SARAJEVO, Feb 1 (Hina) - The U.S. ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina has said the return of national parties to power has influenced an upsurge in incidents and cases of violence whose victims are mainly people returning to pre-war
homes.
SARAJEVO, Feb 1 (Hina) - The U.S. ambassador to Bosnia and
Herzegovina has said the return of national parties to power has
influenced an upsurge in incidents and cases of violence whose
victims are mainly people returning to pre-war homes. #L#
In an interview with the Bosnian Serb newspaper Nezavisne novine of
Saturday, Clifford Bond said the international community
vehemently condemned violence against returnees and expected
political and religious leaders in the country to do the same.
Bond recalled the murder of three members of the Bosnian Croat
Andjelic family on Christmas Eve by Muamer Topalovic, a Muslim.
Asked if he feared a possible war against Iraq might spark extremism
among Bosnia's Muslims, the ambassador said he was concerned with
the extreme element existing among the Bosnian Muslim population,
as evidenced by the murder of the Andjelics.
Bond stressed, however, that Bosnia's Muslim population was
European, tolerant and open and could not be compared to Muslims in
the Near East.
He confirmed the United States government considered the activity
of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) the biggest problem in Bosnia,
and said U.S. representatives would not communicate with its
representatives.
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