Bosnia

independence 'legitimate goal'

Belgrade - Muslimchronicle

The leader of Bosnia's Serbs said Tuesday that they were moving towards the "highest possible" level of independence, which he said was a legitimate political goal in a country deeply divided since its 1990s war. Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska (RS), spoke on a controversial holiday for Bosnian Serbs -- banned by the country's constitutional court -- to celebrateRead more

War crimes court to hold independent probe of Praljak death

The Hague - Muslimchronicle

A UN war crimes court said Friday it is launching an "independent expert review" into the death of a Bosnian Croat war criminal who appeared to drink poison in front of shocked judges. The probe will complement the Dutch investigation into the death of Slobodan Praljak, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said in a statement. PraljakRead more

Dutch probe Bosnian war criminal's suicide in UN court

The Hague - Muslimchronicle

Dutch prosecutors were Thursday investigating the security lapses that allowed a Bosnian Croat war criminal to commit suicide in front of shocked UN judges, in scenes that have cast a shadow over the court's two-decade legacy. Staff at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague had been expecting to spend the next few weeks quietlyRead more

Dutch autopsy to be carried out soon on Bosnian Croat

The Hague - Muslimchronicle

An autopsy will be carried out soon on a Bosnian Croat war criminal who took his own life apparently by drinking poison in front of UN judges, Dutch prosecutors said Thursday. "The autopsy is our priority... it will be carried out very shortly," Frans Zonneveld, spokesman for the Dutch prosecution in The Hague, told AFP. He also revealed that aRead more

Croatia president says need to admit Croats' crimes in Bosnia

Zagreb - Muslimchronicle

Croatia's president said Thursday that citizens had to admit that crimes were committed by fellow Croats in Bosnia, a day after a Bosnian Croat war criminal appeared to take his own life at a court The Hague. "We Croats need to have the strength to admit that some of our fellow compatriots in Bosnia committed crimes and they have toRead more

How Britain supported Gaddafi’s approach suppress opponents

London - Katia Hadad

Five days after 9/11, early on a Sunday evening, a small group of senior CIA officers drove from their headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to the British embassy at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington DC, in order to brief MI6 on the agency’s planned response to the attacks. Leading the delegation was Cofer Black, head of the CIA’s counter-terrorist centre.Read more

Srebrenica’s Muslim defender acquitted of crimes against Serbs

Bosnia - Muslimchronicle

Bosnian Muslim commander Naser Oric, who led the defense of Srebrenica during the 1992-95 war, was acquitted of war crimes against Serbs on Monday, a ruling that is set to deepen ethnic divisions 22 years after the conflict ended. Serbia and the Bosnian Serbs had accused Oric’s men of killing Serb civilians in and around Srebrenica earlier in the war.Read more

Bosnia marks 20 years of Princess Diana’s visit

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Muslimchronicle

Bosnia is marking the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's visit, her last overseas tour before she died in a car crash in Paris. Her crusade against land mines led to her three-day visit to Bosnia from Aug. 9, 1997, during which she met victims who sustained injuries from devices planted during the country's savage civil war in the 1990s. ThreeRead more

Celebrating Ramadan in Sarajevo

Paris - Muslimchronicle

“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispered the man beside me. A well-groomed man in his early 50s wanders into the courtyard of Sarajevo’s Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque. He is wearing stylish sunglasses and regatta-chic clothes. He seats himself on a large stone block near the mosque’s veranda. Nobody bats an eyelid. People are too busy listening to the Qur’anic recitation echoing throughRead more