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plots to assasinate leaders, arresting "war criminals"....Boy -- is it ever a tough task being a colonizer! To: ANTINATO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Poetic justice: NATO investigates alleged plot to kill US commander [WWW.STOPNAT Date sent: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 01:44:05 -0700 (PDT) Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/bu/Qbosnia-nato.RsYh_Cl8.html > > NATO investigates alleged plot to kill US commander > > SARAJEVO, July 8 (AFP) - NATO troops in Bosnia are > investigating allegations of a plot to kill the US > commander of the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) during a > visit to Mostar at the weekend after a man armed with > a sniper gun was arrested during a security sweep, a > SFOR spokesman said Monday. > > Police in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar > identified the man as A.K., aged 31, and said he was > carrying a 9 mm machinegun equipped with a silencer, > sniperscope and ammunition. > > The man was arrested Saturday just before > Lieutenant-General John Sylvester, commander of the > 19,000 troops in Bosnia, arrived in Mostar to meet > with the town's mayor and pay a visit to Spanish > troops serving in the area. > > In a statement, Mostar police said it was looking into > a link between the discovery of the "sophisticated > weaponry" and Sylvester's visit to Mostar. > > A police source in Mostar identified the man as Adnan > Kadric, a member of a crime ring based in the central > Bosnian town of Zenica, and said authorities had > ordered that he remain in custody for eight days. > > He said Kadric denies any wrongdoing, saying that he > had bought the gun in the nearby town of Posusje and > planned to deliver it to Zenica. > > But the Croatian daily Vecernji List reported Monday > that Kadric was "leader of a terrorist organisation in > Zenica." > > Citing sources from SFOR and UN's international police > in Bosnia, the daily described Kadric as "an > international terrorist, who has recently resided in > Germany and Netherlands, where he was slightly wounded > in a clash with Russian mafia three months ago." > > "The police suspect Kadric of attempting to > assassinate SFOR's commander," the daily said. > > SFOR declined to comment on the report. > > "Obviously, the fact that Lieutenant-General Sylvester > was in Mostar at the time of his arrest causes us > concern," SFOR spokesman Scott Lundy said. > > "The Mostar police have primary responsibility to > conduct the investigation and we will be relying on > them to keep us fully informed of what they learned, " > a SFOR statement quoted Sylvester as saying. > > "We also have two criminal investigators from SFOR who > are working together with Mostar officials," he said. > > "Once we know the results of the investigation we will > take appropriate action," Sylvester added. > > SFOR troops have been deployed under the terms of the > 1995 peace accord that ended the war the 1992-1995 > war. There have been no casualties among SFOR troops > resulting from hostile action. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
