as. Some more on Bosnia and radical islam.
And this from an anti war site!
The Islamic Manifesto
Northwest of Kosovo is NATO's first Balkans protectorate, still occupied by thousands troops and ruled by an international viceroy. Bosnia's problems are roundly blamed on its Serb population, from the 1992-95 war to the present poverty, corruption and despair. Yet the role of Bosnian Muslim leadership in the tragedy – or the story of its connections with Islamic militants worldwide – is deliberately suppressed.
Little if anything is known in the West about a pamphlet published in 1970 by Alija Izetbegovic. Titled "The Islamic Declaration: A program for the Islamization of the Muslims and the Muslim Peoples," it was a manifesto for revolution in the Muslim world and a philosophical blueprint for the creation of Islamic states. Izetbegovic was convicted of "nationalism" by the Communist government and spent several years in prison – just as he had in 1946, for his involvement with a militant Muslim organization during World War Two.
In 1990, he rose to the leadership of the Bosnian Muslims and became the chair of Bosnia's governing committee. That same year, the "Islamic Declaration" was reprinted, without changes. Izetbegovic insisted on an independent, Muslim-dominated Bosnia, while hiding behind the rhetoric of multi-ethnicity, tolerance and democracy that seemed to fool everyone – except those who experienced it first-hand. When Bosnian Serbs and Croats refused to go along, he labeled them as "aggressors" in their own country, styled himself "President of Bosnia" even though such a post did not exist, and claimed to defend his people from "genocide" even as he sacrificed thousands of them in a war he had hoped for.
In the carnage that followed Izetbegovic's repudiation of a constitutional compromise and unilateral declaration of independence, no one was blameless. But thanks to relentless propaganda and US government support, Izetbegovic and his cabal of militant Islamists got away with many a murder, while the Serbs were declared collectively genocidal.
The Hidden Bosnia
Nearly eight years after the Peace of Dayton, Izetbegovic is officially retired, but in fact the svengali behind Bosnian Muslim politics. Bosnia's occupiers are well aware of this; every incoming or departing Ambassador, viceroy, envoy or dignitary checks in with Izetbegovic upon their arrival to, or departure from, Bosnia. If Bosnia's Sunni Muslims had the institution of ayatollah, he would be it.
Far from being limited to the Balkans or considered outlandish, Izetbegovic's ideas on Islamic revolution have earned him praise from institutions of Islam and Muslim governments. There is even a Muslim award named after him.
Yet under his rule, Bosnia became a haven for terrorists, including Al-Qaeda. In 1999, one of Bin Laden's lieutenants was caught with a passport issued by Izetbegovic's government. Several suspected Al-Qaeda members arrested since have had Bosnian papers as well. In 1999, one Sarajevo weekly alleged that Osama bin Laden himself was issued a Bosnian passport in 1993 – something official Sarajevo hastily denied only after September 11. And in 1996, NATO raided a terrorist training camp near Sarajevo.
On Black Tuesday, Izetbegovic's militants were temporarily out of power, replaced by a shaky social-democrat coalition in which they maintained a Trojan horse (Haris Silajdzic's "Party for Bosnia"). A complete lack of interest on part of the US in cracking down on Bosnia's Al-Qaeda connections, and the insistence on hunting Serb "war criminals" instead, undermined the coalition's ability to fight Islamic militants. Last fall, it lost the elections to Izetbegovic's followers, who promptly re-launched their drive for hegemony.
Izetbegovic and his followers will not stop until all of Bosnia is under their control. This insane idea, which the Bosnian Croats and Serbs will never accept willingly, enjoys the support of NATO occupiers, the viceroy, and Washington. It is unclear whether they simply believe Izetbegovic's propaganda about multi-ethnicity and tolerance, or want to "unify" Bosnia despite knowing that Muslim politicians are only interested in "unification" if they get to rule.
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