From: mitrovic@tik.ethz.ch (Srdjan Mitrovic)
Subject: Re: Flood-wave in Bosnia
Organization: TIK, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 13:12:21 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.101742.11400@cc.uow.edu.au> cicic@cc.uow.edu.au (muris
cicic) writes:
>mitrovic@tik.ethz.ch (Srdjan Mitrovic) writes:
>
>>Reported in NZZ 14.4.1992
>
>>Extremist Muslim release flood wave 
>
>>(Reuter)  
>>According to Radio Sarajevo, a paramilitary Muslim group 
>>executed their threat and opened 2 gates  of one of the
>>2 coffer-dams that they took posession of. An enormous wave is flowing
>>down the river Drina, reported the radio on Monday and added that 
>>citizens of the nearby city of Visegrad are being evacuated.
>
>>The Muslims occupied the dams last week and menaced either to blow them
>>up or to open the gates if the Serbian guerilla and the Yugoslavian
>>army do not retreat from the area. The flood wave that has been 
>>generated by the opening of gates should have already flooded
>>Visegrad, reported Tanjug. The bridges are flooded and the water 
>>entered several villages.
>
>
>>Srdjan Mitrovic
>
>He is not "extremist Muslim", and if you have been receiving any news from
>"Yugo-network" (Croatian, Vreme...), you know the fact.  Mr. Murat Sabanovic
>used to be an ingineer at power-producing company, that managed the dam.

My error is that it should be plural: "Extremist Muslims..". 
As mentioned in the original posting this was published in NZZ
(Neue Zuercher Zeitung, a conservative but best Swiss newspaper) and
originated from Reuter. I do not know Murat S. and am not interested
in his psychological curves...but was it him who destroyed the 
memorial of Ivo Andric? Releasing flood on civil population can
at least be defined as extremist action, I prefere the word the
action of a lunatic or religious fanatic. But this is my subjective
opinion....
Being a engineer myself, it is hard to say for me, but: being an engineer
does not prevent you from going nuts or being a fanatic.

>He is engaged in defense of Visegrad, desperately trying to prevent the 
>town experiences the destiny of Bijeljina, Zvornik, Foca and other, where
>thousands of non-Serbian people were killed, their homes savagely and
>intentionally looted, and the rest forced to live.  

If he is engaged in the defense of Visegrad, what is he doing on the dams?
How is he defending Visegrad by destroying it? Usually you call 
such acts terrorism not defense, at least in Western Europe. 
Are you supporting acts of revenge or did I misunderstood you?
The only thing he can do is to hurt civil population of any
nationality .

>He is treatening with
>dam for a three days, and the only answer from Serbia was more fiercefull
>attack.  There is the fact he doesn't understand: the dam damage may be an
>"ace" card for Milosevic, Adzic, Karadzic and other criminals.  Afterwards,
>the dam would be the biggest issue, they can leave exhausted buble-gums, like
>genocide, protection of Serbs and so on. 


Note that he did not damage the dam but "only" opened two gates of one
of the both dams he is holding. That the actions of lunatics of side A
(after hurting innocents of side B) is a plus point for the leaders
of side B is a fact which I do not deny. 


>And your posting is exactly on
>that line  - HOLD THE THIEF -, you didn't posted anything about Bijeljina,
>if you miss material, I can send you.

You forgot to blame me for not mentioning Bosanski Brod neither..

I posted it because it is a reliable fact (sorry for being such a pedant :-(
I did not have any reliable facts about what happened. I listened to 
Radio Zagreb, I listened to Radio Beograd and I could not conclude what
exactly happened. 
If you succeded, then I envy you, for your life is without doubts...


>
>Muris
>

Srdjan Mitrovic

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