frunobulax
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Agreed, Johnny - crimes against children are the worst. At least these thugs are being tried. But what of others? There were terrible atrocities committed during the siege of Sarajevo, but many things known at the time were not reported. For example, recently disclosed at the ICTY - Major-General David Fraser, who was military assistant to the UN protection force's (UNPROFOR) sector Sarajevo commander from April 1994 to May 1995, appeared as witness for the prosecution in the Karadzic trial.
Under cross-examination by Karadzic, Fraser said he had heard from fellow UN soldiers that the (Muslim) Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina had employed sniper detachments to target Muslim children in the Bosnian capital and to then blame these killings on the Serbian side.
"A protest was lodged against the Muslims for these types of actions," he said.
Regarding the shelling of Sarajevo, Fraser referred to an incident where the UN determined that a mortar fired against Muslim civilians in an area called Skenderija had in fact come from Muslim forces.
"It would appear that the intent of the Muslims was to incite more casualties and put blame on to the Serbs for this attack."
Fraser also recalled that a deliberate practice of Bosnian Muslim forces in Sarajevo was to employ mobile mortars adjacent to sensitive positions, such as UN installations and hospitals, and fire at Serbian positions in order to "draw a response from the Serbs."
He cited the example of how a mortar was fired from Kosevo hospital and said: "We would protest against the Muslims for firing weapons near places like hospitals or the use of mobile systems because it was trying to solicit a response not against the target itself but the collateral damage and that was unacceptable."
Whilst some may overplay the role of mujahideen in Bosnia and the creation of a 'Balkan Caliphate', General Fraser's under-oath statement demonstrates that at least some of the Bosniak army were capable of hamas levels of cynical manipulation in shooting their own people, including children.
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