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This phenomenon is well known amongst clients when American and British policy before it has changed. But of course they mwere only the clients. But it isn't "Bosnians", ie the inhabitants of Bosnia-Hercegovina, but the Islamic elites, some fundamentalist, installed by the US. --- mart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > I'm not sure what they're complaining about. Bosnia > is a rump state, > created by, and dependent upon NATO. As such, it's > subject to the > political whims of NATO and the United States. > > When the use of Islamic terrorists suited the U.S > imperialism, Bosnia > was a convenient and useful base for these > activities. Now that *some* > of these terrorists have turned on their U.S and > NATO masters, the > Bosnians seem surprised at the U.S and NATO have no > respect for > Bosnian "sovereignty"!! Ha!! > mart > > "When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with > fleas" > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:44 PM > Subject: US accused of undermining Bosnians > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > > AP. 26 January 2002. U.S. Accused of Undermining > Bosnians. > > SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- The United States, > by pressuring Bosnian > officials to turn over six terrorism suspects, has > damaged the very > legal system it is trying to build in postwar > Bosnia, relatives and > rights activists complain. > > Bosnia's highest court and the country's top human > rights panel both > ordered the release of the men, saying the > government lacked evidence > that they were plotting post-Sept. 11 attacks on > U.S. facilities in > Bosnia. > > But when the rulings came down on Jan. 17, Nadja > Dizdarevic, the wife of > detainee Boudella Hadz, sensed something was wrong. > > She and the other wives suspected that their > husbands, who worked for > Arab charity groups in Bosnia, were about to be > handed over to U.S. > authorities despite the court order. By nightfall, > cellphones around > Sarajevo were beeping with text messages: > > "In the name of Allah the Merciful, brothers and > sisters, come to the > jail tonight and support our sisters. Let others > know!" > > Although 300 supporters responded and scuffled with > police in a > night-long standoff, they couldn't stop the > handover. > > [N.B.] That Bosnians are embittered is clear: > Saturday's edition of the > magazine Dani carried a caricature on its cover of > Uncle Sam urinating > on Bosnia's constitution and the European Human > Rights convention. > > "Horrible injury has been inflicted on the rule of > law in Bosnia by the > United States," said Mark Wheeler of the > International Crisis Group, an > independent organization that monitors the Balkans. > > "The U.S. effectively claims that it has > jurisdiction over everything, > everybody, everywhere in the world and does not > care what anybody says," > he said. "The United States has no jurisdiction > over these men." > > U.S. Ambassador Clifford Bond said the men's > October arrests and their > handover were not the result of pressure "but of > cooperation" between > U.S. and Bosnian authorities. > > But Kresimir Zubak, a Bosnian minister for human > rights and refugees, > conceded: "The Americans didn't tell us what to do, > but they hinted that > further cooperation between the U.S. and us > depended on our decision." > > After millions of dollars and six years spent on > nation-building efforts > in Bosnia, critics are questioning why the United > States chose to ignore > the Bosnian Supreme Court and Chamber for Human > Rights. > > "This was a clash between the authorities and the > law," said Fahrija > Karkin, the lawyer for the six suspects. "The > bottom line is that the > police refused to carry out the decision of the > court." > > Belkacem's wife, Anela, who introduces herself > sarcastically as "the > wife of the one they call the al-Qaida chief for > Europe," said: "They > have no proof against him." > > Dizdarevic said her last glimpse of her husband was > just before special > police shoved him into a car and sped away. > > She said she and the other wives will file a > complaint with the European > Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. > > "I will not stop until I put the ones responsible > for this behind bars," > Dizdarevic said. > > She accused the Bosnian government of "bending over > backwards to appease > the West." > > Wheeler, of the International Crisis Group, noted > that the Chamber for > Human Rights -- established by the 1995 Dayton > peace accords that ended > Bosnia's war -- is made up of local and > international judges, and its > rulings cannot be appealed. > > The United States "has shown that it has no faith > in Bosnian courts and > has no respect for the Human Rights Chamber, which > was largely a U.S. > creation," Wheeler said. > > The head of the U.N. human rights office in > Sarajevo, Madeleine Rees, > has called for an investigation. > > "The international community is now at risk of > being charged with > hypocrisy." > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Barry Stoller > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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