Re: Raymond Bonner on Bosnia

["Bryan A. Alexander" <bnalexan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Abdic is also most likely a Srbian puppet.  The Bosnian state crushed his
private capital-army of locals and mercs.  Suddenly Abdic return to the
field with abundant supplies and JNA equipment, his movements fairly well
coordinated with those of the Srbs.  So: once a Communist, then a state
capitalist, next a freebooter, then a nationalist pawn, now...?



Bryan Alexander
Department of English
University of Michigan
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On Tue, 22 Aug 1995, Louis N Proyect wrote:

> Louis Proyect:
>
> Mholjsko, Croatia, Aug. 21
>
> "In six years, Robert Karajic, 24, has served in four armies.
>
> He was drafted into the Yugoslavia Army. When Yugoslavia splintered, he
> found himself effectively in an army of Serbs. Mr. Karajic wanted to do
> nothing with that, so he joined the fight for the independence of his
> homeland, Bosnia.
>
> But in his eyes, the Bosnian Government proved to be too fundamentalist
> for his view of Islam, so he defected, as did many of his friends, to
> join the fight force of a Bosnian Muslim splinter group led by Fikret
> Abdic, who was well known and influential in the area of Velika Kladusa
> in the Bihac region.
>
> First Mr. Abdic was a Communist, then a successful capitalist who
> inspired loyalty in part because of his ability to provide employment in
> his businesses and in part because of his stand for a secular state.
>
> Earlier this month, the Abdic forces were routed when Croatian forces
> helped the Bosnian Army V Corps to break the siege of the Bihac region.
> Mr. Karajic and 25,000 other Muslims were forced from the land of their
> ancestors."
>
> (From "Bosnian Splinter Group is Exiled and Unwanted", in 8/22/95 NY
> Times, by Raymond Bonner. Raymond Bonner used to be the Times
> correspondent in El Salvador but was removed from the position by editor AM
> Rosenthal who was told by the State Department that Bonner was a guerilla
> supporter. Bonner is a highly-qualified, impartial print
> journalist and that is all. I urge people who have access to the NY Times
> to follow his coverage. It will teach us all something.)
>
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