[CTRL] Fw: MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION

[Mrs. Jela Jovanovic, Secretary General]

>>>===========================
>>>The Committee for National Solidarity
>>>Tolstojeva 34, 11000 Belgrade, YU
>>>
>>>
>>>www.iwpr.net
>>>
>>>MUJAHIDEEN RESIST EVICTION
>>>
>>>The planned eviction of mujahideen in northern Bosnia is threatening to
>>turn
>>>into a major crisis.
>>>
>>>By Janez Kovac in Sarajevo
>>>
>>>Showing they mean business, the new moderate leadership in the northern
>>town
>>>of Maglaj recently sought to remove one of the biggest problems in the
>>>region - mujahideen and their families.
>>>
>>>The Islamic fundamentalists living in the remote village of Bocinja Donja
>>>are being forced to hand their homes over to their original occupants -
>>>Bosnian Serbs.
>>>
>>>The improved security and political situation in Bosnia has this year led
>>to
>>>a significant increase in refugee returns. More than 15,000 have been
>>>repatriated in the first six months of 2000, three times more than in the
>>>same period last year.
>>>
>>>Evictions of those who occupy refugees' homes often provokes anger,
tears.
>>>Its very mention brought about a crisis in Bocinja.
>>>
>>>Locals blocked a main road through the region for three days. Police
>>>eventually ended the protest, arresting and later releasing 19 people,
>>>including several mujahideen. The real problems, however, are likely to
>>>begin when police start evicting the Bocinja residents.
>>>
>>>Before the war, Bocinja was home to some 3,000 Bosnian Serbs. After the
>>>conflict, it hit the headlines when the Bosnian Muslim leadership allowed
>a
>>>group of foreign and local mujahideens to move into the abandoned Serb
>>>houses.
>>>
>>>During the war, some of these Islamic fighters fought alongside the
>>>Muslim-led government forces. When the fighting came to an end, some of
>>them
>>>married local women and were granted Bosnian citizenship and
>accommodation,
>>>in recognition of their contribution to the war effort.
>>>
>>>The scale of their contribution, however, has long been debated.
>>>Bosnians claimed that many foreign mujahideen avoided combat. They
suspect
>>>they only came here to gather intelligence or train and plot terrorist
and
>>>criminal activities.
>>>
>>>The existence of a mujahideen community in the heart of Europe was a
>>>constant worry for western, especially American, diplomats. In 1996 and
>>>1997, they persuaded Bosnian Muslim leader, Alija Izetbegovic, to expel
>>>several of those with criminal records.
>>>
>>>At least 300 Islamic fighters, their local followers and women and
>>>children, remained in Bocinja, where they lived separate lives untroubled
>>by
>>>local police, tax-collectors or any other authorities. Outsiders never
set
>>>foot in the small community.
>>>
>>>Every so often, stories of mujahideen harassing "unbelievers" in local
>>towns
>>>appeared in the press. Several were alleged to have been involved  in
>>>criminal or terrorist activities both in and outside Bosnia. Worst of
all,
>>>since the end of the war, the Islamists were never properly disarmed.
>Local
>>>police, army, and even UN and NATO-led peacekeepers, were reluctant to
>>>search houses in Bocinja.
>>>
>>>
>>>Secretary General
>>>Mrs. Jela Jovanovic
>>>Art  historian
>>>===========================
>>>
>>
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