Bosnian War
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The Bosnian War (1 April 1992- 14 November 1995) was an armed conflict fought in newly-independent Bosnia and Herzegovina between three parties: the Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), the Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs. The Causus belli was the Bosnian-Herzegovinian declaration of independence from Yugoslavia by the Muslim-led government of President Alija Izetbegovic.
The war was characterized by unclear battle lines, ethnic tension, and the mass killing of civilians. The Srebrenica massacre, the largest massacre in Europe since World War II, resulted in the death of over 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at the hands of the Army of Republika Srpska, and has been identified as genocide by the International Court of Justice.[1] All parties in the conflict engaged in vicious human rights violations.
President Izetbegovic formed a mujaheddin and invited foreign jihadists to fight alongside the Bosnian Army. The fighters committed many atrocities against the Serbs, including beheadings and torture. Their strength is estimated at around 6,000 fighters. Prominent fighters included Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks.[2] The Bosnian Army also received arms from Iran and military training from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).[3] An unknown number of mujaheddin fighters from Bosnia later joined the ranks of the KLA in its fight against Serbian authorities in the then-southern Serbian province of Kosovo.[4]
[edit] References
- ↑ Srebrenica massacre
- ↑ Tim Marshall, The Hidden Army Of Radical Islam, Sky News, February 2006
- ↑ Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into Militant Islamic Base. United States Senate (1997-01-16).
- ↑ Scott Taylor. "Bin Laden’s Balkan Connections", Ottawa Citizen, December 15, 2001.
