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Bosnia police arrest 11 Muslims for involvement in jihad in Syria and Iraq

Nov 14, 2014 5:04 pm By Robert Spencer

jihadiWhat? Bosnia? This must be some mistake. We have been told for years that all the Muslims in Bosnia are secularized, moderate and pro-Western, and that only greasy Islamophobes believe there isn’t total unanimity there on such matters. These misunderstanders of Islam must have come from somewhere else.

“Bosnia police arrest 11 suspected of involvement in Syria, Iraq wars,” Deutsche Welle, November 13, 2014:

Bosnian police have arrested 11 people suspected of fighting for Islamist militants in Syria or Iraq or otherwise supporting such groups. Five suspects arrested in a similar operation two months ago remain in custody.

Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) said in a statement issued on Thursday that more than 100 police officers took part in the operation, dubbed “Damascus,” in five towns including the capital, Sarajevo.

“The detained are suspected of links with financing, organizing and recruiting Bosnian citizens to leave for Syria and Iraq and fight in armed conflicts there alongside radical terrorist groups and organizations,” the SIPA statement said.

SIPA added that the raids had also turned up evidence that some of the suspects had weapons or explosives.

This is the second such operation conducted by SIPA, following a similar operation two months ago in which 16 people were arrested. Of those, five remain in custody, including Bilal Bosnic, who is thought to be the one of the leading figures in the ultra-conservative Salafi movement in Bosnia….

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  1. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 5:59 pm

    You’d a thunk that young Moslems being able to fly around the world on exotic vacations might ring an alarm with the Bosian authorities, such as they are. I wonder what the leadership in neighboring Kosovo think of this. Kosovo is the world’s newest Moslem nation, I think Emirate of Northern Waziristan was before. Kosovo is the place Milosevic lost, something about a grave of 200,000 Moslems buried in mass graves filled by the a Judeo-Christian urge for a Final Solution. AsI recall that’s how the News Entertainer Mainstrem Media presented it. They never could find much in the way of mass Moslem graves, but a Jewish Congressman from California was so motivated by the apparent holocaust that he and his Infidel buddies pushed hard for he creation of the world’s new Moslem nation.

    Anyway, are the officials in Pristina keeping their eyes peeled for world traveler 20 yr old Moslem dudes. I hop so. Hell, when I was 20 yr old dude I had to save for 2 yrs to scrape together the money to go on a long trip to a foreign nation. These Bosnian kids must be special.

    • stevo k says

      Nov 15, 2014 at 5:48 am

      i believe many of the atrocities credited to the serbs were absolute propoganda. serbia is closely allied to russia (and the US and EU cant have that!) so much was made of serbian atrocities and very little attention paid to bosnian.
      for instance the mortar attack on a sarajevo market. residents noted that before the attack film crews were ready, bread was delivered by bosnian militants and they quickly left after the delivery. not a single bosnian soldier was killed. not to mention the blast did not leave the te;ll tale signs that a mortar would leave.
      then we have the village of rakovica i believe is the name. there is a interesting investigative documentary on youtube, i will send the link. clearly a set up to get approval for the bombing of serbia.

      TRUTH AND LIES OF RACAK

      • stevo k says

        Nov 15, 2014 at 5:49 am

        RACAK sorry

  2. TNT says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    Nope, they will use Bosnia again with the American government backing as always .

  3. Salah says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    I think more and more governments are starting to realize that it’s time to do something about these jihadis.
    Better late than never!

  4. Joy Beum says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    Our government could learn a lot about patriotism and law enforcement from Bosnia! Well…with the current administration, I guess they do not really want to.

  5. mortimer says

    Nov 14, 2014 at 11:05 pm

    ‘Misunderstandings’ of Islam are BURSTING OUT everywhere!

    Imagine! Tens of thousands…hundreds of thousands believe that Islam teaches warfare against the disbelievers!

    What verses in the Koran teach that?

    • thehalalporkchop says

      Nov 15, 2014 at 12:45 pm

      Morty. Give up. You’re talking nonsense again.

  6. Ayattollah says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 3:36 am

    Excellent comments- IF ONLY those people you refer to would read some of the koranic verses of hate and violence available on line, they MUST then see what they’ve been missing.

    “This difficulty in getting ones head around the idea of such an ignorant uneducated backward belief system I think is one of the biggest hurdles to people seeing the danger of Islam”.

    You are SO right.

  7. Betty says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 7:51 am

    the little o has put a stop to that. he does not want his brother in prison. haven’t you noticed how the ones that are in prison he is letting out?

  8. wallyUK says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    The Iranian secret service has been building up a power base in Bosnia since the 1990s and exercises a malign influence in that state, using it as a safe haven from which to conduct their operations in Europe.

    http://20committee.com/2014/10/24/irans-secret-new-balkan-spy-terror-offensive/

  9. Adi says

    Nov 16, 2014 at 2:23 am

    Why it does not mention that Bosnian police found, that money for these mercenaries comes from Canada, UK, USA, Austria etc and that many are spies and criminals with European passports? These are your “links with financing, organizing and recruiting” Yankee Jihad but of course that is not important, it was those Bosnian Mozlems..
    It was Zionist takers that destroyed Yugoslavia. Back off from Bosnia you Disneyland people, go back to shopping and eating and leave us alone, fuck you and your democracy where criminals rule and honest people work for 150 euros if they are lucky to get a job. You will never destroy Bosnia.
    СЛАВА БОСНИ

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