Video evidence of mujaheddin crimes

A Bosnian TV station has broadcast part of a new tape showing the activities of a mujaheddin unit during the Bosnian war. The tape shows some of the crimes committed by the unit against Bosnian Serbs during the 1992-1995 war in central Bosnia. Video evidence of mujaheddin crimes The footage shows mujaheddin "sharpening axes" which they later allegedly used to behead a Serb soldier, and a speech is also recorded of a mujaheddin saying, "They call us terrorists. We are terrorists and we will destroy all the enemies of Allah." In addition to the hair-raising scenes of corpses and mutilation, there are also pictures of living prisoners of war that the mujaheddin had tied up and abused, Tanjug described the scenes broadcast on Bijeljina's BN TV. There is also footage of the mujaheddin playing football using, instead of a ball, "a decapitated head." The El Mujahid was a unit consisting of fighters from Islamic countries, who, as they say on the tape, came to Bosnia to "fight for Allah", with the alleged approval of the then Bosnian war council, under whose command they fell, as part of the Muslim Bosnin Army. The unit was formed in 1993, and according to the clips, that same year, an order was read out saying that they formed part of the Bosnian Army, and had the approval of the then Muslim leadership. The footage also shows the arrival at the mujaheddin camp of then Bosnia President Alija Izetbegovic. The tape shows the camp from the inside, their training, life, religious practices and preparation for war in the "name of Allah". Mujaheddin war cries can be heard, while there is also footage of the reading of an order that from August 13, 1993, that they are recognized "by the Bosnian state and are part of the the armed forces of the then muslim state of Bosnia-Herzegovina," and that they are there in "the name of Allah". This tape was found by the Council of Concentration Camp Victims of the Republic of Srpska, whose president, Branislav Dukic, says that the footage came from the Bosniak side. Dukic said that even among the Bosniaks, there are "those who wish to prove the presence of mujaheddin in Bosnia, and the war crimes they committed on the territory of central Bosnia." Women were among those seen living in the mujaheddin camp, dressed strictly according to Islamic dictates, as well as children, dressed in military wear, while one little girl is shown holding a pistol. The unit, as is claimed at the end of the video, numbered some 1,000 fighters by the end of the war, including some 700 Bosniaks, who were recruited during the course of the war, and 300 foreign warriors from Islamic countries. Recently, footage cropped up on the internet of a farewell ceremony for the mujaheddin, and features addresses given by the Chief of Muslim Army Headquarters and Hague accused General Rasim Delic, and Commander of the Army Third Corps Sakib Mahmuljin. Parts of the video material - called "Jihad in Bosnia" - that was broadcast by BN TV, will, according to reports, be shown on the Republic of Srpska Radio-Television’s news program this evening. Meanwhile, at the Hague Tribunal, the prosecution will this week call new evidence at the trial of the former commander of the Bosnian Army, Rasim Delic. He is charged on the basis of command responsibility for the crimes the mujahedden committed in central Bosnia. The prosecution will seek to admit into evidence a recording of Delic’s speech at the farewell ceremony, recorded in late 1995.

Video evidence of mujaheddin crimes

The footage shows mujaheddin "sharpening axes" which they later allegedly used to behead a Serb soldier, and a speech is also recorded of a mujaheddin saying, "They call us terrorists. We are terrorists and we will destroy all the enemies of Allah."

In addition to the hair-raising scenes of corpses and mutilation, there are also pictures of living prisoners of war that the mujaheddin had tied up and abused, Tanjug described the scenes broadcast on Bijeljina's BN TV.

There is also footage of the mujaheddin playing football using, instead of a ball, "a decapitated head."

The El Mujahid was a unit consisting of fighters from Islamic countries, who, as they say on the tape, came to Bosnia to "fight for Allah", with the alleged approval of the then Bosnian war council, under whose command they fell, as part of the Muslim Bosnin Army.

The unit was formed in 1993, and according to the clips, that same year, an order was read out saying that they formed part of the Bosnian Army, and had the approval of the then Muslim leadership.

The footage also shows the arrival at the mujaheddin camp of then Bosnia President Alija Izetbegović.

The tape shows the camp from the inside, their training, life, religious practices and preparation for war in the "name of Allah".

Mujaheddin war cries can be heard, while there is also footage of the reading of an order that from August 13, 1993, that they are recognized "by the Bosnian state and are part of the the armed forces of the then muslim state of Bosnia-Herzegovina," and that they are there in "the name of Allah".

This tape was found by the Council of Concentration Camp Victims of the Republic of Srpska, whose president, Branislav Dukić, says that the footage came from the Bosniak side.

Dukić said that even among the Bosniaks, there are "those who wish to prove the presence of mujaheddin in Bosnia, and the war crimes they committed on the territory of central Bosnia."

Women were among those seen living in the mujaheddin camp, dressed strictly according to Islamic dictates, as well as children, dressed in military wear, while one little girl is shown holding a pistol.

The unit, as is claimed at the end of the video, numbered some 1,000 fighters by the end of the war, including some 700 Bosniaks, who were recruited during the course of the war, and 300 foreign warriors from Islamic countries.

Recently, footage cropped up on the internet of a farewell ceremony for the mujaheddin, and features addresses given by the Chief of Muslim Army Headquarters and Hague accused General Rasim Delić, and Commander of the Army Third Corps Sakib Mahmuljin.

Parts of the video material - called "Jihad in Bosnia" - that was broadcast by BN TV, will, according to reports, be shown on the Republic of Srpska Radio-Television’s news program this evening.

Meanwhile, at the Hague Tribunal, the prosecution will this week call new evidence at the trial of the former commander of the Bosnian Army, Rasim Delić.

He is charged on the basis of command responsibility for the crimes the mujahedden committed in central Bosnia.

The prosecution will seek to admit into evidence a recording of Delić’s speech at the farewell ceremony, recorded in late 1995.