Jugoinfo
Lo scandalo dei rapporti tra la leadership secessionista ed
islamista di Izetbegovic ed i gruppi di mujaheddin stranieri
(tra i quali quelli di Bin Laden) ha spinto Izetbegovic a
lasciare la politica. Nel frattempo, dopo anni di appoggio
sfacciato allo stesso Izetbegovic e di copertura delle sue
"relazioni pericolose" con il terrorismo wahabita,
alcune ambasciate occidentali tra cui quella statunitense
inscenano la "chiusura causa terrorismo islamico".
=====================================================
1. BOSNIA: IZETBEGOVIC LASCIA PRESIDENZA PARTITO SDA
(ANSA, 12/10/01)
2. SARAJEVO HIT BY BIN LADEN PANIC
(IWPR, 19/10/01)
3. Bosnian embassies closed after threats
(BBC News, 17/10/01)
4a. Bosnia: Dr. Frankenstein Tries To Deny His Creation
(R. Rozoff, 15/10/01)
4b. Analysis: Bosnian stability at stake
(BBC News , 15/10/01)
=====================================================
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/bosnia/
20011012164232013245.html
BOSNIA: IZETBEGOVIC LASCIA PRESIDENZA PARTITO SDA
(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 12 OTT - Il leader del Partito
di azione democratica (Sda) ed ex presidente bosniaco
Alija Izetbegovic lascia l'incarico.
Lo ha annunciato oggi a Sarajevo lo stesso
Izetbegovic, alla vigilia del congresso dell'Sda
che domani eleggera' la nuova dirigenza, dicendo che
non si candidera'alla guida del partito. Izetbegovic,
76 anni, fondatore del maggiore partito nazionalista
musulmano che ha guidato per dieci anni, ha spiegato
che il motivo principale del suo ritiro sono le
cattive condizioni di salute e la sua eta'. ''Sarebbe
irresponsabile - ha detto - assumere
questo difficile incarico in tempi difficili e in
presenza di sempre piu' frequenti tentativi di
disintegrazione della Bosnia''. Izetbegovic ha
annunciato, senza fare nomi, che anche altri suoi
collaboratori lasceranno incarichi di primo piano nel
partito per lasciare lo spazio ai piu' giovani.
Malato di cuore, nell'ottobre dell'anno scorso
Izetbegovic ha lasciato, con due anni d'anticipo
rispetto alla scadenza del mandato, il seggio
musulmano nella presidenza tripartita (serba,
croata e musulmana) della Bosnia. Secondo fonti
dell'Sda, ora all'opposizione, il leader carismatico
e presidente della Bosnia durante la guerra (1992-
95), sara' domani eletto alla presidenza onoraria
del partito e a capo del comitato politico.
(ANSA). COR*VD
12/10/2001 16:42
==============================================
SARAJEVO HIT BY BIN LADEN PANIC
The closure of the US and UK embassies in
Bosnia is rumoured to be linked to Bin Laden
terror threat. Janez Kovac reports from Sarajevo
---
>From info@... Fri Oct 19 14:05:52 2001
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:42:10 +0100
From: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
To: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Subject: IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 289
WELCOME TO IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 289,
October 19, 2001
(...)
SARAJEVO HIT BY BIN LADEN PANIC
The closure of the US and UK embassies in Bosnia
is rumoured to be linked to Bin Laden terror threat
By Janez Kovac in Sarajevo
Embassies and other agencies of the
United States and Britain were suddenly
closed in Sarajevo until further notice
on Wednesday because of an unspecified
"credible threat" to their security.
The US also shut down its
consulates in Mostar and Banja Luka.
A Western diplomat serving in Bosnia
said, "The embassy closures were a
result of information intercepted by
intelligence services. I am not in a
position to say if this is linked to
al-Qaeda or any other terrorist
organisation but I think it is related
to individuals in Bosnia. It is a
serious threat."
Bosnian prime minister Zlatko Lagumdzija
said authorities are providing
additional protection for unspecified
facilities used by international
organisations. He said Bosnian officials
are in "constant communication"
with their US counterparts but would
not define the nature of the threat.
An official from the British Foreign
Office told IWPR that the UK
embassy was closed because of
"increased international tension". The
official, who asked not to be named,
added that "appropriate security
action" was undertaken to protect
British nationals abroad.
Until the closures on October 17,
authorities had shown little concern at
the prospect of Osama bin Laden's
al-Qaeda movement spreading its activities
to Bosnia. On Friday October 12 US
Lt. Gen. John Sylvester, commander of
SFOR, told a press conference, "I
have no concerns about any mujahedin
threat in Bosnia at all."
But tension among ordinary people had
been running high ever since the
September 11 terrorist attack in New
York. It is believed that some 3,000
Islamic fighters, the so-called mujahedins,
passed through Bosnia during the
war to fight alongside Bosniak (Bosnian
Muslim) soldiers against Bosnian
Serb and Croat forces.
Around 300 of these fighters remained
in the country and settled down. Some
were found to be involved in criminal
activities in Bosnia and abroad.
The vast majority of people who live
in Bosnia view mujahedins with suspicion
and hostility because of their radical
religious and ideological practices.
An additional concern is the presence
in Bosnia of tens of thousands of
Western soldiers, policemen, diplomats
and other officials working for
numerous international organisations.
All possible targets for terrorists.
News of the embassy closures sparked
furious speculation and stirred
passions One ominous sign in recent
days has been the appearance in Sarajevo
and other towns in the Federation of
graffiti supporting Osama bin Laden.
Wild rumours spread rapidly. "I've
heard that Osama bin Laden was arrested
yesterday in central Bosnia," one Sarajevo
woman told friends over the telephone.
Another claim that Sarajevo airport had
been closed turned out to be false.
A terse advisory from the US consulate
urged all Americans in Bosnia to
"maintain the highest level of vigilance
for the foreseeable future,
particularly over the next several days".
Neither of the embassies nor any other
American or British official would provide
further explanation for the alarm. As a
matter of fact, most American, British
and other Western officials in
Bosnia-Herzegovina appeared just as puzzled,
confused and scared as anyone else.
"We just received a phone call last
night and were told that we did not have
to come to the office today," said a staff
member of the US embassy in Sarajevo on
Wednesday. "No explanation was given."
"We are being kept in the dark," complained
another official working for an
international organisation who was trying
to find out whether he too should
evacuate his office or leave the country entirely.
The mysterious security threat
appeared limited to Bosnia and was not
evident elsewhere in the region.
Janez Kovac is a regular IWPR contributor
*********** VISIT IWPR ON-LINE: http://www.iwpr.net
IWPR's network of leading correspondents
in the region provides inside
analysis of the events and issues
driving crises in the Balkans. The reports
are available on the Web in English,
Serbian and Albanian. They are also
available via e-mail. For syndication
information, contact Anthony Borden
<tony@...>.
Balkan Crisis Report is supported by
the Department for International
Development, European Commission,
Swedish International Development and
Cooperation Agency, The Netherlands
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and other
sources. IWPR also acknowledges general
support from the Ford Foundation.
For further details on this project
and other information services and media
programmes, visit IWPR's Website:
<http://www.iwpr.net>.
All IWPR's reporting services including
Balkan Crisis Reports, Reporting
Central Asia and Tribunal Update are
available free of charge via e-mail
subscription or direct from the Web.
To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit Web page:
http://www.mystery.com/ml/iwpr.html
Editor-in-chief: Anthony Borden.
Managing Editor: Yigal Chazan. Associate
Editor: Gordana Igric. Assistant
Editors: Alan Davis and Heather Milner.
Editorial Assistant: Mirna Jancic.
Kosovo Project Manager: Nehat Islami.
Translation: Alban Mitrushi, Dragana
Nikolic, Denisa Kostovic and others.
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting
(IWPR) is a London-based independent
non-profit organisation supporting
regional media and democratic change.
Lancaster House, 33 Islington High
Street, London N1 9LH, UK Tel: (44 171)
713 7130; Fax: (44 171) 713 7140
E-mail: info@...; Web: www.iwpr.net
The opinions expressed in "Balkan Crisis
Report" are those of the authors
and do not necessarily represent those
of the publication or of IWPR.
Copyright (C) 2001 The Institute for
War & Peace Reporting
*** VISIT IWPR ON-LINE: http://www.iwpr.net
============================================
BBC News
Wednesday, 17 October, 2001, 15:11 GMT 16:11 UK
Bosnian embassies closed after threats
The United States and Britain have closed their
embassies in Bosnia after what American officials
described as credible security threats.
They gave no further details, but an official at the
British embassy in Sarajevo said the threats appeared
to be linked to the military operation in Afghanistan.
The United States has also closed offices in the towns
of Banja Luka and Mostar, and the premises of its aid
agency.
NATO-led peacekeepers in the country say they have
been made aware of the situation. Several people have
been arrested in Bosnia since last month's attacks in
the United States, but officials say they have no
evidence of links to the people who carried it out.
>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
==================================================
Subject: Bosnia: Dr. Frankenstein Tries To Deny His Creation
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Rozoff
"...Bosnia, with a majority Muslim population...,"
repeats Wolfgang Pietritsch.
Curious, when the most inflated recent statistics
state that only 44% of residents of the recently
reinstated Hitlerite statelet of Bosnia and
Herzegovina are "people of Muslim cultual background."
But notwithstanding, that's always been good enough
for the United States and NATO to support the
abrogation of the Helsinki Final Agreement and to
recognize the Islamist theocracy of former president
Izetbegovic.
Good enough, in fact, to slaughter hundreds of ethnic
Serb soldiers and civilians in U.S. bombing raids, and
to lend CIA and other operatives to advise and spot
for their pristinely innocent clients in Sarajevo.
Now they have to cover their tracks. As they have with
Afghanistan and a dozen other places. Hard to be a
god, as Virgil says; or an evil scientist.]
BBC News
Monday, 15 October, 2001, 11:12 GMT 12:12 UK
Analysis: Bosnian stability at stake
By the BBC's Alix Kroeger in Belgrade
The commander of Nato's peacekeeping forces in
Bosnia-Hercegovina, Lieutenant-General John Sylvester,
says there is no threat to the country from Muslim
radicals.
There are mujahideen in Bosnia - no one knows exactly
how many But not everyone is convinced.
Since the attacks on the US on 11 September, attention
is now focusing anew on Bosnia's possible links with
Osama Bin Laden.
'Active cells'
Bosnia is one of 19 countries listed by the US State
Department as having active cells of Bin Laden's
al-Qaeda network.
Was Bin Laden given a Bosnian passport during the
1992-95 war? No, says Bosnia's foreign minister.
In any case, he adds, Bosnia has changed its passport
system twice since then. A passport from 1993, say,
would no longer be valid.
The government has reviewed its records on the 11,000
people naturalised as Bosnian citizens during and
after the war - about 420 originally came from Islamic
countries.
But some of those records may be less than complete.
Suspect arrested
On 8 October, Bosnian police arrested a man suspected
of links to Bin Laden.
Bensayah Belkacem was arrested after a tip-off from US
intelligence that he had made a phone call to one of
Bin Laden's top aides.
Belkacem holds a Bosnian passport, but his other
documents give different ages and places of birth.
Some say Yemen, others Algeria.
He was arrested in the central Bosnian town of Zenica,
a base for mujahideen during the war.
Several people - from Bosnia, Jordan, Egypt and
Pakistan - have been detained over the past few weeks.
All have been released and the foreigners deported.
There are mujahideen in Bosnia - no one knows exactly
how many. Estimates range from several dozen to 400 or
more.
They came from countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan
and Saudi Arabia. Most of them married Bosnian women
and settled in the country after the war.
They were granted citizenship by the Muslim-dominated
wartime government.
Secular society
Most Bosnian Muslims are determinedly secular.
But during the Bosnian war, when the West imposed an
arms embargo, it was the Islamic countries, especially
Iran, who gave the government army the guns they asked
for. Many Bosnians felt abandoned by the international
community and a minority turned to radical Islam.
An investigation by the Los Angeles Times newspaper
claimed that dangerous Islamic extremists travel in
and out of Bosnia at will.
The article quoted a former senior US State Department
official who described Bosnia as "a staging area and
safe haven" for terrorists.
It documented several incidents in which foreign
nationals with Bosnian passports tried to launch
actions against Western targets, including US military
installations in Germany and Los Angeles Airport.
And last week the chief United Nations war crimes
prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, said she had turned over
information to the United States on "people who were
staying in Bosnia in connection with terrorist
groups."
Threat of rumours
But there is another threat to Bosnia - the possible
use of allegations about terrorism both to discredit
the Muslim population, and to stir up fear among
Bosnian Serbs and Croats.
Before and during the Bosnian war, Bosnian Serb
nationalists in particular mobilised their own people
to fight with scare stories about Islamic fundamentalists.
If they did not arm themselves against the Muslims,
they were told, the mujahideen would slit their
throats and rape Serb women.
Such rumours still hold currency today in nationalist
circles.
International officials have sought to play down these
fears.
"The danger of having Bosnia, with a majority Muslim
population, involved in the conflict within the
community of Islamic countries is overestimated," said
Bosnia's chief international mediator, Wolfgang
Petritsch in a recent newspaper interview.
Possible benefit
But there may be one benefit for Bosnia in all this.
Two weeks after the attacks on America,
representatives from Bosnia's state government and its
two ethnically based entities met in Sarajevo to
discuss increasing security measures both in-country
and at the borders.
It was the first such meeting since the end of the war
without the presence of international officials.
It ended with unanimous agreement - another first.
It has taken the perception of an external threat to
bring Bosnia's old enemies together.
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islamista di Izetbegovic ed i gruppi di mujaheddin stranieri
(tra i quali quelli di Bin Laden) ha spinto Izetbegovic a
lasciare la politica. Nel frattempo, dopo anni di appoggio
sfacciato allo stesso Izetbegovic e di copertura delle sue
"relazioni pericolose" con il terrorismo wahabita,
alcune ambasciate occidentali tra cui quella statunitense
inscenano la "chiusura causa terrorismo islamico".
=====================================================
1. BOSNIA: IZETBEGOVIC LASCIA PRESIDENZA PARTITO SDA
(ANSA, 12/10/01)
2. SARAJEVO HIT BY BIN LADEN PANIC
(IWPR, 19/10/01)
3. Bosnian embassies closed after threats
(BBC News, 17/10/01)
4a. Bosnia: Dr. Frankenstein Tries To Deny His Creation
(R. Rozoff, 15/10/01)
4b. Analysis: Bosnian stability at stake
(BBC News , 15/10/01)
=====================================================
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/bosnia/
20011012164232013245.html
BOSNIA: IZETBEGOVIC LASCIA PRESIDENZA PARTITO SDA
(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 12 OTT - Il leader del Partito
di azione democratica (Sda) ed ex presidente bosniaco
Alija Izetbegovic lascia l'incarico.
Lo ha annunciato oggi a Sarajevo lo stesso
Izetbegovic, alla vigilia del congresso dell'Sda
che domani eleggera' la nuova dirigenza, dicendo che
non si candidera'alla guida del partito. Izetbegovic,
76 anni, fondatore del maggiore partito nazionalista
musulmano che ha guidato per dieci anni, ha spiegato
che il motivo principale del suo ritiro sono le
cattive condizioni di salute e la sua eta'. ''Sarebbe
irresponsabile - ha detto - assumere
questo difficile incarico in tempi difficili e in
presenza di sempre piu' frequenti tentativi di
disintegrazione della Bosnia''. Izetbegovic ha
annunciato, senza fare nomi, che anche altri suoi
collaboratori lasceranno incarichi di primo piano nel
partito per lasciare lo spazio ai piu' giovani.
Malato di cuore, nell'ottobre dell'anno scorso
Izetbegovic ha lasciato, con due anni d'anticipo
rispetto alla scadenza del mandato, il seggio
musulmano nella presidenza tripartita (serba,
croata e musulmana) della Bosnia. Secondo fonti
dell'Sda, ora all'opposizione, il leader carismatico
e presidente della Bosnia durante la guerra (1992-
95), sara' domani eletto alla presidenza onoraria
del partito e a capo del comitato politico.
(ANSA). COR*VD
12/10/2001 16:42
==============================================
SARAJEVO HIT BY BIN LADEN PANIC
The closure of the US and UK embassies in
Bosnia is rumoured to be linked to Bin Laden
terror threat. Janez Kovac reports from Sarajevo
---
>From info@... Fri Oct 19 14:05:52 2001
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:42:10 +0100
From: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
To: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Subject: IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 289
WELCOME TO IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 289,
October 19, 2001
(...)
SARAJEVO HIT BY BIN LADEN PANIC
The closure of the US and UK embassies in Bosnia
is rumoured to be linked to Bin Laden terror threat
By Janez Kovac in Sarajevo
Embassies and other agencies of the
United States and Britain were suddenly
closed in Sarajevo until further notice
on Wednesday because of an unspecified
"credible threat" to their security.
The US also shut down its
consulates in Mostar and Banja Luka.
A Western diplomat serving in Bosnia
said, "The embassy closures were a
result of information intercepted by
intelligence services. I am not in a
position to say if this is linked to
al-Qaeda or any other terrorist
organisation but I think it is related
to individuals in Bosnia. It is a
serious threat."
Bosnian prime minister Zlatko Lagumdzija
said authorities are providing
additional protection for unspecified
facilities used by international
organisations. He said Bosnian officials
are in "constant communication"
with their US counterparts but would
not define the nature of the threat.
An official from the British Foreign
Office told IWPR that the UK
embassy was closed because of
"increased international tension". The
official, who asked not to be named,
added that "appropriate security
action" was undertaken to protect
British nationals abroad.
Until the closures on October 17,
authorities had shown little concern at
the prospect of Osama bin Laden's
al-Qaeda movement spreading its activities
to Bosnia. On Friday October 12 US
Lt. Gen. John Sylvester, commander of
SFOR, told a press conference, "I
have no concerns about any mujahedin
threat in Bosnia at all."
But tension among ordinary people had
been running high ever since the
September 11 terrorist attack in New
York. It is believed that some 3,000
Islamic fighters, the so-called mujahedins,
passed through Bosnia during the
war to fight alongside Bosniak (Bosnian
Muslim) soldiers against Bosnian
Serb and Croat forces.
Around 300 of these fighters remained
in the country and settled down. Some
were found to be involved in criminal
activities in Bosnia and abroad.
The vast majority of people who live
in Bosnia view mujahedins with suspicion
and hostility because of their radical
religious and ideological practices.
An additional concern is the presence
in Bosnia of tens of thousands of
Western soldiers, policemen, diplomats
and other officials working for
numerous international organisations.
All possible targets for terrorists.
News of the embassy closures sparked
furious speculation and stirred
passions One ominous sign in recent
days has been the appearance in Sarajevo
and other towns in the Federation of
graffiti supporting Osama bin Laden.
Wild rumours spread rapidly. "I've
heard that Osama bin Laden was arrested
yesterday in central Bosnia," one Sarajevo
woman told friends over the telephone.
Another claim that Sarajevo airport had
been closed turned out to be false.
A terse advisory from the US consulate
urged all Americans in Bosnia to
"maintain the highest level of vigilance
for the foreseeable future,
particularly over the next several days".
Neither of the embassies nor any other
American or British official would provide
further explanation for the alarm. As a
matter of fact, most American, British
and other Western officials in
Bosnia-Herzegovina appeared just as puzzled,
confused and scared as anyone else.
"We just received a phone call last
night and were told that we did not have
to come to the office today," said a staff
member of the US embassy in Sarajevo on
Wednesday. "No explanation was given."
"We are being kept in the dark," complained
another official working for an
international organisation who was trying
to find out whether he too should
evacuate his office or leave the country entirely.
The mysterious security threat
appeared limited to Bosnia and was not
evident elsewhere in the region.
Janez Kovac is a regular IWPR contributor
*********** VISIT IWPR ON-LINE: http://www.iwpr.net
IWPR's network of leading correspondents
in the region provides inside
analysis of the events and issues
driving crises in the Balkans. The reports
are available on the Web in English,
Serbian and Albanian. They are also
available via e-mail. For syndication
information, contact Anthony Borden
<tony@...>.
Balkan Crisis Report is supported by
the Department for International
Development, European Commission,
Swedish International Development and
Cooperation Agency, The Netherlands
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and other
sources. IWPR also acknowledges general
support from the Ford Foundation.
For further details on this project
and other information services and media
programmes, visit IWPR's Website:
<http://www.iwpr.net>.
All IWPR's reporting services including
Balkan Crisis Reports, Reporting
Central Asia and Tribunal Update are
available free of charge via e-mail
subscription or direct from the Web.
To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit Web page:
http://www.mystery.com/ml/iwpr.html
Editor-in-chief: Anthony Borden.
Managing Editor: Yigal Chazan. Associate
Editor: Gordana Igric. Assistant
Editors: Alan Davis and Heather Milner.
Editorial Assistant: Mirna Jancic.
Kosovo Project Manager: Nehat Islami.
Translation: Alban Mitrushi, Dragana
Nikolic, Denisa Kostovic and others.
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting
(IWPR) is a London-based independent
non-profit organisation supporting
regional media and democratic change.
Lancaster House, 33 Islington High
Street, London N1 9LH, UK Tel: (44 171)
713 7130; Fax: (44 171) 713 7140
E-mail: info@...; Web: www.iwpr.net
The opinions expressed in "Balkan Crisis
Report" are those of the authors
and do not necessarily represent those
of the publication or of IWPR.
Copyright (C) 2001 The Institute for
War & Peace Reporting
*** VISIT IWPR ON-LINE: http://www.iwpr.net
============================================
BBC News
Wednesday, 17 October, 2001, 15:11 GMT 16:11 UK
Bosnian embassies closed after threats
The United States and Britain have closed their
embassies in Bosnia after what American officials
described as credible security threats.
They gave no further details, but an official at the
British embassy in Sarajevo said the threats appeared
to be linked to the military operation in Afghanistan.
The United States has also closed offices in the towns
of Banja Luka and Mostar, and the premises of its aid
agency.
NATO-led peacekeepers in the country say they have
been made aware of the situation. Several people have
been arrested in Bosnia since last month's attacks in
the United States, but officials say they have no
evidence of links to the people who carried it out.
>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
==================================================
Subject: Bosnia: Dr. Frankenstein Tries To Deny His Creation
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Rozoff
"...Bosnia, with a majority Muslim population...,"
repeats Wolfgang Pietritsch.
Curious, when the most inflated recent statistics
state that only 44% of residents of the recently
reinstated Hitlerite statelet of Bosnia and
Herzegovina are "people of Muslim cultual background."
But notwithstanding, that's always been good enough
for the United States and NATO to support the
abrogation of the Helsinki Final Agreement and to
recognize the Islamist theocracy of former president
Izetbegovic.
Good enough, in fact, to slaughter hundreds of ethnic
Serb soldiers and civilians in U.S. bombing raids, and
to lend CIA and other operatives to advise and spot
for their pristinely innocent clients in Sarajevo.
Now they have to cover their tracks. As they have with
Afghanistan and a dozen other places. Hard to be a
god, as Virgil says; or an evil scientist.]
BBC News
Monday, 15 October, 2001, 11:12 GMT 12:12 UK
Analysis: Bosnian stability at stake
By the BBC's Alix Kroeger in Belgrade
The commander of Nato's peacekeeping forces in
Bosnia-Hercegovina, Lieutenant-General John Sylvester,
says there is no threat to the country from Muslim
radicals.
There are mujahideen in Bosnia - no one knows exactly
how many But not everyone is convinced.
Since the attacks on the US on 11 September, attention
is now focusing anew on Bosnia's possible links with
Osama Bin Laden.
'Active cells'
Bosnia is one of 19 countries listed by the US State
Department as having active cells of Bin Laden's
al-Qaeda network.
Was Bin Laden given a Bosnian passport during the
1992-95 war? No, says Bosnia's foreign minister.
In any case, he adds, Bosnia has changed its passport
system twice since then. A passport from 1993, say,
would no longer be valid.
The government has reviewed its records on the 11,000
people naturalised as Bosnian citizens during and
after the war - about 420 originally came from Islamic
countries.
But some of those records may be less than complete.
Suspect arrested
On 8 October, Bosnian police arrested a man suspected
of links to Bin Laden.
Bensayah Belkacem was arrested after a tip-off from US
intelligence that he had made a phone call to one of
Bin Laden's top aides.
Belkacem holds a Bosnian passport, but his other
documents give different ages and places of birth.
Some say Yemen, others Algeria.
He was arrested in the central Bosnian town of Zenica,
a base for mujahideen during the war.
Several people - from Bosnia, Jordan, Egypt and
Pakistan - have been detained over the past few weeks.
All have been released and the foreigners deported.
There are mujahideen in Bosnia - no one knows exactly
how many. Estimates range from several dozen to 400 or
more.
They came from countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan
and Saudi Arabia. Most of them married Bosnian women
and settled in the country after the war.
They were granted citizenship by the Muslim-dominated
wartime government.
Secular society
Most Bosnian Muslims are determinedly secular.
But during the Bosnian war, when the West imposed an
arms embargo, it was the Islamic countries, especially
Iran, who gave the government army the guns they asked
for. Many Bosnians felt abandoned by the international
community and a minority turned to radical Islam.
An investigation by the Los Angeles Times newspaper
claimed that dangerous Islamic extremists travel in
and out of Bosnia at will.
The article quoted a former senior US State Department
official who described Bosnia as "a staging area and
safe haven" for terrorists.
It documented several incidents in which foreign
nationals with Bosnian passports tried to launch
actions against Western targets, including US military
installations in Germany and Los Angeles Airport.
And last week the chief United Nations war crimes
prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, said she had turned over
information to the United States on "people who were
staying in Bosnia in connection with terrorist
groups."
Threat of rumours
But there is another threat to Bosnia - the possible
use of allegations about terrorism both to discredit
the Muslim population, and to stir up fear among
Bosnian Serbs and Croats.
Before and during the Bosnian war, Bosnian Serb
nationalists in particular mobilised their own people
to fight with scare stories about Islamic fundamentalists.
If they did not arm themselves against the Muslims,
they were told, the mujahideen would slit their
throats and rape Serb women.
Such rumours still hold currency today in nationalist
circles.
International officials have sought to play down these
fears.
"The danger of having Bosnia, with a majority Muslim
population, involved in the conflict within the
community of Islamic countries is overestimated," said
Bosnia's chief international mediator, Wolfgang
Petritsch in a recent newspaper interview.
Possible benefit
But there may be one benefit for Bosnia in all this.
Two weeks after the attacks on America,
representatives from Bosnia's state government and its
two ethnically based entities met in Sarajevo to
discuss increasing security measures both in-country
and at the borders.
It was the first such meeting since the end of the war
without the presence of international officials.
It ended with unanimous agreement - another first.
It has taken the perception of an external threat to
bring Bosnia's old enemies together.
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attimo lo sguardo all'indietro. L'ambasciatore USA
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stato ad esempio ripetutamente denunciato da serbi
e croati per il suo sostegno al partito islamista
di Izetbegovic (SDA - Partito di Azione
Democratica), fino a tempi recentissimi, come
documentano gli articoli allegati. Inoltre, la
copertura e l'omerta' occidentale sulla presenza
in Bosnia di mujaheddin stranieri, in particolare
di quelli legati a Bin Laden, non sara' certo
compensata dagli attuali ipocriti "timori" per
possibili attentati.
*** BOSNIA, THE GLOBAL TAMMANY HALL
(S. Trifkovic, 24/08/01)
*** L'AMBASCIATORE AMERICANO E' PORTAVOCE DELL'SDA
(Srpsko Oslobodjenje, 05/07/00)
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Subject: Scandal re. US Ambassador in Bosnia?
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:05:44 -0400
From: Serge Trifkovic
http://www.rockfordinstitute.org/News/Trifkovic/
NewsST082401.htm oppure News&Views.htm
Friday, August 24, 2001
BOSNIA, THE GLOBAL TAMMANY HALL
by Srdja Trifkovic
Bosnia is the Imperium's first major experiment in
nation-building. It is the harbinger of great and
glorious things to come in the new millennium, and
the experiences of this multiethnic,
multiconfessional, multicultural polity based on
democracy and human rights will be closely watched
by other aspiring clients of the international
community. It is therefore disheartening that in
Bosnia we encounter evidence that the officials of
the 'international community' are perhaps no more
virtuous or high-minded than the old rogues who
governed the nation-states of yore.
Take the case of Thomas Miller, the United States
ambassador in Sarajevo, who is rumored to have
conspired a year ago with Milorad Dodik, then
prime minister of the Bosnian-Serb Republic, to
divert $500,000 of an American aid package to the
Gore/Lieberman campaign. This claim, made
privately by a former minister in Dodik's
government, has been confirmed by another highly
placed source in Banja Luka, the capital of the
Republika Srpska (RS).
The alleged deal was simple: Last July, Ambassador
Miller is said to have arranged a
multimillion-dollar USAID grant for the RS budget.
Once the money arrived in Banja Luka, half a
million was allocated to the prime minister's
discretionary fund'-over which he had exclusive
control-and promptly sent back to the United
States as his contribution to the Gore/Lieberman
campaign. This was not the only payment to a
Western political figure from the fund (the
existence of which Dodik admitted in a television
interview last November), but it was the largest
single disbursement ever made from it.
Our source insists that Miller was behind the
scheme but does not know whether the
administration or 'Gore's people in Washington'
were aware of what was going on:
"It is possible that Ambassador Miller arranged it
all on his own initiative, because he is a
committed Democrat--just like all other key U.S.
officials in Bosnia: Jacques Klein, U.N. mission
chief in Sarajevo, Ralph Johnson, first deputy
high representative, and Robert Berry, OSCE
mission chief. They all rooted for Gore, and
Miller is known to have expressed his concern for
'the future of Bosnia' if Bush won. And he could
not conceal his fury at the outcome of the
election dispute in Florida."
When some revelations of Dodik's corrupt
practices--including the first partial disclosure
of the Gore deal--were published by the Banja Luka
magazine Extra last February, it looked like the
cat was out of the bag.
Interestingly, however, there has been no
follow-up. It was widely expected that the new
government of Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic,
publicly committed to fighting corruption, would
make public the results of an investigation into
his predecessor's practices. This has not happened
so far, and our sources indicate that Dr. Ivanic
is under heavy pressure from Ambassador Miller and
other American political heavyweights in Bosnia
not to rock the boat. He has agreed to comply,
thus betraying his own electoral promise to
eradicate corruption and hold former officials
responsible.
Their motives are easy to understand. Dodik was
persona gratissima in Bill Clinton's
Washington-Madeleine Albright once described him
as "a breath of fresh air"-and the proponents of
"continuity" of the U.S. policy in Bosnia want to
keep him in reserve as a tried and true quisling.
He could come in handy if they are allowed to play
the next act in their arcane Balkan game: the
scrapping of the Dayton Accord in favor of a
centralized Bosnian state.
Even after Dodik's crushing defeat at last fall's
RS general election, Ambassador Miller was
promoting him for a ministerial position at the
federal level in Sarajevo. Because Dodik's
reputation for greed and graft has made him odious
even to the Muslim politicians who had found him
useful in the past, he was unsuccessful in his
bid. In addition, Mr. Miller, a prot�g� of Richard
Holbrooke, may have strong personal reasons for
wanting the new RS government to keep quiet about
some of Dodik's shenanigans. If the allegations
are corroborated, it could mark not only the end
of his diplomatic career but the beginning of a
criminal investigation back in Washington. "I am
honored to appear before you today as President
Clinton's nominee to receive the rank of
ambassador. I am grateful to the President and to
Secretary Albright for the confidence they have
shown in appointing me to this position," Thomas
Miller declared at his Senate confirmation hearing
in October 1997. His gratitude to the Democratic
White House seems to have acquired a tangible form
three years later.
In the meantime Miller had stepped on many Bosnian
toes. During his tenure he has openly campaigned
for the "non-nationalist" parties in Bosnia's
elections and earned the lasting wrath of both
Serbs and Croats, who resented his support for the
Muslims' preferred model of a centralized
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Serb member of the
tripartite Bosnian presidency, Zivko Radisic, last
fall even asked for Miller's recall because "his
activities in support of his preferred political
parties and personalities in Bosnia are
incompatible with the proper role of a diplomat."
The Croats' leader Ante Jelavic agreed. The Croats
were even more resentful of Miller's imperious
posture in the aftermath of the clampdown by the
"international community" on their stronghold in
Mostar, which included a raid on the vault of the
bank used by their main political party.
Even if the Bosnian Serb government is bullied
into silence, our source says that it should be
possible to learn the truth about any misuse of
USAID funds from Deloitte Touche Tohmantsu (DTT)
and KPMG, as those two companies manage the
consulting and lending program that makes USAID
the largest lender in the RS and Bosnia. Right
now, the source claims, DTT is covering up
malfeasance in its Bosnian projects:
"An effort is under way, sometimes desperate, by
DTT to prevent an independent investigation of
what is behind observed suspicious behavior in its
project. They probably know if the alleged
contribution to the Gore campaign has been made,
but there is reason to suspect a corrupt
connection between the DTT project and Dodik, and
to expect that Ambassador Miller will go out of
his way to thwart an independent investigation."
If there is a scandal involving foreign aid, it
won't be the first since the "international
community" started its involvement in post-Dayton
Bosnia. During 1996-99, the United States and its
allies committed more than $5 billion to finance
civil aspects of the Dayton Agreement; and as of
March 2000, U.S. military costs to support the
agreement totaled about $10 billion. In the summer
of 1999, the office of the high representative-the
U.N. Gauleiter in Sarajevo who wields the real
power in the hybrid "country"-confirmed that more
than one billion dollars had been lost in postwar
Bosnia through tax evasion, customs fraud, or
embezzlement of public funds. Much of that money
was simply stolen from international aid projects.
For instance, more than $20 million deposited by
ten foreign embassies and international aid
agencies in a Bosnian bank has disappeared. Over
$500 million was missing from the Muslim city of
Tuzla's budget alone. The town of Sanski Most used
municipal funds to build a horseracing track,
while its Mayor, Mehmed Alagic, is accused of
stealing $450,000 in aid from Saudi Arabia. In
July of last year the Clinton Administration was
forced to agree with the "basic thrust" of a
report from the General Accounting Office (GAO)
that crime and corruption are "endemic problems"
in Bosnia which "seriously inhibit" both economic
and political development and implementation of
the Dayton peace agreement.
But as Ambassador James Pardew tried to explain to
the House of Representatives Committee on
International Relations July 19 of last year,
there are "reform-minded Bosnians" who are willing
to work hard to change the situation, and the
"entire thrust" of U.S. assistance for Bosnia is
designed "to help these people establish a
peaceful, transparent and democratic society."
Dodik was an example of "reform-mindedness" to
Pardew and his bosses, and Miller is their man in
situ. Another form of institutionalized corruption
involves international bureaucrats who lobby local
politicians on behalf of companies from their
countries. According to our source in Banja Luka,
"The British dominate the so-called Independent
Commission for Media and they swiftly tailored the
privatization of the Bosnian television system so
that British companies appear as best qualified
potential buyers. The Bosnian tsar himself, High
Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, tirelessly
demands that Austria Telecom be granted the
license as the second mobile-phone provider for
Bosnia-Herzegovina. His deputy, Ralph Johnson of
the United States, is involved in setting up
consolidated public utilities for gas and
electricity so that they can be sold off more
easily to foreign investors who fit his bill."
Lower down the scale, foreign bureaucrats-
especially those from Eastern Europe and the Third
World-are involved in large-scale smuggling of
American cigarettes that arrive from Montenegro
and are then shipped via Bosnia to the European
Union.
Bosnia, of course, is no exception to the rule
that there is no correlation between foreign
assistance and economic growth, but the
"international community" is by now aiding and
abetting the open-ended burgeoning of the culture
of corruption. Foreigners have absolute power in
Bosnia. The results were to be expected. The
future will only bring more of the same,
corrupting not only Bosnia--the victim of
international largesse--but all those who enter
the dark villayet to distribute it.
Endemic and institutionalized corruption at all
levels and by all participants is an apt symbol of
"Bosnia" because it is an edifice is based on a
lie. The lie was supposed to replace the bonds of
loyalty, authority, and legitimacy that link
Bosnian Croats and Croatia and Bosnian Serbs and
Serbia. These bonds are rooted in centuries of
political, ethnic, and cultural identity and are
sure to prove stronger than bonds to a hastily
fabricated central government. The way the whole
Dayton package has been put together reflects the
short-termism of Western policy, and its ultimate
preference for form over substance. It will not
survive in the long term: the inherent dynamics of
Bosnia's disintegration are still there. Those
same centrifugal forces which had doomed
Yugoslavia as a whole are still present in Bosnia,
probably even more than before the U.S. got
involved.
As for Ambassador Miller, his apparently
well-deserved demise will have to wait: the Bush
administration, either oblivious of his alleged
transgressions or indifferent to them, has
rewarded him for his efforts with the
ambassadorial appointment to Greece.
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Da "Srpsko Oslobodjenje", quotidiano della
Repubblica Serba di Bosnia, 5 luglio 2000
L'AMBASCIATORE AMERICANO E' PORTAVOCE DELL'SDA
L'Ambasciata americana a Sarajevo ha manifestato
la piu' grande tracotanza ed il pi� grande cinismo
mai registrato finora nella diplomazia mondiale.
Invece di comportarsi in conformit� con le norme
internazionali stabilite e il codice diplomatico,
questa ambasciata si immischia nel modo pi�
brutale nelle relazioni interne e nelle situazioni
politiche dello Stato da cui ha ricevuto
ospitalit�. Per questo comportamento senza
precedenti nella diplomazia mondiale, il maggior
responsabile � l'ambasciatore Tony Miller, del
quale si pu� liberamente dire che sia il portavoce
del Partito di Azione Democratica. Che sia
veramente cosi, lo testimonia nel modo migliore la
vergognosa dichiarazione per il pubblico che �
stata inviata da quella ambasciata ai media della
Bosnia Erzegovina l'ultimo giorno di giugno. In
questa faziosa e unilaterale dichiarazione si
citano congetture false e meschine che hanno come
scopo di screditare nel modo pi� brutale tutto il
popolo serbo. Il testo dice:
"L'ambasciatore USA condanna assai duramente la
dichiarazione dell'Organizzazione dei combattenti
di Srebrenica. E' vergognoso che questa
organizzazione sostenga che "nessuno sia stato
ferito e tantomeno ucciso" a Potocari l?11.7.l995,
quando il mondo sa che li sono stati uccisi, in
quel giorno, migliaia di civili innocenti" - e
cosi via...
Voi mentite, signor Miller, lei e tutti quelli che
parlano per bocca dei fanatici musulmani, quando
dite che a Potocari sono stati uccisi dei civili.
Da dove vi viene il diritto di mentire e
pregiudicare ci� che ancora non � stato provato? A
Potocari c'era soltanto un campo di accoglienza,
da dove sono stati evacuati civili mandati a Tuzla
e in altre parti della Federazione di
Bosnia-Erzegovina.
Lei mente, signor Miller, quando sostiene che
"migliaia di civili innocenti sono stati uccisi -
12.000 (!?) musulmani"; questo numero poi � stato
diminuito a 7000, poi a 3000, il che esprime
chiaramente che con gli inganni politici e con le
invenzioni si vuole addossare la colpa ad un
popolo intero. E' sfacciato e maligno da parte di
un cittadino straniero, valutare e confrontare il
cosiddetto massacro di Srebrenica con l'olocausto
della II guerra mondiale. Meno di tutti lei ha il
diritto, dopo i crimini che avete commesso in
tutto il mondo, di parlare di un supposto massacro
a Srebrenica. Ricordiamo soltanto Hiroshima, i
crimini nel Vietnam, in Cambogia, lo scorso anno
in Jugoslavia, e dovunque nel mondo gli americani
causassero intenzionalmente le crisi e
provocassero uccisioni di massa dei civili. Lei
mente anche nella prima parte della frase, quando
dice: "tutto il mondo sa che migliaia di civili
innocenti sono stati uccisi". Queste sono soltanto
le sue congetture menzognere e i suoi inganni
pericolosi, perch� alle sue "constatazioni" la
maggioranza della popolazione mondiale non crede.
Lei ha la mania di servirsi di menzogne ed
inganni, come testimonia la vostra vergognosa
dichiarazione pubblica.
La "vera" verit� su Srebrenica bisogna dirla, ma
lei ha imparato a proiettare in avanti la
menzogna. Si � mai chiesto finora quanti civili
serbi siano stati ucccisi a Sarajevo? Li, signor
ambasciatore, sotto al governo musulmano sono
stati uccisi altre 6000 serbi. Questo � un
olocausto, e non Srebrenica, dove sono stati
uccisi soltanto militari musulmani armati, ai
quali gli appartenenti al battaglione olandese
nelle fila dell'UNPROFOR hanno reso possibile di
essere armati fino ai denti benche' fossero nella
cosiddetta "zona protetta".
Esistono dei comunicati, signor Miller, sui quali
lei tace perch� non corrispondono ai vostri scopi
disonesti...
[trad. a cura del Coord. Romano per la Jugoslavia;
sulla disinformazione strategica relativa ai fatti
di Srebrenica abbiamo inviato ed invieremo presto
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rappresentanze diplomatiche occidentali in
Bosnia-Erzegovina perde ogni senso se si volge un
attimo lo sguardo all'indietro. L'ambasciatore USA
in Bosnia dell'era-Clinton, Thomas Miller, e'
stato ad esempio ripetutamente denunciato da serbi
e croati per il suo sostegno al partito islamista
di Izetbegovic (SDA - Partito di Azione
Democratica), fino a tempi recentissimi, come
documentano gli articoli allegati. Inoltre, la
copertura e l'omerta' occidentale sulla presenza
in Bosnia di mujaheddin stranieri, in particolare
di quelli legati a Bin Laden, non sara' certo
compensata dagli attuali ipocriti "timori" per
possibili attentati.
*** BOSNIA, THE GLOBAL TAMMANY HALL
(S. Trifkovic, 24/08/01)
*** L'AMBASCIATORE AMERICANO E' PORTAVOCE DELL'SDA
(Srpsko Oslobodjenje, 05/07/00)
===================================================
Subject: Scandal re. US Ambassador in Bosnia?
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:05:44 -0400
From: Serge Trifkovic
http://www.rockfordinstitute.org/News/Trifkovic/
NewsST082401.htm oppure News&Views.htm
Friday, August 24, 2001
BOSNIA, THE GLOBAL TAMMANY HALL
by Srdja Trifkovic
Bosnia is the Imperium's first major experiment in
nation-building. It is the harbinger of great and
glorious things to come in the new millennium, and
the experiences of this multiethnic,
multiconfessional, multicultural polity based on
democracy and human rights will be closely watched
by other aspiring clients of the international
community. It is therefore disheartening that in
Bosnia we encounter evidence that the officials of
the 'international community' are perhaps no more
virtuous or high-minded than the old rogues who
governed the nation-states of yore.
Take the case of Thomas Miller, the United States
ambassador in Sarajevo, who is rumored to have
conspired a year ago with Milorad Dodik, then
prime minister of the Bosnian-Serb Republic, to
divert $500,000 of an American aid package to the
Gore/Lieberman campaign. This claim, made
privately by a former minister in Dodik's
government, has been confirmed by another highly
placed source in Banja Luka, the capital of the
Republika Srpska (RS).
The alleged deal was simple: Last July, Ambassador
Miller is said to have arranged a
multimillion-dollar USAID grant for the RS budget.
Once the money arrived in Banja Luka, half a
million was allocated to the prime minister's
discretionary fund'-over which he had exclusive
control-and promptly sent back to the United
States as his contribution to the Gore/Lieberman
campaign. This was not the only payment to a
Western political figure from the fund (the
existence of which Dodik admitted in a television
interview last November), but it was the largest
single disbursement ever made from it.
Our source insists that Miller was behind the
scheme but does not know whether the
administration or 'Gore's people in Washington'
were aware of what was going on:
"It is possible that Ambassador Miller arranged it
all on his own initiative, because he is a
committed Democrat--just like all other key U.S.
officials in Bosnia: Jacques Klein, U.N. mission
chief in Sarajevo, Ralph Johnson, first deputy
high representative, and Robert Berry, OSCE
mission chief. They all rooted for Gore, and
Miller is known to have expressed his concern for
'the future of Bosnia' if Bush won. And he could
not conceal his fury at the outcome of the
election dispute in Florida."
When some revelations of Dodik's corrupt
practices--including the first partial disclosure
of the Gore deal--were published by the Banja Luka
magazine Extra last February, it looked like the
cat was out of the bag.
Interestingly, however, there has been no
follow-up. It was widely expected that the new
government of Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic,
publicly committed to fighting corruption, would
make public the results of an investigation into
his predecessor's practices. This has not happened
so far, and our sources indicate that Dr. Ivanic
is under heavy pressure from Ambassador Miller and
other American political heavyweights in Bosnia
not to rock the boat. He has agreed to comply,
thus betraying his own electoral promise to
eradicate corruption and hold former officials
responsible.
Their motives are easy to understand. Dodik was
persona gratissima in Bill Clinton's
Washington-Madeleine Albright once described him
as "a breath of fresh air"-and the proponents of
"continuity" of the U.S. policy in Bosnia want to
keep him in reserve as a tried and true quisling.
He could come in handy if they are allowed to play
the next act in their arcane Balkan game: the
scrapping of the Dayton Accord in favor of a
centralized Bosnian state.
Even after Dodik's crushing defeat at last fall's
RS general election, Ambassador Miller was
promoting him for a ministerial position at the
federal level in Sarajevo. Because Dodik's
reputation for greed and graft has made him odious
even to the Muslim politicians who had found him
useful in the past, he was unsuccessful in his
bid. In addition, Mr. Miller, a prot�g� of Richard
Holbrooke, may have strong personal reasons for
wanting the new RS government to keep quiet about
some of Dodik's shenanigans. If the allegations
are corroborated, it could mark not only the end
of his diplomatic career but the beginning of a
criminal investigation back in Washington. "I am
honored to appear before you today as President
Clinton's nominee to receive the rank of
ambassador. I am grateful to the President and to
Secretary Albright for the confidence they have
shown in appointing me to this position," Thomas
Miller declared at his Senate confirmation hearing
in October 1997. His gratitude to the Democratic
White House seems to have acquired a tangible form
three years later.
In the meantime Miller had stepped on many Bosnian
toes. During his tenure he has openly campaigned
for the "non-nationalist" parties in Bosnia's
elections and earned the lasting wrath of both
Serbs and Croats, who resented his support for the
Muslims' preferred model of a centralized
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Serb member of the
tripartite Bosnian presidency, Zivko Radisic, last
fall even asked for Miller's recall because "his
activities in support of his preferred political
parties and personalities in Bosnia are
incompatible with the proper role of a diplomat."
The Croats' leader Ante Jelavic agreed. The Croats
were even more resentful of Miller's imperious
posture in the aftermath of the clampdown by the
"international community" on their stronghold in
Mostar, which included a raid on the vault of the
bank used by their main political party.
Even if the Bosnian Serb government is bullied
into silence, our source says that it should be
possible to learn the truth about any misuse of
USAID funds from Deloitte Touche Tohmantsu (DTT)
and KPMG, as those two companies manage the
consulting and lending program that makes USAID
the largest lender in the RS and Bosnia. Right
now, the source claims, DTT is covering up
malfeasance in its Bosnian projects:
"An effort is under way, sometimes desperate, by
DTT to prevent an independent investigation of
what is behind observed suspicious behavior in its
project. They probably know if the alleged
contribution to the Gore campaign has been made,
but there is reason to suspect a corrupt
connection between the DTT project and Dodik, and
to expect that Ambassador Miller will go out of
his way to thwart an independent investigation."
If there is a scandal involving foreign aid, it
won't be the first since the "international
community" started its involvement in post-Dayton
Bosnia. During 1996-99, the United States and its
allies committed more than $5 billion to finance
civil aspects of the Dayton Agreement; and as of
March 2000, U.S. military costs to support the
agreement totaled about $10 billion. In the summer
of 1999, the office of the high representative-the
U.N. Gauleiter in Sarajevo who wields the real
power in the hybrid "country"-confirmed that more
than one billion dollars had been lost in postwar
Bosnia through tax evasion, customs fraud, or
embezzlement of public funds. Much of that money
was simply stolen from international aid projects.
For instance, more than $20 million deposited by
ten foreign embassies and international aid
agencies in a Bosnian bank has disappeared. Over
$500 million was missing from the Muslim city of
Tuzla's budget alone. The town of Sanski Most used
municipal funds to build a horseracing track,
while its Mayor, Mehmed Alagic, is accused of
stealing $450,000 in aid from Saudi Arabia. In
July of last year the Clinton Administration was
forced to agree with the "basic thrust" of a
report from the General Accounting Office (GAO)
that crime and corruption are "endemic problems"
in Bosnia which "seriously inhibit" both economic
and political development and implementation of
the Dayton peace agreement.
But as Ambassador James Pardew tried to explain to
the House of Representatives Committee on
International Relations July 19 of last year,
there are "reform-minded Bosnians" who are willing
to work hard to change the situation, and the
"entire thrust" of U.S. assistance for Bosnia is
designed "to help these people establish a
peaceful, transparent and democratic society."
Dodik was an example of "reform-mindedness" to
Pardew and his bosses, and Miller is their man in
situ. Another form of institutionalized corruption
involves international bureaucrats who lobby local
politicians on behalf of companies from their
countries. According to our source in Banja Luka,
"The British dominate the so-called Independent
Commission for Media and they swiftly tailored the
privatization of the Bosnian television system so
that British companies appear as best qualified
potential buyers. The Bosnian tsar himself, High
Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, tirelessly
demands that Austria Telecom be granted the
license as the second mobile-phone provider for
Bosnia-Herzegovina. His deputy, Ralph Johnson of
the United States, is involved in setting up
consolidated public utilities for gas and
electricity so that they can be sold off more
easily to foreign investors who fit his bill."
Lower down the scale, foreign bureaucrats-
especially those from Eastern Europe and the Third
World-are involved in large-scale smuggling of
American cigarettes that arrive from Montenegro
and are then shipped via Bosnia to the European
Union.
Bosnia, of course, is no exception to the rule
that there is no correlation between foreign
assistance and economic growth, but the
"international community" is by now aiding and
abetting the open-ended burgeoning of the culture
of corruption. Foreigners have absolute power in
Bosnia. The results were to be expected. The
future will only bring more of the same,
corrupting not only Bosnia--the victim of
international largesse--but all those who enter
the dark villayet to distribute it.
Endemic and institutionalized corruption at all
levels and by all participants is an apt symbol of
"Bosnia" because it is an edifice is based on a
lie. The lie was supposed to replace the bonds of
loyalty, authority, and legitimacy that link
Bosnian Croats and Croatia and Bosnian Serbs and
Serbia. These bonds are rooted in centuries of
political, ethnic, and cultural identity and are
sure to prove stronger than bonds to a hastily
fabricated central government. The way the whole
Dayton package has been put together reflects the
short-termism of Western policy, and its ultimate
preference for form over substance. It will not
survive in the long term: the inherent dynamics of
Bosnia's disintegration are still there. Those
same centrifugal forces which had doomed
Yugoslavia as a whole are still present in Bosnia,
probably even more than before the U.S. got
involved.
As for Ambassador Miller, his apparently
well-deserved demise will have to wait: the Bush
administration, either oblivious of his alleged
transgressions or indifferent to them, has
rewarded him for his efforts with the
ambassadorial appointment to Greece.
Copyright 2001, www.ChroniclesMagazine.org
928 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103
===============================================
Da "Srpsko Oslobodjenje", quotidiano della
Repubblica Serba di Bosnia, 5 luglio 2000
L'AMBASCIATORE AMERICANO E' PORTAVOCE DELL'SDA
L'Ambasciata americana a Sarajevo ha manifestato
la piu' grande tracotanza ed il pi� grande cinismo
mai registrato finora nella diplomazia mondiale.
Invece di comportarsi in conformit� con le norme
internazionali stabilite e il codice diplomatico,
questa ambasciata si immischia nel modo pi�
brutale nelle relazioni interne e nelle situazioni
politiche dello Stato da cui ha ricevuto
ospitalit�. Per questo comportamento senza
precedenti nella diplomazia mondiale, il maggior
responsabile � l'ambasciatore Tony Miller, del
quale si pu� liberamente dire che sia il portavoce
del Partito di Azione Democratica. Che sia
veramente cosi, lo testimonia nel modo migliore la
vergognosa dichiarazione per il pubblico che �
stata inviata da quella ambasciata ai media della
Bosnia Erzegovina l'ultimo giorno di giugno. In
questa faziosa e unilaterale dichiarazione si
citano congetture false e meschine che hanno come
scopo di screditare nel modo pi� brutale tutto il
popolo serbo. Il testo dice:
"L'ambasciatore USA condanna assai duramente la
dichiarazione dell'Organizzazione dei combattenti
di Srebrenica. E' vergognoso che questa
organizzazione sostenga che "nessuno sia stato
ferito e tantomeno ucciso" a Potocari l?11.7.l995,
quando il mondo sa che li sono stati uccisi, in
quel giorno, migliaia di civili innocenti" - e
cosi via...
Voi mentite, signor Miller, lei e tutti quelli che
parlano per bocca dei fanatici musulmani, quando
dite che a Potocari sono stati uccisi dei civili.
Da dove vi viene il diritto di mentire e
pregiudicare ci� che ancora non � stato provato? A
Potocari c'era soltanto un campo di accoglienza,
da dove sono stati evacuati civili mandati a Tuzla
e in altre parti della Federazione di
Bosnia-Erzegovina.
Lei mente, signor Miller, quando sostiene che
"migliaia di civili innocenti sono stati uccisi -
12.000 (!?) musulmani"; questo numero poi � stato
diminuito a 7000, poi a 3000, il che esprime
chiaramente che con gli inganni politici e con le
invenzioni si vuole addossare la colpa ad un
popolo intero. E' sfacciato e maligno da parte di
un cittadino straniero, valutare e confrontare il
cosiddetto massacro di Srebrenica con l'olocausto
della II guerra mondiale. Meno di tutti lei ha il
diritto, dopo i crimini che avete commesso in
tutto il mondo, di parlare di un supposto massacro
a Srebrenica. Ricordiamo soltanto Hiroshima, i
crimini nel Vietnam, in Cambogia, lo scorso anno
in Jugoslavia, e dovunque nel mondo gli americani
causassero intenzionalmente le crisi e
provocassero uccisioni di massa dei civili. Lei
mente anche nella prima parte della frase, quando
dice: "tutto il mondo sa che migliaia di civili
innocenti sono stati uccisi". Queste sono soltanto
le sue congetture menzognere e i suoi inganni
pericolosi, perch� alle sue "constatazioni" la
maggioranza della popolazione mondiale non crede.
Lei ha la mania di servirsi di menzogne ed
inganni, come testimonia la vostra vergognosa
dichiarazione pubblica.
La "vera" verit� su Srebrenica bisogna dirla, ma
lei ha imparato a proiettare in avanti la
menzogna. Si � mai chiesto finora quanti civili
serbi siano stati ucccisi a Sarajevo? Li, signor
ambasciatore, sotto al governo musulmano sono
stati uccisi altre 6000 serbi. Questo � un
olocausto, e non Srebrenica, dove sono stati
uccisi soltanto militari musulmani armati, ai
quali gli appartenenti al battaglione olandese
nelle fila dell'UNPROFOR hanno reso possibile di
essere armati fino ai denti benche' fossero nella
cosiddetta "zona protetta".
Esistono dei comunicati, signor Miller, sui quali
lei tace perch� non corrispondono ai vostri scopi
disonesti...
[trad. a cura del Coord. Romano per la Jugoslavia;
sulla disinformazione strategica relativa ai fatti
di Srebrenica abbiamo inviato ed invieremo presto
ulteriore documentazione]
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Da: "Forum delle Donne"
Oggetto: missione in Macedonia
Seguito della discussione del disegno di
legge: Conversione in legge del decreto-legge
18 settembre 2001, n. 348, recante
disposizioni urgenti per la partecipazione
militare italiana alla missione internazionale
di pace in Macedonia (1596)
Stenografico Aula in corso di seduta
Seduta n. 47 del 17/10/2001
PRESIDENTE. Ha chiesto di parlare per
dichiarazione di voto l'onorevole Deiana. Ne
ha facolt�.
ELETTRA DEIANA. Signor Presidente, annuncio il
voto contrario dei deputati del gruppo di
Rifondazione comunista e vorrei essere messa
in grado di spiegarne le ragioni visto che il
nostro sar� l'unico voto contrario. Si tratta
di ragioni specifiche, relative alla natura
della missione �Raccolto essenziale�, e di
ragioni legate al quadro strategico in cui
queste missioni si collocano; quadro definito
dal Nuovo concetto strategico della NATO -
dall'articolo 24 di un documento sottoscritto
dai governi dei paesi membri nell'aprile del
1999, mai sottoposto al dibattito dei
parlamenti interessati - che legittima
l'attivazione di operazioni militari
apparentemente diverse tra loro: missioni di
pace, polizia internazionale, guerre pi� o
meno chirurgiche, guerre umanitarie, guerre
che prevedono "incidenti inevitabili" ma tutte
accomunate dal disegno di controllo globale
del pianeta che la NATO persegue e che � una
delle cause - forse la fondamentale -
dell'instabilit� crescente nei rapporti
internazionali.
Non si produce pace in questo modo - � il
nostro punto di vista - senza regole,
istituzioni, soggetti realmente preposti a
questo scopo, e al di sopra delle parti, e
mentre si sterilizza la funzione dell'ONU. La
decisione di dispiegare nuove truppe NATO in
Macedonia allo scadere dell'operazione
�Raccolta essenziale� (questa � la proposta
del Governo) che doveva essere conclusa entro
un mese - cos� ci avevano detto i ministri
Ruggiero e Martino - � il segnale pi� evidente
di tutto ci� che sto dicendo, del carattere
complesso della missione (tutt'altro che
operazione di facile pacificazione), delle
incognite che le dinamiche in quella zona dei
Balcani nascondono, del rischio che di nuovo
si inneschi un processo incontrollabile con la
conseguenza di far saltare l'equilibrio che
sembrava conseguito - ma non � cos�!- tra le
parti in causa: la guerriglia albanese, il
Governo macedone e la NATO.
Nella riunioni delle Commissioni esteri e
difesa di Camera e Senato svoltosi in agosto i
ministri Martino e Ruggiero, nel presentare la
missione, usarono toni dimessi e defilati;
operazione di basso profilo, di semplicissimo
operativit�! In realt�, la balcanizzazione dei
Balcani continua e si allarga a macchia
d'olio, secondo il copione consolidato di una
crescente etnicizzazione del conflitto tra i
gruppi locali che vogliono spartirsi, con
nuove regole di confine, il territorio della
ex Jugoslavia e con il rischio di ulteriori
coinvolgimenti di tipo etnico, come i
disordini in Montenegro stanno a dimostrare.
Quanto, in questo processo di continua
deflagrazione dei precedenti assetti statuali,
hanno pesato interessi, strategie politiche,
prove di forza dei paesi della NATO?
Quanto la pretesa della NATO di definire
nell'area il contesto generale della legalit�,
della legittimit� e della convenienza ha
contribuito e contribuisce alla
destabilizzazione di fatto, mentre ci si
attribuisce come occidente il ruolo salvifico
di grandi pacificatori?
Il caso della Macedonia, passata indenne per
quasi dieci anni dal virus dell'odio
interetnico e degli scontri civili, �
emblematico e parla con chiarezza delle
responsabilit� dirette dei paesi aderenti alla
NATO. � stata esposta, infatti, anche la
Macedonia all'insorgenza etnica e ai
nazionalismi incrociati sicuramente anche per
il ruolo di punta che l'Uck ha potuto
guadagnarsi grazie proprio alla NATO che ha
condannato o legittimato la guerriglia
albanese, prima in Kosovo poi in Macedonia, a
seconda dei casi e dei momenti ed ha attivato
l'operazione �Raccolta essenziale� (raccolta
di armi) mentre nulla hanno fatto i paesi
membri per controllare il mercato delle armi
che fornisce la materia prima del conflitto.
La consegna delle armi da parte delle unit�
dell'Uck � servita solo a legittimare una
corrente radicale del nazionalismo albanese
che crede venuto il momento di realizzare il
vecchio sogno di riunificare tutte le terre
albanesi dei Balcani (non a caso l'Uck � la
stessa sigla in Kosovo ed in Macedonia) e,
contemporaneamente, a suscitare dinamiche
negative tra la popolazione macedone che
accusa in gran parte l'occidente di faziosit�
in favore degli albanesi. Cos� prende quota il
nazionalismo slavo-macedone e vengono alla
ribalta gruppi paramilitari animati dal
progetto aberrante di una Macedonia
etnicamente pura.
Di fronte a tutto ci�, il sottosegretario
Cicu, in sede di discussione sulle linee
generali in aula, ha affermato che dei
problemi dell'area e delle dinamiche
strategiche dei Balcani ci si occupa in sede
NATO, che noi facciamo parte di una missione
con obiettivi limitati che sono stati
raggiunti in maniera soddisfacente e che di
questo solo dobbiamo occuparci. La nostra
politica di difesa � diventata, secondo questa
impostazione, una funzione della NATO,
completamente sottratta alla sovranit� di
questo Parlamento.
Il concetto di pace � stato cos� stravolto e
deturpato; viene usato ormai soltanto per
coprire e rendere accettabili ad una opinione
pubblica italiana ancora largamente permeata
di vocazione pacifista opzioni e strategie
definite in un ambito, quello della NATO, che
poco ha a che fare con la pace, con
un'autentica politica di pace rispettosa dei
vincoli costituzionali, dei trattati
internazionali e di quella faticosa rete di
norme e di interdizioni giuridiche all'opzione
bellica che l'Europa seppe costruire
all'indomani della seconda guerra mondiale e
che in questi anni l'Europa stessa sta invece
distruggendo, ricreando l'abitudine terribile
a convivere con la guerra. Vengono chiamate
missioni di pace ma sono un patchwork, come
dicevo prima, di volta in volta di azioni di
protettorato lungo zone considerate
strategiche dall'Occidente, di gendarmeria
mondiale, di vera e propria guerra
guerregiata. Insomma, una difesa a geometria
variabile, secondo interessi di volta in volta
definiti. La politica della difesa italiana ha
subito un mutamento radicale che non ha nulla
pi� a che vedere, nella geografia concettuale
che si � venuta robustamente affermando negli
anni '90, con il concetto di difesa secondo
l'articolo 11 della Costituzione. Per questi
motivi, noi esprimiamo il nostro voto
contrario sul provvedimento. (Applausi dei
deputati del gruppo di Rifondazione
comunista).
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Oggetto: missione in Macedonia
Seguito della discussione del disegno di
legge: Conversione in legge del decreto-legge
18 settembre 2001, n. 348, recante
disposizioni urgenti per la partecipazione
militare italiana alla missione internazionale
di pace in Macedonia (1596)
Stenografico Aula in corso di seduta
Seduta n. 47 del 17/10/2001
PRESIDENTE. Ha chiesto di parlare per
dichiarazione di voto l'onorevole Deiana. Ne
ha facolt�.
ELETTRA DEIANA. Signor Presidente, annuncio il
voto contrario dei deputati del gruppo di
Rifondazione comunista e vorrei essere messa
in grado di spiegarne le ragioni visto che il
nostro sar� l'unico voto contrario. Si tratta
di ragioni specifiche, relative alla natura
della missione �Raccolto essenziale�, e di
ragioni legate al quadro strategico in cui
queste missioni si collocano; quadro definito
dal Nuovo concetto strategico della NATO -
dall'articolo 24 di un documento sottoscritto
dai governi dei paesi membri nell'aprile del
1999, mai sottoposto al dibattito dei
parlamenti interessati - che legittima
l'attivazione di operazioni militari
apparentemente diverse tra loro: missioni di
pace, polizia internazionale, guerre pi� o
meno chirurgiche, guerre umanitarie, guerre
che prevedono "incidenti inevitabili" ma tutte
accomunate dal disegno di controllo globale
del pianeta che la NATO persegue e che � una
delle cause - forse la fondamentale -
dell'instabilit� crescente nei rapporti
internazionali.
Non si produce pace in questo modo - � il
nostro punto di vista - senza regole,
istituzioni, soggetti realmente preposti a
questo scopo, e al di sopra delle parti, e
mentre si sterilizza la funzione dell'ONU. La
decisione di dispiegare nuove truppe NATO in
Macedonia allo scadere dell'operazione
�Raccolta essenziale� (questa � la proposta
del Governo) che doveva essere conclusa entro
un mese - cos� ci avevano detto i ministri
Ruggiero e Martino - � il segnale pi� evidente
di tutto ci� che sto dicendo, del carattere
complesso della missione (tutt'altro che
operazione di facile pacificazione), delle
incognite che le dinamiche in quella zona dei
Balcani nascondono, del rischio che di nuovo
si inneschi un processo incontrollabile con la
conseguenza di far saltare l'equilibrio che
sembrava conseguito - ma non � cos�!- tra le
parti in causa: la guerriglia albanese, il
Governo macedone e la NATO.
Nella riunioni delle Commissioni esteri e
difesa di Camera e Senato svoltosi in agosto i
ministri Martino e Ruggiero, nel presentare la
missione, usarono toni dimessi e defilati;
operazione di basso profilo, di semplicissimo
operativit�! In realt�, la balcanizzazione dei
Balcani continua e si allarga a macchia
d'olio, secondo il copione consolidato di una
crescente etnicizzazione del conflitto tra i
gruppi locali che vogliono spartirsi, con
nuove regole di confine, il territorio della
ex Jugoslavia e con il rischio di ulteriori
coinvolgimenti di tipo etnico, come i
disordini in Montenegro stanno a dimostrare.
Quanto, in questo processo di continua
deflagrazione dei precedenti assetti statuali,
hanno pesato interessi, strategie politiche,
prove di forza dei paesi della NATO?
Quanto la pretesa della NATO di definire
nell'area il contesto generale della legalit�,
della legittimit� e della convenienza ha
contribuito e contribuisce alla
destabilizzazione di fatto, mentre ci si
attribuisce come occidente il ruolo salvifico
di grandi pacificatori?
Il caso della Macedonia, passata indenne per
quasi dieci anni dal virus dell'odio
interetnico e degli scontri civili, �
emblematico e parla con chiarezza delle
responsabilit� dirette dei paesi aderenti alla
NATO. � stata esposta, infatti, anche la
Macedonia all'insorgenza etnica e ai
nazionalismi incrociati sicuramente anche per
il ruolo di punta che l'Uck ha potuto
guadagnarsi grazie proprio alla NATO che ha
condannato o legittimato la guerriglia
albanese, prima in Kosovo poi in Macedonia, a
seconda dei casi e dei momenti ed ha attivato
l'operazione �Raccolta essenziale� (raccolta
di armi) mentre nulla hanno fatto i paesi
membri per controllare il mercato delle armi
che fornisce la materia prima del conflitto.
La consegna delle armi da parte delle unit�
dell'Uck � servita solo a legittimare una
corrente radicale del nazionalismo albanese
che crede venuto il momento di realizzare il
vecchio sogno di riunificare tutte le terre
albanesi dei Balcani (non a caso l'Uck � la
stessa sigla in Kosovo ed in Macedonia) e,
contemporaneamente, a suscitare dinamiche
negative tra la popolazione macedone che
accusa in gran parte l'occidente di faziosit�
in favore degli albanesi. Cos� prende quota il
nazionalismo slavo-macedone e vengono alla
ribalta gruppi paramilitari animati dal
progetto aberrante di una Macedonia
etnicamente pura.
Di fronte a tutto ci�, il sottosegretario
Cicu, in sede di discussione sulle linee
generali in aula, ha affermato che dei
problemi dell'area e delle dinamiche
strategiche dei Balcani ci si occupa in sede
NATO, che noi facciamo parte di una missione
con obiettivi limitati che sono stati
raggiunti in maniera soddisfacente e che di
questo solo dobbiamo occuparci. La nostra
politica di difesa � diventata, secondo questa
impostazione, una funzione della NATO,
completamente sottratta alla sovranit� di
questo Parlamento.
Il concetto di pace � stato cos� stravolto e
deturpato; viene usato ormai soltanto per
coprire e rendere accettabili ad una opinione
pubblica italiana ancora largamente permeata
di vocazione pacifista opzioni e strategie
definite in un ambito, quello della NATO, che
poco ha a che fare con la pace, con
un'autentica politica di pace rispettosa dei
vincoli costituzionali, dei trattati
internazionali e di quella faticosa rete di
norme e di interdizioni giuridiche all'opzione
bellica che l'Europa seppe costruire
all'indomani della seconda guerra mondiale e
che in questi anni l'Europa stessa sta invece
distruggendo, ricreando l'abitudine terribile
a convivere con la guerra. Vengono chiamate
missioni di pace ma sono un patchwork, come
dicevo prima, di volta in volta di azioni di
protettorato lungo zone considerate
strategiche dall'Occidente, di gendarmeria
mondiale, di vera e propria guerra
guerregiata. Insomma, una difesa a geometria
variabile, secondo interessi di volta in volta
definiti. La politica della difesa italiana ha
subito un mutamento radicale che non ha nulla
pi� a che vedere, nella geografia concettuale
che si � venuta robustamente affermando negli
anni '90, con il concetto di difesa secondo
l'articolo 11 della Costituzione. Per questi
motivi, noi esprimiamo il nostro voto
contrario sul provvedimento. (Applausi dei
deputati del gruppo di Rifondazione
comunista).
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Mercoledì 17, all'Alpheus (Roma, via del Commercio 36/38), alle ore
21,30, ci sarà un concerto (ingresso 20.000) in memoria di Walter
Dall'Omo, partigiano, morto la scorsa settimana.
Chi era "Falco" sarà ricordato brevemente.
Suonerà la "Banda Bassotti" - band romana tra le più amate, arrabbiata
e
ska - che generosamente devolverà l'incasso alla vedova.
La partecipazione valga, se non per altro, come risposta alle
farneticanti parole dell'attuale presidente della Repubblica.
Walter Dall'Omo era ufficiale dei servizi segreti jugoslavi dal 1947
al
1952, anno in cui fu catturato
mentre era in missione in Italia. Condannato per alto tradimento, si è
fatto diciotto anni in varie carceri italiane.
Anche per questo, i compagni di Roma sono invitati a partecipare.
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--- In ita-jug@y..., Claudio Del Bello <delbello@o...> ha scritto:
Mercoledì 17, all'Alpheus (Roma, via del Commercio 36/38), alle ore
21,30, ci sarà un concerto (ingresso 20.000) in memoria di Walter
Dall'Omo, partigiano, morto la scorsa settimana.
Chi era "Falco" sarà ricordato brevemente.
Suonerà la "Banda Bassotti" - band romana tra le più amate, arrabbiata
e
ska - che generosamente devolverà l'incasso alla vedova.
La partecipazione valga, se non per altro, come risposta alle
farneticanti parole dell'attuale presidente della Repubblica.
Walter Dall'Omo era ufficiale dei servizi segreti jugoslavi dal 1947
al
1952, anno in cui fu catturato
mentre era in missione in Italia. Condannato per alto tradimento, si è
fatto diciotto anni in varie carceri italiane.
Anche per questo, i compagni di Roma sono invitati a partecipare.
--- Fine messaggio inoltrato ---
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