Bosnia: Arabs Who Fought in the War Being Stripped of Citizenship and Expelled

Published: August 2, 2007, 10:29 pm

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This is a spectacularly ungracious way to treat those who fought in the war for independence in Bosnia. Arabs, even those who were granted Bosnian citizenship, are being expelled from Bosnia based on ethnicity rather than on bad or subversive behavior. Ostensibly, this is to allay the fears of other European nations that Bosnia harbors terrorists. Bosnia Plans to Expel Arabs Who Fought in Its War Nicholas Wood (NY Times) … Arabs, the largest group among hundreds of foreign fighters, fought alongside the Bosnian Muslim Army during the war here [Bosnia and Herzegovina], from 1992 to 1995, against Serbs and Croats. In return, they were given Bosnian citizenship. Most left after the war, which tore apart Muslim, Serbian and Croatian communities and cost around 100,000 lives. But a number stayed on and settled down. Bosnian officials say their policies are merely reversing decisions that were illegally made at the war's end. But Bosnian politicians and international officials

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