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SARAJEVO, Oct 1 (Hina) - Chairman of the Bosnian Presidency and
chairman of the Muslim, Party for Democratic Action (SDA)Alija
Izetbegovic has once again embarked on a war campaign against
journalists.
Sarajevo journalists who are not in the least impressed by
Izetbegovic's attitude have fiercely responded.
The latest conflict between Izetbegovic and journalists began
following the storm raised as a result of articles released by the
Sarajevo weekly's "Slobodna Bosna" and "Dani".
The magazines apparently came across authentic testimonies of a
former member of the Agency for the Investigation of Documents
(AID).
Edin Garaplija claims that the section of Bosnia under Muslim
control is rife with constant conflicts between the various Bosnian
Muslim security structures.
Speaking to journalists in jail where he was sentenced to a 13 year
term of imprisonement, Garaplija claims that during the war in
Bosnia, a special terrorist formation was used by the political
heads in Bosnia.
There was hardly any reaction to the articles published by the
magazines until a recent press conference by Izetbegovic following
his election victory, when he was asked to comment on the claims
made in the article.
"I think there is an open campaign against AID", said Izetbegovic in
a rather angry tone.
He described the secret agency as one of the main factors in the
battle against war criminals and that the agency has to date sent
over a thousand files to the Hague.
"I cannot interpret this in any other way than an attempt to assist
war criminals...and I consider this an extremely anti-patriotic
act", said Izetbegovic.
He added that only dishonorouble people could be involved in such
attempts and could only be referred to as "journalistic
prostitutes".
Commenting on Izetbegovic's outburst,"Slobodna Bosna" editor-in-
chief Senad Avdic wrote that it obviously "hurt" Izetbegovic that
the public had been shown that "the people he (Izetbegovic)
confided the nation's security to, are nothing more than monsters
and murderers", said Avdic, adding that amongst them was
Izetbegovic's son Bakir.
The Sarajevo daily's "Oslobodenje" and its journalist Edina
Kamenica queried Izetbegovic and his associates and the huge amount
of money sent to assist Bosnian children during the war but which
they never saw any trace of.
Editor of the Sarajevo "Vecernjih novina" Sead Demirovic commented
that it would be more worthwhile for politicians to worry about the
prostitution in politics.
The latest conflict with journalists once again highlights the
issue of just how far journalists can go with their freedom of the
press in Bosnia.
However, the issue of whether there is truly a parallel authority in
Bosnia outside the supervision of the law yet covered by the most
responsible politicians in Bosnia is still unanswered and it
appears that noone feels responsible to have to answer such
charges.
(Hina) sp
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