From: pnmideast@igc.apc.org
Newsgroups: soc.culture.yugoslavia
Date: 14 Aug 92 07:56 PDT
Subject: STOP HOLOCAUST IN BOSNIA
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!pnmideast    Aug 14 07:56:00 1992


From: <pnmideast>
Subject: STOP HOLOCAUST IN BOSNIA

Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:13:00 EST
Reply-To: History of Islam <ISLAM-L@ULKYVM.BITNET>
From: AHMAD ALI <A_ALI@ACC.FAU.EDU>
Subject:      URGENT HUMANITARIAN HELP REQUESTED FOR BOSNIA

             *** STOP HOLOCAUST IN BOSNIA ***
     We can help others in their struggle for  freedom!

This is an urgent appeal to you to make a few phone calls to stop
the  first major war in Europe after the World War II.  The war in
Bosnia  has so far killed more than a hundred thousand people.
More than 2  million have been forced to flee from their homes in
Croatia and  Bosnia.  This is the largest forced movement of people
in Europe after  World War II.

The dissolution of communist rule in Western Europe has been a mixed
blessing to the people of the region. In many countries the specter
of inter-ethnic conflict has brought new oppression and misery.
Nowhere is this more  true than in the former country of Yugoslavia.

While Soviet Communists allowed the peaceful disintegration of
their  "union", the hard-line communist administration in
Yugoslavia has  violently refused to let its former republics go.
This has resulted in  the deaths of thousands of people in the
newly independent republics of Croatia and Bosnia-Hecegovina. The
communist Yugoslav government, which now only represents the
republics of Serbia and Montenegro, is  determined to use military
force to subdue and reincorporate these internationally
recognized states.

The situation in the Republic of Bosnia is extremely grave. Since
its  declaration of independence in March of this year and its
subsequent  recognition by the United States and the European
Community, the  communist government of Yugoslavia, under the
dictatorship of Milosevic, has used the military might of the
Yugoslav National Army as well as  Serbian terrorist gangs
(popularly known as Chetniks) to terrorize the  people of Bosnia
into submission.

WHERE IS THE COUNTRY OF BOSNIA???
The Republic of Bosnia is located in the heart of the former
Yugoslavia. It is bordered in the north and west by the Republic of
Croatia and in the east and south by the "new" Yugoslavia. The
capitol  city of the Republic of Bosnia is now under siege.

The Republic's population of some 5 million is divided between
three  major ethnic groups. The Muslim Slavs form just over half of
the  population, followed by the Serbs (29%) and the Croatians
(18%). The imperialistic designs of the Yugoslav government has
used the Serbian  population of Bosnia to further its own violent
aims.

The government of Bosnia has called upon the world community to
come to its aid in stopping the aggression perpetrated against it
by the  government of Yugoslavia. Most humanitarian aid sent to the
war ravaged regions of the county has been hijacked by the Yugoslav
army and their  Chetnik lackeys. Because of this act by the
Yugoslav/Serbian forces,  the possibility of mass starvation among
the people of Bosnia-Hercegovina is high.

Bands of heavily armed Serbian terrorists have already massacred
large  groups of civilians. The atrocities against the unarmed
population of  the Bosnian town of Bejeljina has been graphically
documented. More  than 25 thousand civilians have disappeared after
having fallen into  Chetnik hands. Hundreds and thousands of Muslim
Slavs have been forced  to flee from city to city for shelter.

The government of Bosnia has been democratically elected and has
both  pledged and proven its commitment to democratic principles.
The United  States and the European Community have verified this
fact. The  constitution of the Republic of Bosnia allows the free
practice and  expression of religious beliefs, be they Islamic,
Catholic, Orthodox,  Jewish or other. Bosnia has always been model
for religious toleration. In the capitol city of Sarajevo, one can
find mosques, churches and  synagogues all within sight of each
other.

The Yugoslav government has ordered its troops to fire on mosques
and  Catholic churches throughout Bosnia. The Communist Yugoslav
government  is bent on destroying all traces of Muslim culture in
Bosnia. Even  before war was imposed on Bosnia, Serb extremists
destroyed and damaged several mosques and historical monuments by
planting explosives in  them.

U.S. REACTION:
The Bush administration which responded very fast to the killing of
200 in Kuwait and loss of its independence has done almost nothing
to stop  the similar aggression against Bosnia in Europe where more
than a  hundred thousand people have already been killed in last
few months.  The nature of aggression is the same. Except that some
analyst fear  that the war may spread to neighboring countries if
America does not  push U.N. to do some thing to stop it.

The Bush administration, after recognizing the independence of the
republics of Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia, has condemned the
continued  armed aggression against the Republic of Bosnia.

ACTION REQUESTED:
You may or may not even know where Bosnia is located on the map,
but  the principle that freedom is equal right of every nation, big
or small, needs no explanation. This principle has been violated.
As Americans we must take a stand wherever democracy and human
rights are threatened.  When this principle is violated, it is our
duty to protest. We must  know that there is no difference between
Kuwait and Bosnia-Hercegovina. Both have been subjected to the
expansionist goals of dictators and  totalitarian regimes. Those
who love freedom and democracy must stand  in solidarity with the
people of Bosnia.

We request you to call President Bush and your senator to request
that  America must take all possible measures to stop the war in
Bosnia. Also call the Yugoslav Embassy in Washington to protest
their aggression.

NUMBERS TO CALL:
White House:     (202) 456-1111
State Dept:     (202) 647-6575
Yugoslavian Embassy:    (202) 462-6566

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      * WE MUST LIKE FOR OTHERS WHAT WE LIKE FOR OURSELVES. *
      * FREEDOM AND JUSTICE SHOULD BE FOR ALL, BAR NONE.    *
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>From ICNA newsletter w/o permission.



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