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From: jakhan@IASTATE.EDU (Javed Ahmed Khan)
Subject: Re: Europe vs. Muslim Bosnians
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1993 16:10:30 GMT
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In article <C6x81M.EJF@news.cis.umn.edu>, prabhak@giga.cs.umn.edu (Satya
Prabhakar) writes:
> (mohamed.s.sadek) writes:
> >
> >I like what Mr. Joseph Biden had to say yesterday 5/11/93 in the senate.
> >
> >Condemening the european lack of action and lack of support to us plans 
> >and calling that "moral rape".
> >
> >He went on to say that the reason for that is "out right religious BIGOTRY"
> 
> Actually, this strife in Yugoslavia goes back a long way. Bosinan Muslims,
                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> in collaboration with the Nazis, did to Serbians after the first world
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> war what Serbs are doing to Muslims now. This is not a fresh case of
> ethnic cleansing but just another chapter in the continuing saga
> of intense mutual hatred, destruction,... Not taking sides in this
> perpetual war does not amount to religious bigotry. It could just
> be helplessness with regards to bringing peace to a region that does
> not even know the meaning of the word.
> 


I dont think you're correct here. There have been no reports of the Bosnians
Muslims supporting the Nazis in their genocide against the Serbians. The fact is
that the Croat govt. using their secret police (called the Ustache, I think)
were the prime agents of the Nazis in Yugoslavia against the Serbs.
 


> Satya Prabhakar
> --


--Javed.
