipment. Some Mujahedin were reportedly former students
with no
military experience.
Mujahedin forces were present in Mostar since early June 1993. They were
reportedly stationed in the Santica neighbourhood on the Muslim/HVO
front,
where they manned bunkers, usually in groups of six or seven, armed with
7.62 millimetre semi-automatic weapons, machine-guns, and Zolja
anti-tank
weapons. They were billeted in a building they shared with the Muslim
military police on the east bank of the Neretva River. The Mujahedin
forces
apparently left Mostar on 15 August. (US Department of State, 1993,
IHRLI
Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62742 and 62677. For more details on the
location
of the Neretva living quarters, see Id. at 62739)
FRY reported that the Mujahedin began operations near Teslic in July and
August of 1992. Troops from Saudi Arabia allegedly killed three Serbian
Territorial Defence members and placed the victims' severed heads on
poles
near the «Tesanj turret». (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Second Report
Submitted to the Commission of Experts, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
28401-29019, at
28533)
Beheadings of Serbs by Mujahedin forces have also been reported in
other areas.
The Mujahedin were also alleged to be part of the forces that invaded
the
village of Trusina near Foca on 15 April 1993. According to the report,
attackers wore white ribbons on their arms and fought beside Albanian
Muslim
troops. Twenty-two civilians reportedly died in the attack. (US
Department
of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648; Croatian
Information
Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
36434-36438,
at 36435)
The Mujahedin allegedly performed crude circumcisions upon Serbian
police
forces, who were later treated by an American surgeon at the Kosevo
hospital
in Sarajevo. (Letter dated 7 December 1992 from the Deputy
Representative of
the US to U.N. Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. S/24918, 8 December 1992,
IHRLI
Doc. No. 3160-3177, at 3173; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Second
Report
Submitted to the Commission of Experts, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No.
28401-29019, at
28566)
This photograph was seized from Saudi Arabian fighters captured in Crni
Vrh
near Teslic, Bosnia. A Muslim solder displays the severed head of
Blagoje
Blagojevic, a Serb from the village of Jasenovo near Teslic.
The severed heads of three Serbs (identified as Blagoje Blagojevic,
Nenad
Petkovic, and Brana Djuric) beheaded by Muslim fighters. This picture
was
seized from Saudi Arabian solders captured near Teslic in Bosnia.